15 Hard Boiled Egg Recipes
15 Genius Hard Boiled Egg Recipes! If you have a fridge full of leftover Easter eggs or you just love boiled eggs, this list of hard boiled egg recipes will get you excited.
You will be surprised by what you can accomplish with those leftover colored Easter eggs! We use them to make appetizers, salads, soups and more! P.S. If you don’t have any leftover Easter Eggs, check out our fail-proof Hard Boiled Egg Recipe. Let’s get cracking!
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Hard Boiled Egg Recipes
Hard boiled eggs are a satisfying (and affordable) source of protein in salads. Eggs are recommended in Federal dietary guidelines as a way to raise good (healthy) cholesterol levels. Enjoy these recipes using hard boiled eggs and I hope you find some new favorite hard boiled egg ideas!
Use Hard Boiled Eggs for Salads:
The easiest use for leftover boiled eggs is to peel and add to salads – sliced into rings, quartered or diced.
- Chicken Avocado Salad Recipe photographed above)
- Smoked Salmon Layered Salmon Recipe
- Creamy Potato Salad Recipe with radish and cucumber
- Chicken Olivye (Chicken Potato Salad)
- Cucumber Cauliflower Pasta Salad (my sister Anna’s specialty!)
- Classic Russian Potato Salad – we grew up on this stuff!
- Creamy Crab Salad with peas and corn
- Salmon Cobb Salad is a twist on classic Cobb salad
Add Hard Boiled Eggs to Soups:
Cold Summer soups are a surprising way to use up leftover hard cooked eggs. They Add protein and a beautiful pop of color especially in the beet red Holodnik soup.
- Okroshka Soup – (photographed above) My favorite cold soup of all time
- Holodnik Soup – boiled eggs never looked so good!
Hard-Boiled Egg Appetizers:
Grate leftover hard-boiled eggs over canapés as a delicate and tasty garnish.
- Canapes with Egg and Chives – my sister Svetlana’s go-to for parties
- Mushroom and Egg Spread – great over crostini or even served as a salad
Stuffed Egg Recipes:
Here are our all-time favorite stuffed egg recipes and they are perfect for parties (and snacking). The Easter egg chicks are particularly darling and loved by kiddos (for obvious reasons)!
- Guacamole Stuffed Eggs (photographed above) have so much flavor
- Classic Stuffed Eggs – our basic recipe for deviled eggs, and oh so good!
- Easter Egg Chicks – guaranteed to make people smile
These leftover hard boiled egg recipes probably have you craving eggs ;). Here is a quick recipe on how to hard boil eggs. It’s our standard method and it works every time! Just be sure you use store-bought eggs. Eggs that are super fresh from the farm (or my Mom’s chicken coup), tend to peel with great difficulty unless you can let them stay refrigerated for a couple of weeks before using them.
Hard Boiled Eggs
The easiest method for how to boil eggs with perfect results every time! All you need is a pot, some water and a little salt to help the eggs peel easier. This recipe is very forgiving and can easily be adjusted to your desired egg doneness. Perfect for use in hard boiled egg recipes.
Ingredients
- 12 eggs refrigerated
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
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1. Place refrigerated eggs carefully in a medium saucepan and add enough cold water to cover the tops of the eggs.
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2. With the lid off, bring to a rolling boil then add 1/2 tsp salt.
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TURN OFF HEAT, cover with lid and let eggs sit on the burner for 10-15 minutes (10 min if you have an electric burner that retains heat and up to 15 min for a gas burner that does not retain heat). Test 1 egg at 10 min to see if it has reached desired doneness.
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Once the timer is up, drain and rinse eggs in cold water then let them sit in ice-cold water to cool. Finally, peel and enjoy.
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Q: Did any of these hard boiled egg recipes surprise you? I’d love to hear about your creative uses for Easter eggs in a comment below.
Natasha Kravchuk
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“Eggs are recommended in Federal dietary guidelines as a way to raise good (healthy) cholesterol levels.” That’s not what it says. (Eggs don’t raise your HDLs.) They just said replacing saturated fats with carbs wasn’t making you better off.
Hi Stacey, there are other reputable sources online that speak to eggs raising HDL’s. You might do a google search if you are curious to learn more.
I have always been disappointed with asymetrical eggs when making deviled eggs. I have discovered that if you stir the pot gently until the water comes to a boil, the yoke will stay basically centered in the egg.
Thanks for sharing that info with us!
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Thank you so much for sharing that with us, Sandrine!
Love the way you make cooking look so easy ,creative ,delicious. I certainly trying the v -e -r- y ones for my next friends over
Thank you for that wonderful compliment! I’m so glad to hear you’re enjoying our recipes!
The easter eggs are so freaking cute.
I’m so happy you like that, Megan!!
They are so lovely, especially the Hard Boiled Egg Salad. It’s indeed a best way to make the salad. Like the so simple way you make the sauce with lemon juice!
Thank you Natalie! I’m glad you enjoy the recipes, thanks for sharing!
Awesome recipe collection! I have gas stove and they are perfect after 10 minutes. Quick question: what’s the salt for ?
Hi Anna, Thank you! There are so many fun ways to use up leftover Easter eggs! Adding salt seems to help them peel easier 🙂
Oh , good to know. Thank you 😊
You’re welcome Anna!
I cook this way my eggs as well. I was searching for days how to cook proper way eggs and not to have a smell on the second day. this way eliminated 90% of the smell of your eggs (if you’re using on 2nd and 3rd day). When I want to bring eggs to work, I make sure I cook this way my eggs. thanks for sharing…
Great minds think alike! 🙂
no eggs are going away because i am going to make that salad
Perfect! 🙂
This collection is so very useful ! It suggests dishes so frugal way and solves my office lunches problem. Thank you so much !
Yay!! I love finding solutions for office lunch problems. 🙂 That’s awesome!
My husband makes an amazing bread spread or dip that’s super easy with leftover eggs that I can’t get enough of.
In a blender he adds precisely:
4 cans of tuna (with water)
One large onion (chopped up at least in fourths)
1 cup mayo (or half of mayo half of sour cream)
6-8 eggs depending on thickness
So good! Makes a large serving though so maybe divide that by half 😉
I love the idea of making a tuna-salad-like spread. That is genius! Thank you for sharing!! 🙂 It sounds like it would hang out nicely in the fridge for a few days for work lunches 🙂
I have serious problems eating & this sounds like an answer to what to have for dinner, thank you so much for sharing. Need to go make some 🥚🥚🥚 lol!
My pleasure Fay!