These Pickled Eggs are a delicious and healthy snack that everyone will enjoy!
With no canning required, this recipe contains just the right combination of sweet, sour, and salty.
Pickled eggs are a great on-the-go snack or add them to a charcuterie board along with pickled asparagus and spicy dill dip.
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Ingredients for Pickled Eggs
- Eggs: You’ll want hard boiled eggs which can be done in an Instant Pot, on the stove, or in an air fryer. Peel the eggs and cool completely.
- Brine: The brine for this recipe is the perfect balance of sweet and sour. I use white vinegar but you can substitute apple cider vinegar if you’d prefer.
- Onion/Garlic: I add a little bit of onion and garlic to this recipe. Cooking the onion in the brine adds a little bit of extra flavor.
- Sugar: A little white sugar balances the vinegar.
- Spices: I love the addition of fresh dill to these eggs. Along with dill, you’ll need coarse salt, a bay leaf, and some pickling spices. If possible, choose pickling spices without cloves (or pick out cloves if you see them); cloves can discolor the eggs.
How to Make Pickled Eggs
This pickled eggs recipe is so simple, it doesn’t require canning or special equipment, just a very quick brine, a few slices of onion, and some boiled eggs.
- Boil eggs, peel, and cool completely.
- Prepare the brine by boiling on the stove for 2 minutes.
- Place the eggs in a jar and add the garlic, dill, and brine. Cool completely and refrigerate.
Holly’s Tips
- Hard boil the eggs using a pressure cooker or air fryer for perfect results every time.
- Choosing a pickling spice without cloves will help keep the brine from turning brown.
- You can substitute cider vinegar for the white vinegar.
- Using red onion or a few slices of cooked beets will make your eggs, pretty and pink!
- Add extra dill or even a few slices of peppers or jalapeno for a little bit of zip!
What to Do with Pickled Eggs
I love the look of homemade goods – they just look like they were made with love (and they always seem to be received with love too)! This homemade pickled egg recipe makes a great gift a hostess gift, simply tie a ribbon around the lid.
- Pickled Eggs are great as an appetizer, as a snack, or even chopped up and added to an egg salad sandwich!
- Pickled eggs are great as a snack with a cold beer.
- Add them to a charcuterie board, a salad, or sandwiches. They’re a great addition to potato salad too.
- Once your eggs are gone, be sure to keep the onions… they’re the most delicious addition to salads and sandwiches (I actually just love eating them right out of the jar)!
More Things to Pickle!
Did you make these Pickled Eggs? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below!
Ingredients
- 12 large hard boiled eggs peeled and cooled
- 2 to 3 sprigs fresh dill
- 1 clove garlic
Brine
- 1 large white onion thinly sliced
- 3 cups white vinegar
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 teaspoons pickling spices
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine onion, white vinegar, water, sugar, salt, bay leaf, and pickling spices.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
- Add a garlic clove to an empty glass jar, and place 3 hard-boiled eggs on top. Layer the eggs with some of the cooked onion slices and a sprig of fresh dill. Repeat this layering process until the jar is full.
- Pour the pickling liquid over the eggs.
- Close the jar and refrigerate for at least 3-4 days before eating (1 week is best).
Notes
- Cooked or canned sliced beets can be added to the eggs. If using canned beets, replace the water with the beet juice.
- You can add more or less sugar to taste.
- I use a 1 qt jar, if your jars are smaller, these eggs can be divided over several smaller jars.
- These will keep for weeks in the fridge. Enjoy the onions on salads or in sandwiches.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
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Can you reuse the brine for a new batch
Do you add the garlic with the dill and onions uncooked?
The garlic and dill are uncooked. The onions are cooked in step 2.
Can this be made without dill or is there a substitute I can use I’m allergic.
You could exclude the dill or substitute an equal amount of tarragon.
Hi,
What kind of onion do you use Holly?
