The Best Pickled Eggs Recipes

It hardly seems any time ago when you could walk into a fish and chip shop or a pub in the UK and you would find a jar of pickled eggs behind the counter waiting for that person who was curious enough to try them or indeed loved them as a snack. These days they are not so prolific, even though you can still find jars of pickled eggs in the supermarket.

Those supermarket pickled eggs aren’t the best I have tasted though and pickled eggs are really easy to make so if you like them or are just curious enough to try them why not make up some of these pickled eggs recipes.

Have them on the table as a snack with crisps, French bread and cheese when settling down in front of the TV to watch the game.

Ingredients For Traditional Pickled Eggs

1 dozen hard boiled eggs
4 small celery sticks (with leaf)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon caster sugar
Cider Vinegar

Traditional Pickled Eggs Recipe

How To Make Up The Traditional Pickled Eggs Recipe

Peel and rinse the hard boiled eggs carefully then put them gently into a wide necked jar.

Push the celery onto the glass for decoration.

Add the salt, peppercorns and sugar, then top up with the cider vinegar making sure that all of the eggs are covered.

Store the pickled eggs for two weeks before opening.

The tradional pickled eggs should keep for at least six months.

Ingredients For The Blushing Pickled Eggs

12 hard boiled eggs
1 red onion
1 stick celery
3 sprigs rosemary
¼ teaspoon chilli powder
½ teaspoon caster sugar
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon light soy sauce
Beetroot vinegar

Blushing Pickled Eggs Recipe

These blushing pickled eggs make an interesting addition to a salad at any time of year.

The beetroot vinegar for the pickled eggs is easy to make, just stand two baby beets in distilled malt vinegar overnight to give a really rich red shade.

How To Make Up The Blushing Pickled Eggs Recipe

Peel the eggs carefully and let them stand in fresh, cold water.

Don’t use any of the eggs whose yolk is exposed or the vinegar will go cloudy and look really unappealing.

Slice the red onion, leaving the slices whole, and chop the celery.

Put 3 eggs into a wide necked jar followed by a sprinkling of celery.

Push the onion slices and rosemary against the side of the glass jar for a nice decorative effect and hold them in place with the next layer of eggs and celery. Continue with the layers until the jar is full.

Sprinkle on the seasonings and pour in the vinegar and leave for two weeks to allow the ‘blush’ to develop.

The blushing pickled eggs should keep for about six months.

Ingredients For The Spicy Pickled Eggs Recipe

12 hard boild eggs
3 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
3 long red chillis, sliced diagonally
1 teaspoon crushed dried red chillies
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
1 teaspoon caster sugar
Distilled white vinegar

Hot And Spicy Pickled Eggs Recipe

If you like a hot and spicy kick with your food then these pickled eggs may just be for you, but be warned, they really get at the back of your throat. They are hot and spicy… pickled eggs like you have never tasted before :-)