How do you take your hard boiled eggs (when you eat them as-is)?

[ipsedixit]

Hard boiled eggs, not in a dish (e.g. egg salad) or prepped (e.g. pickled or tea boiled) ... how do you eat them?

Do you just eat them plain? With no accouterments or condiments?

Or do you add a dash of salt? Or some red pepper flakes?

Maybe dip them in some sort of sauce (e.g. Srirachca or Tobasco) or something like ketchup?

Personally, I really like my hard boiled eggs dipped in soy sauce, although "plain-Jane" is good too.

[mrzee]

A couple of drops of Blair's Sudden Death sauce is all I need

[plf515]

I will have to try with Sririacha

I like them mashed up with some Worcestshire sauce, or with some good anchovies and olive oil, or just some olive oil.

[dct]

Usually just salt, but if I have some on hand, a spoonful of tapenade on each half of a HB egg is really good.

[itsmejessica]

I just use salt pepper and a few dashes of frank's red hot sauce. The tapenade sound good. I love olive in my egg salad.

[LittleWave]

I like them plain with salt and pepper.
Like them better with a cucumber on the side.
LOVE them in a pita with thick tehina and fresh cucumber. Great sandwich for road trips.

[petek]

S&P cut in half lengthwise,a dollop of mayo and a shot of Tabasco..

[alliegator]

Sliced, with slices of tomatoes (if they're pretty--not the icky winter ones) and just salt and black pepper.

[ohmyyum]

Alliegator, try looking for Campari pearl tomatoes on the vine or kumato brown tomatoes. They, of course, pale in comparison to a summer garden tomato, but they have been consistently decent all winter. They are also fairly small so the slices would be about the same size as the egg slices.

[pretzal]

With peanut butter.

Just kidding. I don't like boiled egg yolks, they're too chalky to me :(

[ipsedixit]

Oh, I dunno, I could see them working with peanut butter.

[pretzal]

I actually considered the idea after I said it, except with fried eggs. Melty PB on a fried egg, hmmm....

[jmcarthur8]

I love eggs sliced, in a toasted English muffin with some cheddar cheese. Melted under the broiler briefly so the cheese is warm and the egg is cold.

[Riccardo]

Cut in half, top w/anchovy filet.

[fame da lupo]

Sei pazzo. Sounds delicious.

[dave_c]

95% of the time as egg salad or deviled eggs.
5% plain - peel and eat.

[JungMann]

As much as I love spicy foods, I never thought to put Sriracha onto a hardboiled egg. If I'm eating hard boiled eggs on their own I'm usually in a rush so I want something quick to just dip them in. Usually that's chaat masala or sesame seed salt and soy or za'atar. Something dry that I can toss into a dipping bowl and leave in the sink for later.

[ipsedixit]

How is squirting some Sriracha any more of a hassle (time wise) than dumping some dry seasoning into a bowl?

I would imagine it would be less of a hassle b/c you could just squirt it directly on the egg. No bowl. No sink. No nothing for "later" to worry about.

[JungMann]

Not a hassle, just never thought of it; I don't like Sriracha with scrambled eggs so never thought that they might be better on hard boiled.

[ipsedixit]

Understood.

[fame da lupo]

I never thought of combining a hard boiled egg with a spicy sauce until I had it with sambal (Indonesian spicy sauce). So delicious.

[potts]

Where did you buy sambal? Would I find it in a chain food store?

[fame da lupo]

Had it at an Indonesian restaurant -- sambal is common enough that you can probably find it at any Asian grocer. Though I believe there are several varieties, might want to do some Chow searching.

[ohmyyum]

I think sambal has gone mainstream. I've seen it in the ethnic food aisles of all the large chain grocers near me-- whole foods, Harris teeter, lowes foods, and even Walmart. Usually near the sriracha.

[boogiebaby]

Sambal oelek is the kind that's gone mainstream. It's basically fresh ground red chillis. There are many types of sambals though - the kind I make for eggs usually has fresh ground chillis, onion, garlic, tamarind, etc. it's completely different than just the sambal oelek in a bottle. Other kinds have lemongrass, dried shrimp, turmeric, etc. I all depends on what kind of sambal you are making.

I do use sambal oelek too, but as a base for other things, or to dip my char siu bao in.

[fame da lupo]

Olive oil, aleppo pepper, salt. Halved.

[deet13]

I enjoy eating hard boiled eggs with a pitcher of cold beer and bottle of Tabasco sauce.

[selfportrait93]

Salt and Pepper....in two bites.

[wadejay26]

Soaked in a nice vinegar and beet juice mix for a week.

[Tripeler]

Or, just soak them in the liquid from a can of pickled beets.
This is my favorite thing to do with a boiled egg because they turn out so beautiful.

[ipsedixit]

Of just soak them in a jar of kimchi.

[Tripeler]

Or throw them into a pickle jar once all the pickles have been eaten. That's also pretty good, and after about a week or two, if you make deviled eggs with the pickled eggs, they are pretty good, too.

[Ruthie789]

A jumbo egg, with salt, toast and butter and my cup of tea is my morning meal. Also make devilled eggs for parties, seems to be a hit.

[pinehurst]

Plain Jane and I LOVE them, as in practically Cool Hand Luke love them.

[Hank Hanover]

50 eggs, Luke? That's got to be 5 - 6 pounds of eggs. In an hour?

[EWSflash]

Salt. Maybe a little blue cheese dressing

[hannaone]

Thanks ipsedixit

Reading this thread pushed my CRAVE button and I just had to boil me some eggs.

Light salt and very warm.

[calmossimo]

I also had cravings for some boiled eggs after reading this thread. They've been a great, easy staple to keep stashed in the fridge the last two days. I forgot how convenient they are.

