Just finished this up…. Third gallon of boiled eggs in the refrigerator… should be good in a bit… Oh yeah… I threw in a few dried Ghost Peppers.. For the WoW Factor…
I gotta find me a big wide mouth jar like that! Those look great. I’d be tempted to throw some smoked sausage in there too!
Just jars of Jalapeno's, this one was for Nacho's. I just took and drained the jars through a separator. Put the eggs in and some jalapeno's on top. Rinse repeat till its pretty full. Then fill it back up with the Jalapeno juice. I got it at the Restaurant Depot, a restraurant supply store. FYI... Sams club does have a large jar of jalapeno's, not in the large mouth but its a big jar for like $4 bucks.
Almost forgot, 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup franks red hot 2 cups vinegar (used white this time) Dried onion Minced garlic Red pepper flakes Salt Peppercorn V8 juice heat liquid, fill jars leaving 2 inches top off with V8
I love all things pickled! I particularly like peperoncini. Nice and vinegary but not too hot, piled on top of whatever else is on my sandwich. I decided to throw my hat in the ring in a small way for pickled eggs. I went the abbreviated route. I had a quarter jar of peperoncini left so I added six hard boiled eggs, some extra scallions and a half teaspoon of pickling spice. I topped off with the brine and garlic from a spent jar of garlic pickles. This was fortified with the last bit of a rice wine vinegar bottle. Sounds like a dukes mixture but it cleaned out the fridge. I'll wait a week or so and test. Hoping for a garlicky pickled egg with a bit of peperoncini bite!
Peperoncini guy here! Mezzetta’s are the best. I thought I was the only one that puts stuff in the liquid when the peppers are gone! This is if I don’t drink it first. One of my favorites are baby carrots.
I had an Aunt who made pickled veggies out of carrots, pearl onions, cauliflower florets and a bunch of other goodies. If the eggs turn out I may try carrots and a bunch of other stuff. Those pickled sausages you posted intrigue me!
I feel like I’m in good company here. I’m a huge fan of Clausen pickles; I could chug the brine when they are all gone. The last few summers, I’ve tossed some smaller late season garden cukes into the jar with the brine. They came out pretty good.
Eggs are all gone. They were great! All the associated scallions and peperoncini went on sandwiches. Yum! I will do this again.
Made some for the first time a couple weeks ago and id say it was a success. Only problem was I used day old eggs from my chickens and they weren't easy to peel but still managed! Basic vinegar/sugar/water brine plus onions, garlic, pepper corns and beets.
I just did this the other week with some Pepperoncini juice, and thenleftover juice from some bread and butter pickles. They were good, my 8 year old tore them up....but the flavor didn't get in the egg very much. Didn't look back at your original post...did you head the mixture up before putting the eggs in? Also, do/did you reuse that liquid again? I need to make more, just not sure how many times (or if) I can reuse that brine...?
My mixture was about half pepperoncinni brine with some of the peppers thrown in and half garlic dill pickle brine with all those nice bits of garlic and dill. I also threw in a tbsp of dried pickling spices to freshen things up a bit. Eggs went in cold then into the fridge. Pitched the liquid after the eggs were eaten. I will be freezing all my pickle and pepper brines left in the jar from now on for pickling on my own. Quick tip: I strain out the spices from bread and butter pickles and put them in my potato salads as well as some of the chopped pickles. How long did you leave the eggs in the brine before your youngster got after them? I left mine 10 days.
I know it was a bit over a week before we tried the first one. It was a decent sized jar but only held 7 or 8 eggs. We ate 2 or 3 that first go, and then she had one incorporated with her after school snack each day after. Glad she liked them, worse things she could eat....but I was like danggit what are you doing eating my eggs!!?? I'm gonna look for recipes to make my own concoction, esp if you should only use the juice once. I think those are the first pickled eggs I've/ we've ever had.
lol, I used to make a bunch of jerky bring A piece in my lunch box . Now it disappears before the work week even starts! I slowed down making it. They can make their own! I’d leave the eggs longer. For what it’s worth.
