Cajun Pickled Eggs
Ingredients
6-8 Eggs, depending on size
1/2 cup Water
1/2 cup Distilled White Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Powdered Crab Boil
1 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Directions
Boil your eggs. Peel them and place them in a strainer to cool down. If you pickle them while they are still hot, they tend to stick together in the jar. Do not refrigerate them, though. You just want them to come down to a temperature that is comfortable to work with.
Once the eggs are cooled down, place them into your jar. Fill the jar, with the eggs in it, to within 1/2 inch of the rim (be sure the eggs are covered completely) with fresh water. Pour out the water into a measuring cup to see exactly what amount of water/vinegar you will need. You will want a 50/50 ratio of vinegar to water.
Keep the eggs in the jar and add the crab boil and crushed red pepper flakes.
Mix the proper amounts of vinegar and water in a non-reactive (enameled or steel) saucepan, and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, heat up the lid and ring by boiling them in water, in a separate pot, for 5 minutes.
Carefully pour the vinegar/water mixture over the eggs and hand tighten the hot lid and ring to the jar. The seasonings will mix throughout the jar as you pour the liquid. Let the eggs rest on the counter, to cool and seal. The jar will make a POP sound when it seals. Once cooled, invert the jar and swirl it a bit to make sure the spices mix around evenly.
After a week or so, the eggs are ready to eat. Pickled eggs will keep up to 3 weeks in the fridge.
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Hey there , glad to see this recipe. I have been wishing to try something with the extra eggs from my chickens . As well as other things that I may harvest from the garden . I’m gonna ask a silly question and I’m sure I know the answer but I just want to make sure . Can I take the store bought pickle jar and reuse them with the same lid and have it seal in the same method as buying the mason jars and lids? I’ve been saving them for maybe dry beans storage or to maybe use for pepper vinegar for greens. I grow a garden and have always had more than I know what to do with at times. I can remember as a kid that my family always did preserve and mason jar fruits , beans, eggs, well you name it they raised it and jar it for leaner days. Thanks
I have used regular jars. I think as long as it seals good then there should not be a problem. Enjoy 🙂
I just made these yesterday and the lids never popped. I can press them up and down. Is this safe? did I do something wrong?
some ideas I would try are here https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-reprocess-unsealed-canning-jars-1388316
It’s it a good ideal to boil your flats first so they are hot before putting them on the jars. We always do and have never had a problem. Also tou can do a hot bath by placing the jar of eggs into a pot of water and bringing it to boil. Use a jar clamp to remove, dry and let them cool. They should seal then.
I noticed there was no canning salt in the recipe. Does it not need any ?
None needed 🙂
Yes you can reuse all of it. As long as the lid gets a good seal. But you can just buy the flats for not very much. Then you know it will seal. Save the jars and the screw on lid always.
Ok so when u do all of the steps above and u have the jars sealed and cooling on the counter do u leave the jars ? with the eggs on the counter for a week or do u put them in the fridge for a week?
Hi Jay, great question…I have updated my recipe now.. Pickled eggs will keep up to 3 weeks in the fridge.
I’m sorry but I had the same question and that is not a clear answer. I take it you mean pickle on counter for a week. Then you can keep in fridge for 3 weeks.
Pickled eggs will keep up to 3 weeks in the fridge. If you leave them on the counter 1 week if you wanted. Not leave them on the counter a week and then the fridge.
My recipe is the same as this one, I also put chunks of kielbasa sausage and garlic in mine, and they were good for 2 months. I did a gallon Har.
Why do have to refridgerate them I want to make several jars fr my pantry
Its just the way this recipe is. Sorry about that.
I found that the pickle jar kid would seal 2 to 3 times. I wish I lived by you, I would take any extras. Lol. My late husband and I did gardening and canning too. After he passed I was removed from our home by his children and now have no where to garden. I sure loved it though. Nothing like fresh organic heirloom veggies. I got my heirloom seeds from 4patriots.com. They are hard to come by these days. Enjoy your eggs, they are delicious this way.
In my younger years, in every bar we went to, sat a gallon jar of pickled eggs. These eggs would sit for weeks, if not months. Never went bad. What is so different now?
I have no clue. It could be the seasonings. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