My Go-To Deviled Egg Recipe Everyone Always Comes Back For

I counted thirty eggs in the basket yesterday morning, and that was before I'd even checked the nest boxes by the barn. This is the stretch of the year I plan for. The hens don't slow down, the fridge fills up, and I end up back at the same two dishes I always turn to when there are more eggs than plans for them: hard boiled and deviled.

Neither one is fancy. That's the point. When you've got a dozen eggs staring at you from the counter, you don't want a recipe with fifteen ingredients. You want something you can make without thinking too hard, that still turns out right every time.

Hard boiled eggs are where I start. I put the eggs in a pan, cover them with cold water, and bring it to a boil. As soon as it hits a boil, I take the pan off the heat, cover it, and let the eggs sit for 12 minutes. Then rinse under cold water and they're ready to peel. That's the whole method, and it works whether I'm doing six eggs or two dozen.

Deviled eggs are what I make when I want something people will actually eat off the platter. Once the eggs are boiled and peeled, I slice them in half and mash the yolks with mayonnaise, mustard, our dill and seasoning salt. That's it for ingredients. The seasoning salt carries enough flavor that I don't need to reach for anything else. Spoon the filling back into the whites, and they're ready.

They get written off sometimes as an old church-potluck dish, but I've never brought a tray home half full.

When I'm not making one of those two, I'm usually leaning on quiche or a frittata to burn through eggs faster or baking something like custard or pancakes where eggs are doing real work in the batter. All of it comes back to the same idea, this is a good time of year to use eggs generously instead of rationing them.

When your hens are laying more eggs than you can keep up with, deviled eggs are one of the easiest ways to turn that extra supply into something everyone enjoys. If you're bringing them to family gatherings, holidays, or potluck meals, a deviled egg platter can help keep them organized and make serving a dozen or more eggs simple and presentable.

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