Pickled egg recipes?

[TeeBugg]

Anybody wanna share a pickled egg recipe? Looking for something off the beaten path. Not saying using beets or beet juice is bad, just wanna spice it up a bit!

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I usually start off with the eggs in a 1/2gallon canning jar. I mix in a jar of Hot Mix that I buy at the store. This is the pickled hot mix that has things like cauliflower, pickles and carrots in it. I put this in fluid and all. I add about a table spoon of ground black pepper. couple bay leaves and fill the remainder of the space up with straight white distilled vinegar. I like things with a strong vinegar taste. if you don't the jar can be filled with a 50/50 of vinegar and water. I have also varied it and used a cup of tarragon vinegar or Balsamic vinegar. (the balsamic with give things a brown tint but it tastes great.

 

I have a Foodsaver that has the vacuum port for attachments and marinating. I have the lid that vacuum seals the canning jars. using this tends to speed up how quickly the brine penetrates the food. The toughest part is actually waiting until they are really ready before you eat them...lol

 

On occasion I also do a 50/50 mix of eggs and deer/calves heart in the jar and follow the same process. I love pickled heart. Those are cleaned and trimmed of all fat. then cut like a pepper in about 1/4" strips. (like you would see on a vegetable dip platter) . boil them in water for about 5 minutes of until the pink is gone in the center. then add to the jar.

PS. I never use beet juice or beets. They make me wanna yak!!!

Edited December 3, 2013 by Culvercreek hunt club

[CuseHunter]

Nothing like good pickled eggs and hot sauce, or pickled kielbasa with some beer for hunting camp :thumbsup: ????

[cdmckane]

I used to buy a gallon jar of pickled kielbasa, eat the sausage, then fill it up with eggs.  Too bad the company went out of business and I can't find a replacement that I like as much.  Never had much luck making my own brine.

[blackradio]

I put boiled eggs in the hot cherry pepper liquid with good results.

 

[lauragutierrez]

I have never thought about usnig a spicey mixture to make pickled eggs out of. Pickled eggs are one of my favorite things to make and eat, and I also love hot stuff, so I don't know why it didn't click to try something like this. I don't know of any recipes that are different or really out there. I find that a simple mixture of beats and vinegar is sufficient to make some amazing eggs. i do prefer to add a nice degree of salt to the mix. I also find that placing the eggs in the mix while hot makes a huge difference also. It seems to suck more of the juice of for some reason.

[landtracdeerhunter]

I like to kick it up a notch. I use apple cider vinegar, yellow curry powder, mustard seed, cardamom pods, and sugar. Instead of the beet juice, put a little red food coloring for color.

 

One other thing, find the freshest eggs you can find, makes all the difference in the yoke taste.

Edited January 6, 2014 by landtracdeerhunter

[Chumleyhunts]

Just ate a couple eggs I put in the left over juice from a jar of Bellview "Sweet Hot Cucumber Chips". They were really good. I have done them in left over Claussen Dill Pickle juice too. I think the Sweet Hot combo was better.

[nyantler]

Don't forget that you have to store them behind the bar at some old,out of the way, gin mill for 50 years... I always remember from my drinking days that big jar of pickled eggs on the dusty shelf next to the pickled pigs feet at any 100 year old redneck bar I frequented...  usually had to dare someone to try one..lol

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Love pickled pigs feet and pig hocks.(HAD TO REALLY MAKE SURE I DIDN'T GET A TYPO ON THAT ONE...LOL)

[philoshop]

One place I used to frequent advertised them as "chicken dinners, 3 for a dollar".

[Pygmy]

Is there a local bar that you patronize ?

If they have a gallon jar of kielbasa or bar sausage, ask the bartender to save it for you when it's empty and then just boil up some cackleberries and put them in the brine.

An old friend of mine used to call them Rooster Bullets....<<grin>>...

All that aside, I have done them before in a plain brine of 50/50 water and vinegar and mix in some hot pepper flakes for seasoning.

[Fantail]

Few weeks ago I finished a jar of pepperoni's. Decided to recycle the juice, added some garlic and pickle eggs with it. Couldn't fit a whole dozen just 10.