Introduction
Pickled eggs are hard boiled eggs cured in brine or vinegar. It is a way to preserve your food for a few months. Pickled eggs are famous all around the world. For pickling procedure, hard boiled eggs are required. The shells of eggs are removed and submerged in the solution of spices, salt, vinegar and various other seasonings.
In numerous cases, the eggs are punctured with the use of a toothpick for the penetration of pickling solution in the eggs. It can be dangerous because it may introduce clostridium into the final product. Eggs pickled with this method often have high levels of botulinum contaminant to cause illness in the human body.
In Pennsylvania Dutch traditions, the eggs are pickled with cloves, cinnamon stick, salt, sugar, vinegar, onion and whole beets. The eggs may take pink or purple color from beets and have a unique taste. Pickled eggs with red-beet are common at pot-lucks and picnics. In British pickled eggs recipes, the sugar, salt, vinegar, and eggs are used to pickle eggs. The eggs are hard boiled and peeled to pickle with other ingredients.
Pickled eggs without yolks contain minimum calories. The yolk contains maximum calories in the eggs. A pickled egg without yolk often contains 27 calories. Pickled eggs without yolk are good for weight loss. You can burn the egg calories in less than 3 minutes of jogging.
These are an excellent source of protein and amino acids to repair and build your muscles and body tissues. Eggs are high in fat, but the fat is limited to the yolk. If you want to reduce weight, you can avoid yolk. The eggs without yolk are also free from carbohydrates.
In this book, you will find the recipes to pickle eggs and make salads or curries with these eggs.
Chapter 1 Delicious Pickled Egg Recipes
If you want to enjoy delicious pickled eggs at home, you can get the advantage of the recipes given here.
Chipotle Pickled Eggs
The best part of this is that it only takes 30 minutes!
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings:
Ingredients:
- Distilled white vinegar: 2 cups
- Water: 2 cups
- Crushed garlic: 2 cloves
- Quartered onion: 1
- Salt: 1 tablespoon
- White sugar: 2 tablespoons
- Chipotle chilies (canned): 2
- Adobo sauce (take from chipotle peppers cans)
- Hard-cooked and peeled eggs: 12
Directions:
1. Take one large pot and combine chipotle chilies, sugar, salt, onion, garlic, water, adobo sauce and vinegar in this pot. Boil this blend and cook for almost 15 minutes to translucent onion.
2. Put the hard-boiled eggs in clean jars. Strain the simmering brine in the jars to cover eggs.
3. Cover the pot with a lid and put in the fridge for almost 3 days before eating. You can store pickled eggs in the fridge for almost 6 weeks.
Red Beet Pickled Eggs
This egg recipe will add color to your dish.
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings:
Ingredients:
- Red beets: 15 ounces
- Salt: teaspoon
- Whole cloves: 4
- Brown sugar: cup
- White vinegar: cup
- Cinnamon stick: 1 small
- Hard-cooked eggs: 6
- Cold water: cup
Directions:
1. Pour beet juice in one medium pot. Mix in cinnamon stick, cloves, salt, water, vinegar and brown sugar. Put this pot over medium flame for 8 minutes. Stir occasionally.
2. Put the beets in the liquid blend and cook for extra two minutes.
3. Put hard boiled eggs (shells removed) in one clean container with an air-tight lid. Pour the beets and liquid over eggs in the container.
4. Store the container in the fridge for almost 5 days afore serving.
Quebec Pickled Eggs
A recipe that is worth the wait.
Total Time: 1 day 40 minutes
Servings:
Ingredients:
- Eggs: 12
- Bay leaf: 1
- White vinegar (distilled): 2 cups
- Whole cloves: 12
- Water: cup
- Ginger root: 2 slices
- Salt: 2 teaspoons
- Black peppercorns: 1 teaspoon
Directions:
1. Put eggs in medium saucepan and cover eggs with cold water. Let this water boil and instantly remove from stove. Cover the pan to leave eggs in hot water for almost 12 minutes.
2. Remove eggs from hot water, let them cool and peel.
3. Closely wrap bay leaf, black peppercorns, ginger root and cloves in one cheese cloth. Put in a medium pan with white vinegar, salt, and water. Let it boil and continue boiling for almost 10 minutes. Discard enfolded spices.
4. Put eggs in a sterile container(s) and cover with hot vinegar blend. Seal the container(s) and chill in the fridge for almost 2 days before eating.
Pickled Eggs in Yellow Color
Brings color to your dish making it even more appetizing.
Total Time: 4 days 30 minutes
Servings:
Ingredients:
- Salt: 2 teaspoons
- Eggs: 12
- Dill weed (dry): 1 teaspoon
- Thinly sliced onion: 1 medium
- Garlic powder: teaspoon
- Water: cup
- Mustard seed: teaspoon