Happier Than A Pig In Mud: Dyed Deviled Eggs

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Dyed Deviled Eggs

Hey everyone! I tend to only re-post something when it's been popular and I think you'll have fun with it... Well these Dyed Deviled Eggs fit the bill! Years ago someone mentioned that she dyes the peeled hard boiled egg itself before she cuts them in half to make deviled eggs.

This had been on my mind, so I thought I'd try it!

Here is a perfect method for hard boiled eggs, I promise it works and you don't need old eggs, salt, vinegar or anything else. In many batches I have only had one egg break as I was putting it into the boiling water and never one dinged up egg from peeling.

Take eggs out of the fridge and set aside.
Boil enough water in a big enough pot to cover the amount of eggs you want to make.

Carefully add the eggs to the boiling water one by one with a big spoon.

Reduce the heat just a bit, you still want the water boiling but not crazy.

Boil for 15 minutes.

Drain hot water, and cover eggs with cold water till cool. I pour the cold water off a couple times.

Drain water and peel or refrigerate until ready to peel.

Peel under running cold water.

Now for the fun part! I used Martha Stewart's dye recipe, all pantry ingredients.

One tsp white vinegar (I used cider vinegar) and 5 to 20 drops of food coloring per one cup of hot water.
Peel the eggs, and dip them into the different colors. Let them sit until you've achieved a color that you like. Blot dry.
Cut in half and make your favorite Deviled Egg recipe!
Have fun watching everyone flip over the cool eggs:@)

Notes:

I used 4 drops of food coloring and let them sit in the cup for about 7 minutes.
I did taste just the white of the egg and I could not taste any vinegar.
Try to keep your colored eggs separate until serving time, sometimes the colors will run into each other a bit.
Just imagine them for every holiday or in sports team colors!

This is the cutter I used ($2.99 at TJ Maxx a couple years ago) and Wilton 1M tip for the filling: