How To Make Sauerkraut Pickled Eggs

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It's a book title and more than a suggestion: Ferment Your Vegetables, by blogger and author Amanda Feifer, is one of our favorite back-to-basics guides on all things pickled, fermented and cured. Got cabbage that's just itching to become something more, cucumbers that yearn for a brighter, tarter future, or any other vegetable just bursting with sour potential? This is the book for you. Learn how to make sauerkraut pickled eggs with this simple, colorful recipe. 

I don't know if this makes me a weirdo, but I go CRAZY for pickled eggs. This technique can also be done in brined ferments, kimchi liquid, or any other vegetable ferment you let go long enough for acidity to get appropriately low. The truly awesome thing about fermented pickled eggs isn't their utterly superior flavor — it's the fun games you can play with color! Use a red kraut to end up with purple eggs, radish pickle brine for pastel pink, or finished beet kvass for a beet red egg.

Recipe Note: You can also put peeled, hard-boiled eggs into finished pickle brines. The resulting pickled eggs are rainbow-colored and delicious. It is okay to put unpeeled eggs, or eggs with intentionally cracked shells, into the mix. The lactic acid will eat away at the shells and provide you with some very interesting patterns and colors. If you do use unpeeled eggs, don't eat the sauerkraut as the alkaline in the shells can result in a higher pH.

Reprinted with permission from Ferment Your Vegetables

How To Make Sauerkraut Pickled Eggs
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Learn how to make sauerkraut pickled eggs with this simple, colorful recipe from blogger and author Amanda Feifer's new book, "Ferment Your Vegetables."
Prep Time
5
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Servings
4
eggs plus 3 cups sauerkraut
Ingredients
  • 3 cups finished sauerkraut
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs
Directions
  1. Put about an inch of sauerkraut that has fermented for a minimum of two weeks into a quart jar. Pack extra around the sides to create a little crater in the jar.
  2. Place an egg into the crater and gently pack more sauerkraut on top and fit another egg in. Cover that egg with more sauerkraut and pack the whole thing, very gently, down. Repeat with the remaining two eggs, ending with at least a thin layer of sauerkraut on top.
  3. Place the jar in the fridge and allow the eggs to culture and color for 5 days to 2 weeks. You may eat the kraut and eggs as soon as the eggs taste pickled enough for you.
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