Best Purple Pickled Eggs Recipes

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PURPLE PICKLED EGGS



Purple Pickled Eggs image

While pickled eggs may not be for everyone, this is a treat for someone who grew up eating them. The sweet beet juice is the predominant flavor and is mixed with sour vinegar for a pleasant combination. The hard-boiled eggs absorb the pickling juices and take on its flavor. They're beautiful after they've sat in the pickling...

Provided by Laurie Lott

Categories     Other Appetizers

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 4

24 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
3 can(s) whole beets
white vinegar
sugar

Steps:

  • 1. Hard-boil eggs and peel. Place eggs in a deep container that seals such as a gallon jar (I use a gallon glass jar with a wide mouth opening and lid).
  • 2. Carefully open cans of beets and pour beet juice in a separate bowl.
  • 3. Drop beets on top of peeled eggs in jar/container. This will hold down the eggs.
  • 4. Measure the beet juice from the 3 cans of beets and carefully pour juice into a good size saucepan.
  • 5. To the beet juice, add equal parts of white sugar and white vinegar (ie. 2 c beet juice, 2 c sugar, 2 c white vinegar; do not use apple cider vinegar, it changes the flavor completely).
  • 6. Heat beet juice, sugar, and vinegar until it almost is ready to boil. Stir occasionally to ensure sugar dissolves.
  • 7. Remove juice mixture when ready to boil and carefully pour hot mixture over beets and eggs.
  • 8. Do not stir until the mixture is totally cooled down. This allows the weight of beets to hold eggs down and keeps them immersed in the hot beet juice mixture.
  • 9. I let my eggs sit overnight before I stir them. You do not need to refrigerate these eggs because the vinegar pickles them. They will keep for 2 weeks.
  • 10. I make my purple pickled eggs 3 days before I will need them to ensure a good pickling and a deep purple color. The longer they pickle, the better they are!
  • 11. EXTRA TIP: These eggs make a great sandwich with some mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
  • 12. REMEMBER: Always use equal parts of beet juice, white sugar, and white vinegar.

GOLDEN AND PURPLE BEET-PICKLED EGGS



Golden and Purple Beet-Pickled Eggs image

Provided by Food Network

Time 9h5m

Yield 6 pickled eggs

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pound red or golden beets, stems and leaves removed
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon turmeric, if using golden beets
1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1/4 teaspoon pickling spice
6 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled
1 small yellow onion, peeled and sliced

Steps:

  • In a medium pot, cover the beets with cold water and boil until tender. Remove the beets and reserve for another use. Add the vinegar, sugar, turmeric if using golden beets, peppercorns and pickling spice. Boil, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves.
  • Remove the pot from the heat and let stand until the cooking liquid reaches room temperature. Add the eggs and onions. Cover tightly and refrigerate, turning the eggs occasionally, at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours. Remove the eggs from the liquid and serve.

UNKNOWNCHEF86'S PURPLE PICKLED EGGS



Unknownchef86's Purple Pickled Eggs image

This is something I ate growing up, something that can cause grown adults to salivate merely by mentioning the recipe. Apparently it's a Pennsylvania Dutch recipe, on my maternal grandmother's side of the family. Whoever it was that first decided to include it in their recipe collection...thank you! After getting in a "pickled egg discussion" with Sandi (from CA), I searched 'Zaar and discovered that, amongst the twenty five already here, there wasn't another pickled egg recipe like the one I'd grown up with. None of them had cinnamon or cloves. So here I am, saving the world one pickled egg at a time. ;) Prep time does not include pickling time in the refrigerator. Just for fun, split one after it's pickled. The white should be a purplish-pink color, and the yolk should be yellow. It makes a beautiful contrast. The longer the eggs sit in the brine, the darker and more flavorful they will get. You will discover, however, how many days you prefer them to sit and percolate...I don't usually care to pickle them any longer than a week, as the brine starts soaking into the yolk. I usually double the recipe and store them in a gallon jar.

Provided by UnknownChef86

Categories     Vegetable

Time 6h5m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup beet juice
1/2 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (or 1 stick cinnamon)
1/4 teaspoon clove
2 cups cooked beets, sliced (or small, whole beets)
1 dozen egg, hardboiled, peeled and chilled

Steps:

  • Heat brine ingredients to boiling. Pour over beets and let stand six hours.
  • Add hardboiled eggs and let stand in refrigerator for up to one week. Assuming you can wait that long. I can't. I start snitching them the day after they're put in the fridge.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 82, Fat 4.2, SaturatedFat 1.4, Cholesterol 163.7, Sodium 133.4, Carbohydrate 4.4, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 3.5, Protein 6

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