There were always deviled eggs on our Easter table when I was growing up. I mean, what else are you going to do with several dozen colored eggs, right? Well, here’s an idea… Deviled Ham Stuffed Eggs! Remember that savory spread I made for the Super Bowl? I kept thinking it would make a delicious filling for hard boiled eggs — kind of like deviled eggs?. If only I could get the eggs out of their shell intact…
It never fails. Whenever I make hard boiled eggs that are going in an egg salad, or are getting chopped up for a recipe, they peel like a dream, the shells slipping effortlessly from the whites.
However, if my intent is to showcase the whole egg, it’s like the previously cooperative shell gives me a roll of the eyes and mocks, “AS IF!” leaving me with little pock-marked reminders of my own inadequacy. If you have a foolproof method or trick for getting hardboiled eggs to release from their shells easily, please, please, please let me know.
If you have a foolproof method or trick for getting hardboiled eggs to release from their shells easily, please, please, please let me know.
That’s really the toughest part about this dish — peeling the eggs. The rest is a snap! Just pop out the yolks and give them a quick chop and fill the eggs with the deviled ham.
If you have a pastry bag with fun tips, you can use them to pipe the deviled ham into the hollow of the egg.
I had lent mine to a neighbor, so I ended up jury-rigging a piping bag by filling a resealable sandwich baggie with the ham spread and snipping off a corner. Presto! Piping bag!
A sprinkle of crumbled yolk and a garnish of micro greens or fresh herbs put the finishing touch on this new holiday classic.
Deviled Ham Stuffed Eggs
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup Savory Southern Deviled Ham from this site
Suggested Garnishes - pick 1 or 2
- hard boiled egg yolk chopped
- parsley
- microgreens
- pepperoncini sliced
- chives
- paprika
- olives sliced
Instructions
- My method for boiling eggs so that you don't get that weird gray-green ring around the yolk, is to put the eggs in a pan, cover them with cool water by about half an inch and bring to a boil. Let the eggs boil for one minute, then remove from the heat and let them rest in the water for 10 minutes. They will be perfectly cooked.
- Rinse the eggs under cool water until you can handle them. Carefully crack the egg shells and peel them. Slice the eggs in half, lengthwise and scoop out the yolk. Roughly chop the yolks with a knife and set aside.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a star tip or a ziplock sandwich bag( as described above) with the deviled ham. If using a sandwich bag - seal the bag and trim off a corner so that you can pipe the filling into the egg.
- Fill the eggs with the deviled ham (about 1 1/2-2 tablespoons per half egg). Garnish with chopped egg and/or other garnishes. Serve.
Notes
Can be doubled or tripled.
Nutrition
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Hi!
Sounds good, and simple. I like that.
Now, if one wants a truly easy-to-peel egg, cook’em as usual, but then drain the cooking water completely, cover the eggs with cold water, and after a couple of minutes of “soaking,” remove from water, place in a nicely vented colander, and stick’em into the freezer for half an hour. Yes, freezer.
Place into refrigerator for awhile, and when ready to peel’em, roll gently on a hard surface. Voila! Shell practically falls off by itself.
Good luck!
Love this tip! Thanks so much — I’m going to give it a go!
Pressure cooked eggs are a dream to peel – they literally slide out of the shell. I use the 5-5-5 method – 5 minutes high pressure – 5 minutes natural release – 5 minutes in ice water. To peel I tap both ends on the counter then roll the egg under my hand … slides right out.
Wow! I’ve never heard of this method, but I am going to try it ASAP!
The trick to peeling eggs cleanly, is that they must be a room temperature and fresh. It also helps if they’ve never been washed, which might be difficult in the USA.
Room temperature when you peel them or when you boil them?
‘If you have a foolproof method or trick for getting hardboiled eggs to release from their shells easily, please, please, please let me know. ‘
Before boiling prick one end with a push pin, immediately after boiling roll the eggs firmly on a hard surface smashing the shell, now immerse the eggs in cold water for two minutes then peel, I can usually get the shell off in one piece held together by the membrane.
You are the MAC DADDY! I’m boiling eggs tomorrow to try this method! Thank you!
Love the ham in these deviled eggs. We’ll most likely have some leftover from Easter and these would be perfect to make!
You’ll also likely have some leftover eggs, I’d imagine!
Really interesting spin on the classic. I am sure any guest you served those too, devoured them.
To be honest, it was my husband who devoured them, LOL!
I’ve never made deviled eggs. This looks fun. I need to give it a try soon!
Deviled eggs are pretty simple to do.
I share your frustration with hard boiled eggs! I recently did a Bengali egg curry for a dinner party, and half the white was missing! My Easter memories always include deviled eggs… This one looks great!
So annoying, right, Tamara?
Such a cute idea. Devilled eggs remind me of my youth 🙂
Thanks, Kate! I think everyone had deviled eggs when they were young!