Anyone have a good recipe? We’re gonna try to make a batch – my chef neighbor gave me some special pickling vinegar, just need to come up with a spice mix. Hot is good, mustard, whatever – we like it potent. Will be using quart jars to store them.
Sounds good. Looking forward to hearing some recipes and your results. My wife and I like them but buying in a bar can be a crap-shoot unless they make themselves.
No help. But what is special pickling vinegar? Never heard of it??
Just made a dozen for our camping trip next week.
I use cider vinegar, and then use the standard pickling spice mix you can get at the store. And I always slice a sweet onion and layer it between the eggs (I like the pickled onion almost as much as the eggs!)
Then it depends on who is eating them. You can add garlic, and about any level of pepper you want to, from jalopeno to ghost pepper flakes. Your only limited by your imagination!
I’m looking forward to some others recipes, I’ve gotten pretty set in how I do them so will be nice to try a couple new ideas!
what i do is buy a huge jar of the hot famous daves pickles from costco and when its out, i boil a dozen eggs and dump them in the brine and let em set for a week
Not much help, but Horseradish is a great addition to most anything spicy!
what i do is buy a huge jar of the hot famous daves pickles from costco and when its out, i boil a dozen eggs and dump them in the brine and let em set for a week
Very similar to what I do with our favor dill pickle jars, adding some fresh dill, pickling spice and jalapenos when I want them spicy. I also eat a lot of yellow pepper rings for everything from hamburgers, pizza to sandwiches. I often pour some of the juice from those bottles in as well.
How long should they sit before you start eating them? Minimum.
How long should they sit before you start eating them? Minimum.
Like hnd mentioned above, I try to wait at least a week. I do turn the bottle over every couple of days to keep the spices mixed.
We use the following recipe with quail eggs (we raise quail for meat and eggs), but it works well with chicken eggs too. Given the ingredients, it may sound spicy, but they actually turn out pretty mild.
Siricha Pickled eggs
Fill quart jar with hard boiled eggs. In general proportions, add a brine made of (I eyeball it in the jar) …
1/3 siricha sauce
1/3 apple cider vinegar
1/3 water
To each jar, add 1/4 cup chopped onions, 1 clove smashed garlic, 1 t kosher salt, 1 t peppercorns, 1/2 t mustard seeds, and 1/2 t red pepper flakes. Shake well to mix ingredients and refrigerate. Chicken eggs take about a week. I don’t know how long they keep, they never seem to last more than a couple weeks.
Pickled egg pro tip. Soak your hard boiled eggs (in the shell) overnight in vinegar. The next morning they will be very easy to peel. Anyone who has tried to peel freshly laid eggs knows just what a pain that can be.
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