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Bedeviled Eggs

The seeds of the Mexican tabasco chili were planted on Avery Island, Louisiana, in the mid 1800s, and in 1868, former New Orleans banker Edmund McIlhenny began experimenting with them. He created Tabasco sauce by mixing mashed chilies with salt, letting them age in oak barrels, then adding vinegar. Tabasco is so popular today that it often appears on restaurant tables right next to the salt and pepper. A good dose of the stuff puts the devil in these eggs.

Type: Eggs
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

8   Hard-boiled eggs - peeled (large)
1/4 cup 59mlPurchased tartar sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlSpicy brown mustard (such as Gulden's)
1 1/4 teaspoons 6.3mlTabasco or other hot pepper sauce
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Paprika

Recipe Instructions

Cut eggs in half lengthwise. Scoop out yolks; place in small bowl. Add tartar sauce, mustard and Tabasco; mash with fork. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into egg white halves, dividing equally. Sprinkle with paprika. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)

This recipe yields 8 appetizer servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, September 1999

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