Are you interested in spicing up your traditional deviled egg recipe? The use of additional jalapenos and cayenne pepper in this recipe adds a spicy kick to these fiery deviled eggs.
Fiery Deviled Eggs
Are you interested in spicing up your traditional deviled egg recipe? The use of additional jalapenos and cayenne pepper in this recipe adds a spicy kick to these fiery deviled eggs.
Ingredients
- 2 small jalapeno peppers, finely minced
- 13 whole eggs, hard boiled
- 3 Tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 Tbsp softened butter
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp original Tabasco sauce
- 3 freshly chopped chives
- ½ tsp ground cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Hard boil eggs and leave in ice water.
- Peel eggs in ice water and rinse off any extra pieces of shell.
- Cut in boiled eggs in half and carefully remove the cooked yolks from the cooked whites.
- Reserve egg white halves for later while you prepare the filling.
- For the filling, mix the egg yolks with the jalapenos peppers, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, olive oil, softened butter, lemon juice, 2 Tbsp chopped chives, and Tabasco sauce.
- You can blend this egg yolks mixture in a food processor if you want a creamier end result with less texture.
- Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning with salt and freshly-ground black pepper.
- Place the contents into a plastic piping bag.
- Pipe the filling carefully into the center of the egg whites.
- Sprinkle cayenne powder over the top of the filling. Sprinkle with remaining freshly chopped chives and serve.
Notes
Adjust the quantity of jalapeno & cayenne pepper used in this recipe based on your desired heat level.
