6 Inventive Methods to Use Leftover Easter Eggs (Together with One That Makes use of Pickle Juice!)

I grew up in a craft-filled family, the place each vacation was worthy of do-it-yourself decorations. When Easter got here round, plastic eggs have been hanging from bushes, the bunny flag flew, and we dyed baskets filled with eggs. Coloring the eggs stored me and my cousins busy for hours and away from my grandmother within the kitchen, so she may concentrate on cooking and sharing the newest household drama. The one downside was that after the vacation, there have been at all times far too many leftover hard-boiled eggs, which my kinfolk and I shortly bought bored with consuming.

So what do you do with all these boiled eggs? Deviled eggs are completely an choice, however they aren’t the one worthy use for leftover cooked eggs (the identical goes for you, egg salad). Listed here are extra thrilling hard-boiled egg concepts that transcend the fundamentals—sure, I’m calling hard-boiled eggs thrilling and I’m sticking with that. 

Boiling and Dyeing the Eggs

Firstly, to have leftover Easter eggs, you’ll want to have dyed some hard-boiled eggs. Take a peek at our egg information to learn to make completely boiled eggs which can be additionally simple to peel, then dye them utilizing a store-bought equipment or with do-it-yourself Easter egg dye. Each can have lovely outcomes. For the Easter eggs pictured right here, I blended my very own colours utilizing gel meals coloring and vinegar. Regardless of which path you select, you might discover that somewhat little bit of colour bleeds by means of the shell and onto a couple of (or most) of your eggs. I say this little bit of colour  provides some character. So resist the urge to boil extra eggs, get to peeling these leftover Easter eggs, and check out one in every of these concepts.

6 Intelligent Concepts for the Eggs

After years of repurposing leftover Easter Eggs (and cooking with hard-boiled eggs year-round), I’ve realized a couple of enjoyable tips. 

Rapidly Dice Eggs for Salads, Sandwiches, and Extra Utilizing a Baking Rack

To shortly and uniformly dice eggs for salads, sandwiches, and garnishes, I skip dicing with a knife and use a baking rack to dice my eggs as an alternative.  Set your self up with a big bowl and rack with a cross-wire weave. A ten-inch sq. or 1 / 4 sheet dimension is simpler to work with than a half-sheet rack, however use any dimension you may have so long as it sits properly atop your bowl. Push your peeled, hard-boiled eggs proper by means of the grate and also you’ll have eggs prepped for appetizers, salads, and sandwiches very quickly. (This trick works wonders for mashing avocados for guacamole as nicely.)

Use a Cheese Grater to Make Egg Shavings to Use As a Garnish

When you solely have a single boiled egg (or perhaps a half) to spare, think about using it as a chic garnish in your salad, on high of sauced greens, and even pasta. Escape your cheese grater or microplane and mud your dish with the faintest trace of egg. The finely grated egg enhances  springtime greens like kale or asparagus (I notably prefer it on freshly steamed asparagus with garlicky yogurt sauce).

Add Eggs to Your Breakfast Board

Till it turned a Tiktok pattern most individuals didn’t affiliate charcuterie boards with breakfast, however boards could be loved at any hour, even very first thing within the morning. Waffles or pancakes, ham or bacon, hash browns or house fries—your breakfast board can embrace all of your favourite breakfast gadgets, together with a few of your sliced or halved hard-boiled eggs. 

Add an Eggy Shock to Your Meatloaf

Begin with a basic meatloaf, however add your boiled eggs to the inside for an additional deal with that makes for an exquisite slice of meat. Observe your recipe, however when it’s time so as to add the meat combination to your loaf pan, add half of the combination, then place a row of 5 entire peeled, boiled eggs inside earlier than including the remainder of the meat combination, and bake as typical. Or make embutido (pictured above), a Filipino-style pork meatloaf stuffed with hard-boiled eggs and Chinese language sausage.

Pickle Your Eggs

When you’re a pickle lover (like I’m), and also you’ve simply completed off a jar of your favourite, don’t toss out the brine. As a substitute, do like I did and use the leftover pickle juice to pickle your hard-boiled eggs. (You may as well make some pickle rice—sure, significantly.) Switch the pickle juice to a small pot, warmth till it involves a boil, then take it off the warmth and let it cool to room temperature. In the meantime, peel and place your hard-boiled eggs in a mason jar (or proper again into the empty pickle jar). Pour the brine over your boiled eggs. Seal tightly, and switch to the fridge for at the least eight hours to permit the pickle juice to permeate the eggs. You may as well stage up this hack utilizing do-it-yourself or store-bought pickled beets to make shiny pink beet eggs.

Make Colourful Easter Bread

When you’re actually pleased with the attractive eggs you’ve dyed (I used to be fairly pleased with how mine turned out), why not present them off somewhat longer by baking a festive Easter bread that makes them a part of your desk’s centerpieces? Begin by making a candy, yeasted dough like brioche or choreg, an Armenian Easter bread. As a substitute of rolling it out as directed, braid the dough right into a wreath, and nestle your prettiest 4 or 5 eggs evenly spaced across the ring. Including sprinkles is optionally available. Both method, your colourful eggs take middle stage.

For much more eggy concepts, try these 12 hard-boiled egg recipes.

March 2024