Avacado-jalapeño Deviled eggs
As requested, I'm putting this recipe up, and since Facebook is terrible for longer posts, I may as well use my largely defunct account here. (*waves at everyone who thought I was gone from this site for good*)
While I've seen this concept on more than one site in the past, this was more a case of "I have extra avocados from the other dish, and I wanted to make deviled eggs anyway, so why not do this" at 11 pm the night before the party.
Ingredients:
10 eggs (because you forgot you ate two of them for breakfast last weekend)
Hardboil these eggs. I realize there are holy wars fought over how best to do this. I put them all in a big pot, cover them with cold water (with a pinch of salt) then heat it to a boil. Once it transitions from tiny bubbles to a real boil, turn it off/remove from heat, cover the pot and let sit for 12-15 minutes or so. When done, take them out and submerge them in cold water to stop the cooking process. Then peel them.
Oh, some people believe you should turn all the eggs upside down in the carton about half a day before you use them, to center them more perfectly. I cannot vouch for this working, but if you have old eggs (best for hardboiling) that have been sitting there a while, it makes some sense.
While that's going on, do the following:
- mince about quarter of a red onion. (A couple of teaspoons worth? How much do you like onion and how much is leftover from whatever else you're doing?)
- mince some jalapeño. I did about the same amount as there was onion, but obviously this is to taste. (Note, I had ones in a jar of vinegar, you can do this with fresh, but that tends to be hotter, so keep it in mind.)
- If you are the cilantro/coriander type, chop up a tiny bit of that. If your guests think it tastes like soap, don't do that.
Take your cooled eggs and slice them lengthwise. Gently scoop the yolks out and put the hollowed-out whites aside.
Put 5 yolks in a bowl with two avocados. Mash them together with a fork. Add the jalapeño and onion (and cilantro). If it needs salt or pepper, add that.
Don't throw the other yolks away! Find something else to do with them, they are yummy. Honestly, you can use more or less yolks to avocado - this worked out to still primarily green, and yummy.
Scoop the filling into the halved egg whites. (You can try piping it, but this is fairly chunky, a spoon works fine). Dust lightly with paprika.
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While I've seen this concept on more than one site in the past, this was more a case of "I have extra avocados from the other dish, and I wanted to make deviled eggs anyway, so why not do this" at 11 pm the night before the party.
Ingredients:
10 eggs (because you forgot you ate two of them for breakfast last weekend)
Hardboil these eggs. I realize there are holy wars fought over how best to do this. I put them all in a big pot, cover them with cold water (with a pinch of salt) then heat it to a boil. Once it transitions from tiny bubbles to a real boil, turn it off/remove from heat, cover the pot and let sit for 12-15 minutes or so. When done, take them out and submerge them in cold water to stop the cooking process. Then peel them.
Oh, some people believe you should turn all the eggs upside down in the carton about half a day before you use them, to center them more perfectly. I cannot vouch for this working, but if you have old eggs (best for hardboiling) that have been sitting there a while, it makes some sense.
While that's going on, do the following:
- mince about quarter of a red onion. (A couple of teaspoons worth? How much do you like onion and how much is leftover from whatever else you're doing?)
- mince some jalapeño. I did about the same amount as there was onion, but obviously this is to taste. (Note, I had ones in a jar of vinegar, you can do this with fresh, but that tends to be hotter, so keep it in mind.)
- If you are the cilantro/coriander type, chop up a tiny bit of that. If your guests think it tastes like soap, don't do that.
Take your cooled eggs and slice them lengthwise. Gently scoop the yolks out and put the hollowed-out whites aside.
Put 5 yolks in a bowl with two avocados. Mash them together with a fork. Add the jalapeño and onion (and cilantro). If it needs salt or pepper, add that.
Don't throw the other yolks away! Find something else to do with them, they are yummy. Honestly, you can use more or less yolks to avocado - this worked out to still primarily green, and yummy.
Scoop the filling into the halved egg whites. (You can try piping it, but this is fairly chunky, a spoon works fine). Dust lightly with paprika.
This entry was originally posted at http://lightcastle.dreamwidth.org/289071.html. Please comment there using OpenID.