Concept Cooking: Flavored Deviled Eggs

I made deviled eggs for Thanksgiving, and I got creative with them, they came out so yummy I wondered why it's not a common thing to do to them!

I saw pictures of deviled eggs made of eggs that had been boiled and peeled, then soaked in food coloring to make them red before cutting and deviling them. Cute. I don't like dye, but I was peeling beets for another dish... And hey, if I'm gonna soak them, why not add spices?!



Flavored Deviled Eggs: Boiled, peeled then put in a pan of enough liquid to cover them, brought to a boil, let sit for a couple hours.
Liquid 1: water, beet peelings, fresh ginger, whole cloves
Liquid 2: Dill pickle juice, turmeric, dill, garlic
After they soaked for several hours, sliced, yolks mashed and deviled normally.

They were yummy!
What else would be good spice mixes? With or without things that color them.

i like the idea, though i’m not really a deviled egg fan…but i might use this idea with regular boiled eggs. i do like pickling them sometimes, and this could be a small step in that direction.

i might try to go a loosely moroccan/ras el hanout sort of way, combining some of the ‘sweeter’ spices like cinnamon/cloves/allspice*/ginger with some earthier ones like cumin seed and coriander. oh and probably garlic because garlic. i guess i’d probably want to add some sort of vinegar for the almost-pickled effect, or better yet lemon juice to keep with the moroccan theme.

*meant to add this bit earlier- we do tend to use our native spicebush berries instead of allspice

Flavor them with beer, broccoli and beans for a delicious culinary bioweapon!

(More) seriously I think adding hot pepper flavor, soy sauce, tomato paste, fish sauce, horseradish, or liquid smoke could be excellent.