Thanks
Do you put the lid on with the brine still quite warm and then wait to refrigerate? By the time I finished the process of filling the jar the brine hasn’t cooled that much but it still seems too warm for the fridge. Thanks!
You could wait until it cools a little more before moving it to the fridge Laura.
Hello – just making these now – would they keep out of the fridge in a sealed Jar on a shelf in the kitchen? How long for more or less?
So pretty I’d like them on show!
Many thanks,
Liza
I would suggest you store these in the refrigerator.
If you want to keep them out of the fridge you can easily can them
I haven’t tried canning these.
Made these a couple weeks ago and they were delicious and very easy to make. Just started on another batch!
Can I use beet juice instead of the water? I always use apple cider vinegar, I love the flavor of it more so than white vinegar. I love pickled eggs and honestly I’m not sure I could eat one that isn’t pink. It would be too weird… I too live in Ohio and I leave them in to soak until the egg whites are all pink… YUM!
I haven’t tried it that way but I’m sure that would work just fine. Please let us know how it works for you if you do try it!
These are great, do you have a receipe for pickled garlic, our family loves it but does not like the look of it as the receipe I use makes the garlic go green.
Thank you
I’m sorry I don’t have a pickled garlic recipe however my friend Mary at Barefeet in the Kitchen has a great recipe.
Can this process also work with vegetables? Also, is this how you make “banana peppers”?
This works with almost any veggie! Enjoy!
Wanting to do these for food storage.Do you have any idea how long they stay good?
They will last about a month (although they never last that long around here).
How long is the shelve life?
They will last about a month (although they never last that long around here).
How long do you cook the eggs in pressure cooker. I have an old one I use all the time. It has a “spinner ” on top with 3 different pressure settings
We make pickled eggs all the time. and do add jalapeno slices we pickled.
You can find my pressure cooker eggs recipe here.
I never cover eggs or chicken while cooking is this a false hood from old wives
how long do you recommend leaving eggs in jar in fridge to safe?
They will last about a month (although they never last that long around here).
I have gone over the recipe three times and do not see where or when to add the garlic,I so do want to make these, but I don’t want to be disappointed by the taste, because of a missing ingredient.Thanks for taking my question.
I add the garlic to the jar before putting the eggs in.
At what point do I add the garlic? Thank you :)
I add the garlic to the jar before putting the eggs in.
Can you tell me if the sugar is needed? My husband is diabetic and would like to try these if it’s possible to omit the sugar.
I have only made this as written. Are you able to try a sugar substitute? I haven’t tried it so if you do, please let us know how it works out for you!
you don’t need to use sugar I have 4 jars in my frig and the guys at work eat the up like its nothing they want to buy some from me now just don’t know how much to sale my quail eggs for.
Dixie…love the name…..Im from Georgia living in Thailand…i have plenty of quail eggs….do you use the same process..or something different…. been craving pickled eggs since i left Ga.10 yrs ago….
Pickled eggs are great made with just vinegar, beet juice, onion slices, and garlic cloves. You can pickle beets along with the eggs as well. Add salt if you wish, but it’s no needed if you put salt and pepper on the eggs as you eat them, just as you might do with a plain hard-boiled egg.
First time I tried pickled eggs going to be hard to wait a week. 5 stars on prep work not going to rate yet I’ll be back. Lol
Hello…. well first time I tried pickled eggs I’ll let you know how this turns out. Going to be hard to wait a week lol.
Is the sugar a necessary absolute? looking for low carb recipe.
I’ve only made this as written so while I do think it would work without the sugar, it would also change the flavor and would be more sour. Are you able to try a sugar substitute in place? If you do try it, please let us know how it works out for you!
You can use stevia for low carb ….that is what I use.
Lisa, you can check out Holly’s Easy Low Carb website for more low carb recipes!
Here in Ohio, we make our pickled eggs in pickled beets juice. We don’t just add a few slices of beets to the eggs. We add the eggs to the pickled beets. YUM!
That sounds delicious too!!