Happy (Good) Friday y’all! I debated and debated on whether to make this part of my How To Series, or just a regular old post, and decided on How To because I’m Southern. Yeah, sounds weird, but where I’m from, deviled eggs are a staple, therefore I think everyone should know how to make them.
If there’s an event, gathering, or holiday in the South there will be deviled eggs there, always. I would like to note that I honestly didn’t choose deviled eggs to be the post right before Easter to be naughty or whatever, I just figured there would be plenty of Easter brunches/lunches/dinners happening that y’all might need a lovely little side dish/appetizer for.
These little bites of awesome happen to be a personal favorite of mine since I was kid, and it wasn’t until just a few years ago that I realized my mom has always sprinkled Curry on the deviled eggs instead of Paprika–mind blown–but seriously you can totally use Paprika if you like.
Have an absolutely wonderful family, Easter egg, good food, chocolate, and (hopefully) deviled egg filled weekend, and as always thank you so much for stopping by.
your water & lots of salt added (sorry my hands look so weird in pics)…
eggs gently placed into your water…
lightly boiling…
after sitting for a bit & peeled (too hard to take a pic while peeling)…
about to cut down the middle long ways…
all cut…
yolks into your bowl (excuse my Velociraptor looking claw hand)…
now for the mayonnaise…
mix, mix, mix…
mix, mix some more, and time for salt & pepper to taste & mix again…
into your eggs & enjoy!!!
- 4 Eggs, Hard Boiled.
- 1/2 Cup of Mayonnaise.
- Salt & Pepper to Taste.
- Dash of Curry Powder (Optional), For Topping.
- In a medium sized pot, (nothing too small you don't want the eggs to hit one another) place your water into your pot, liberally salting it.
- Then place your eggs into your pot with the water just covering your eggs.
- Place the heat on medium high, and let your water come to a very light boil making sure not to boil too hard otherwise the eggs might crack.
- Lightly boil your eggs for 3-4 minutes, then turn the heat off, cover your pot and let sit for at least 15 minutes.
- Remove your eggs from the water, let cool for a little bit, and carefully crack the shells to remove them, I find it helps removing the shells if I run warm water over the eggs while peeling them.
- Now cut your eggs long ways down the middle, scoop out all the egg yolks into a separate bowl.
- Now add your mayonnaise to your bowl and with a fork (forks really help break up the yolks), mix, mix, mix until smooth.
- Now add your salt & pepper to taste.
- With a spoon place your egg yolk mixture back into your egg halves and if you like, a dash of curry on top ( I used a ziploc bag with the end snipped to pipe into my eggs).
- Traditionally, people put a dash of Paprika on top of deviled eggs, but I use Curry.
- You can totally use more or less mayonnaise for the mixture, totally up to your preference on how strong you want the flavor to be.
- For a prettier presentation you can use a small piping bag or ziploc bag with the end snipped to place your yolk mixture into the eggs.
Meredith says
Perfect! Just in time – I now know what I’m bringing to Easter brunch! Thanks for sharing!
Holly says
Haha you’re so welcome, glad I could help out 🙂