by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Everyone loves deviled eggs. But add a little spicy pico de gallo and you’ve got deviled eggs with a KICK!

Check out today’s Homestead Hack for ramping up the flavor of plain deviled eggs. 

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Family Reunion Finger Food

Recently while hosting our annual RanchFest family reunion, RancherMan declared our food offerings would be comprised only of finger foods.

Smoked brisket sandwiches

Chips/dips

Veggie trays

Stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos

Fresh fruit trays

Cheese/cracker trays

and oh-so-much more!

Y’all know our homestead hens are giving us lots of eggs these days.  I’d really like to put them to good use.  

Since it’s a finger-foods feast I planned to make deviled eggs to go with our no-utensils-required cuisine.

But I didn’t want to make plain ole ordinary deviled eggs, oh no. This is RANCHFEST! 

I wanted deviled eggs with a Texas KICK!

Easier Peeling for Deviled Eggs

It’s difficult to get an easy peel on very fresh eggs, no matter what trick I tried.

The only thing that works for me is to not use the eggs the hens laid today for deviled eggs. The membrane holds too tightly to the whites. So when making deviled eggs I use the oldest eggs in my fridge and they peel significantly easier.

To make my deviled eggs I boiled up about a dozen week-old eggs a day earlier and sat the cooled, cooked eggs in the fridge.

The next morning I peeled those eggs using my method for easier peeling for fresh boiled eggs.

No-Mess Shortcut For Making Deviled Eggs

When the boiled eggs were cooled & peeled I cut them in half and scooped out the yolks.

Here’s a no-mess shortcut for making deviled eggs. In a zippered add deviled eggs ingredients:

• • Cooked Egg Yolks
  • Sweet Pickle Relish (I use homemade Pear Relish)
  • A dollop of mayo (I use my Homemade Mayonnaise)
  • A Light Squeeze of Prepared Mustard (if not using pear relish)
  • Salt / Pepper

Then remove the air and zip up the bag. Using your hands mash & squeeze the contents until they’re fully blended.  

Then cut a tiny section off the corner of the bag to ‘pipe’ the filling into the cooked and hollowed egg whites.

NO MESS!

I filled half of those prepared whites with our traditional deviled egg filling. 

But we want the other half  of our deviled eggs to have pico de gallo added for a spicy kick. 

Our Favorite Pico de Gallo Chopper

So RancherMan used our *pico-de-gallo chopper to make up a batch of Pico de Gallo in minutes. (the secret is the shape of the blade on this model!)  

To the chopper RancherMan added the following Pico de Gallo ingredients:

• • Two roma tomatoes,
  • Half an onion,
  • One clove of garlic,
  • A fistful of cilantro
  • Small squirt of lime juice.

DANG we love this pico-making chopper!  We simply roughly cut the tomatoes in half, onion into quarters & dropped everything in, squeezing a lime for juice.

Then we just gave it a few spins and BOOM! Homemade Pico de Gallo in minutes!  

Pico de Gallo – Spicy Or Not?

We love spicy food, but not all of our guests do.

So RancherMan left the jalapeno out of this first batch so that the ramped-up deviled eggs would be palatable to all guests regardless of their tolerance for spiciness.

(Of course he made another batch & included the jalapeno for pico de gallo as it was MEANT to be! LOL)

To make the other half of our deviled eggs spicy I stirred in a couple of healthy whoppin’ spoonfuls of pico de gallo into the remaining filling.

Then I piped the spicier filling into the remaining hollowed egg whites. 

When all the eggs were filled I sprinkled a little paprika on top for contrasting color. I like to top with a little fresh pico de gallo too. 

Mama always said ‘Presentation is Half The Meal’, and mama’s always right! 

Identifying The Spicier Deviled Eggs

But how will I identify the spicier deviled eggs that include jalapenos? Easy!

I topped the deviled eggs containing the jalapeno-spicy pico de gallo with a thin slice of fresh jalapeno. Those are the spicier ones for our guests who wanted a little kick! 

Everyone loves deviled eggs. It’s a delicious thing to bring for a covered dish. Deviled eggs are always gobbled up at any gathering when I’ve brought them. 

But these more flavorful pico de gallo deviled eggs were the hit of the party!! 

Give it a try, it’s a delicious spicy twist on an old favorite!

~TxH~

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