Smoked Eggs

[Riverrat]

Yup, Chicken eggs on the smoker, anyone else do them?? I do a few from time to time and as easy to do as it gets.

Ingredient - Egg, straight from the box (or chicken)

Method - Place in smoker

Smoke - Whatever you are using, that's Hickory for me.

Temp - Around the 225 mark is fine, do a few when you are doing ribs or pulled pork low and slow, over the 250 mark and they can crack and leak

Time - Two hours should do it,

Eat as a hard boiled egg (what do you expect)

Mine usually are a mild smokey flavour and wish it was a bit stronger but not bad for the effort it takes to cook them! Will add some photo's next time I do some.

[derekmiller]

Doesnt the shell, keep most of the smoke out.
I havent tried it, but would cooking them first, removing the shell, then smoking, produce a stronger taste.
I love pickled eggs, so I was going to try smoked ones at some stage.
Derek.

[keith157]

The shell is surprisingly porous, if you were to keep a raw egg together with a half an onion it will pick up an onion flavour. What about cold smoking would that work???

[Riverrat]

Derek, I think I read that if you cook them first and then smoke the eggs they will go rubbery, got me thinking though - next time I do some I'm going to let them cook for an hour and then smack them with a hammer to crack the shell a little(!) and then let them finish off for the second hour. The thinking is that some extra smoke will be absorbed through the cracks - will try it and see. Smoked and pickled eggs sound soooo good!!!

Keith, I have not tried any cold smoking (yet), I can think of no reason for it not to work, I guess you would end up with a flavoured and still raw egg that you could cook any way you choose?

[Jonty]

I cold smoke cooked and raw eggs and the results are very good. For cooked I just hard boil then peel and then smoke. For raw, just cold smoke in their shells, it is surprising how much smoke they take, it does add a certain something to a fried egg. I have a mate with a load of quail and I want to get some eggs from him, I reckon a black pudding & chorizo salad with a poached smoked quails egg on top would be a really good starter.

[keith157]

Thanks Jonty, as to the quail sounds like a potential £25 starter at a *** establishment, wonder when we'll see it

[Tiny]

Jonty, sounds top, can I suggest a subtle change for Quail read "Goose".......eggylicious!

Cheers for the supercure, piggy resting in it now.....


Cheers
Tiny

[derekmiller]

Riverrat, let us know how that goes. My missus thinks I am a nutter to smoke pickled eggs, but you have given me the drive to have a go now.
Jonty, now that sounds really good.

[Chris__M]

Different, but along similar lines. Amongst the things I cold-smoke regularly is butter, and one of my main uses for that is cooking scrambled eggs. So fresh eggs, beaten and cooked in melted smoked butter.

Tastes delicious.

[Jonty]

Jonty, sounds top, can I suggest a subtle change for Quail read "Goose".......eggylicious!

Cheers for the supercure, piggy resting in it now.....


Cheers
Tiny

Now a smoked goose egg, that would be a thing of beauty - that lovely rich creaminess of the yolk offset by the smoke hmmm...

Glad the cure arrived ok, let me know how the bacon tastes