I had a couple today for breakfast with some lovely smoked sea salt. Then after work, I tried one with maggi seasoning and, for some reason, was supremely surprised at how much I loved it. I don't know why I was so surprised, because I love maggi, and I love hard-boiled eggs. I'll definitely be eating them this way more often!

When I'm in a rush or am taking them on-the-go, usually just plain jane or with regular salt. I was smart enough to pack a teeny bag with the smoked sea salt and remembered to bring it this morning, but that is not the norm.

[alarash]

I eat 2 hard boiled eggs with one slice of toasted wheat bread almost every morning.

I cut the slice of toast lengthwise to divide it into two thin strips, then i cut each of those in half, producing a total of four small squares of bread.

I cut each egg in half, producing 4 egg halves.

Then I dress each half-egg with mayo, black pepper, on a small raft of toast, and down the hatch!

But lately I've been replacing the mayo with mustard in an effort to gain an improved view of my feet, and I find it to be delicious.

[golfer1]

Sounds great! Isn't most bread "wheat" bread. Does wheat bread mean whole wheat, or brown bread or?

[shoo bee doo]

Semi-mashed with as much butter you can manage and salt and pepper.

[suzigirl]

That is the way my ex hubby taught me to eat them. Oh so good that way

[cheesemonger]

with a drizzle of last night's vinagrette- the chunky bits at the bottom that I reserve for this use, the marinated herbs and garlic.... a pinch of smoked sea salt, that's breakfast.

[jbsiegel]

I like them cold and either plain (eaten whole) or with soy sauce (cut into quarters the long way and then topped with soy sauce).

[CanadaGirl]

Lots of salt and pepper. That's it.

I'm flexible on the temperature though. I prefer warm, but can handle hot or cold too. Yum!

[Passadumkeg]

Soft and runny or hard boiled, I ain't fussy. A dab of butter and salt & pepper. We usually eat it w/ a Norwegian frorkost bord of fish, cheeses, and meats.

[ajk11]

Hi All- This is my first post but I've been a LONG TIME follower=)
I like them with:
Kimchi
Cho gochujang
Soy sauce
Cholula
Salt & Pepper
Kewpi + Rayu chili oil
Korean jangjorim style

[ipsedixit]

Welcome to Chowhound!

[jmcarthur8]

I love them warm with a little bit of gooey yolk and a big grind of coarse black pepper.

[biondanonima]

If they're still warm (my favorite), I eat them with salt and nothing else. If they're cold, I prefer a condiment - Sriracha or other hot sauce is good or mayo/mustard works.

[ohmyyum]

Agreed! My prefer hard-boiled eggs still warm to the point that giving them a squeeze will deform them slightly without the white cracking.. If that makes any sense. When warm, a grind of Himalayan pink salt is all I need; cold, they get some whole grain mustard and a grind of black pepper.

[sandylc]

Kosher salt.

[Breadcrumbs]

Mmm, we love hard boiled eggs. I serve them chopped in my vintage egg cups. I like them w Kosher salt. mr bc has his w lots of freshly ground black pepper and salt. Somehow they just taste better in an egg cup!

[BrookBoy]

I cut each in half length-wise, then add a light sprinkling of salt, a small dollop of mayo and a few drops of sriracha on each half. Pure bliss...

[Terrie H.]

Only with a sprinkle of sichuan peppercorn, black pepper and coarse salt. And they must be warm. I just don't like cold egg whites.

[Veggo]

I usually remove the shell for a smoother mouth-feel.

[Violatp]

What?? That's the best part!

[foodieX2]

Hard boiled eggs are my go to snack after the gym so those are eaten cold, plain Jane and on the go.

However I much prefer my hardboiled still warm with just a sprinkle of rough ground sea salt or maldon flake style salt. I eat them whole, salting as I go.

If am feeling particularly decadent I will eat them sliced, still warm on lightly toasted thick sliced bread slathered with salted high fat butter like Kate's.

[HillJ]

I dip the yolk into a bowl of ground black pepper so the entire dome is covered and a splash of soy for the salt kick.

[Tom P]

Tons of salt and pepper. A little whole grain mustard as well, sometimes.

[ellabee]

Salt and pepper. The only situation in which I eat them plain (w/ s&p) is traveling.

[Crockett67]

Or at a hotel breakfast buffet.

[Hank Hanover]

I smear mayo or miracle whip on them sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and eat.

Mixing a little mustard with mayo would be good. or honey mustard sauce would be good.

[grampart]

+1 on the Miracle Whip with a little celery salt.

[Violatp]

I do the mustard/mayo thing, too. Just a little dollop on each half. I call it lazy deviled eggs.

[boogiebaby]

I only eat hard boiled eggs as Sambal Telur, or Malay style hard boiled eggs in a fiery /onion sambal.

My 9yo old son will not eat hard boiled eggs unless he has soy sauce and white pepper.

[ipsedixit]

I love Sambal Telur, especially with deep fried hard boiled eggs and all of it served over rice.

[Sarah Perry]

Oh man, I did not know there was such a thing as deep fried hard boiled eggs! Sounds amazing, especially with aforementioned fiery sambal.

[ipsedixit]

Sarah,

Google "Scotch Egg" ... Enjoy!

[Mestralle]

And if you want to be extra decadent: deviled Scotch eggs.

[boogiebaby]

I will also take short cuts and just boil the egg, cut it in half and top each half with a dollop of sambal. :) I can whip up sambal in less than 10 minutes, so by the time the egg is boiled, the sambal is ready too.

I also slice the egg and put it between some bread with a smear of sambal. Great midnight snack in our house!

[goodhealthgourmet]

Usually Plain Jane, but if I want a little kick I'll dip them in sambal oelek or sriracha.