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We’ve got the easiest method for making pickled eggs! You’ll need just 2 ingredients and a 3 day chill in the fridge. Our pickled eggs recipe makes a great snack or use the eggs in your favorite salads or to make deviled eggs with an extra punch of flavor.
We just can’t pass up a pickle.
Pickled Eggs With 2 Ingredients!
I’m the type who will get irrationally angry if I order a sandwich at a restaurant and it doesn’t come with a pickle spear on the side.
Like, it’s one of the main reasons I ordered a sandwich. Pickles are life, you know?
Which means that we have a lot of pickle juice in jars going on in my house, because we go through the pickles quick. Like, quick quick. I’m not saying it’s a problem, but it’s a problem.
Enter our 2 ingredient extra easy pickled eggs recipe.
You literally just need boiled eggs + leftover pickle juice to give your boiled eggs a little extra oomph.
Ways To Eat Pickled Eggs:
Pickled eggs make a great snack all on their own, just like any plain boiled egg would. High in protein and easy to grab and enjoy!
That said, we love to get creative.
We do lots of my favorite egg salad recipe too. That’s for sure one of my favorite lunches and they recipe has been pinned over 40,000 times! I think that’s a sign it’s a good recipe, and it adds a little extra oomph if you start with these easy pickled eggs.
Next time you make deviled eggs, start with pickled eggs.
Any time you’re making a potato salad or pasta salad, chop up some pickled eggs in place of the standard boiled eggs. Extra flavor and a great way to use these up!
♥ What We Love About This Recipe:
- Easy: This one is kind of obvious but we love how easy this recipe is! Eat some pickles, make some boiled eggs, use the leftover pickle juice to pickle them.
- Make Ahead: These pickled eggs can last for up to a few months! They make great snacks that you can prepare ahead of time and chill in the fridge until you are ready to enjoy. Make a big batch!
- Less Waste: We always color eggs at Easter and have a ton of boiled eggs to eat. Love to save up our pickle juice to use. Just peel the colored eggs after the holiday (assuming they were safely handled and didn’t set out at room temp for too long) and pop them in your leftover pickle juice.
Ingredient Notes:
Boiled Eggs – You’ll need some peeled hard boiled eggs for the pickling. The amount you use will depend on how much pickle juice you have and how large your jar is.
Dill Pickle Juice – If you’ve just finished off a jar of pickles then you’ve got everything you need to make pickled eggs! You can even make your own pickling liquid using our easy refrigerator dill pickles. Or buy a gallon of pickle juice!
How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs:
Making hard boiled eggs at home is so easy! Here are our preferred methods:
- Stove Top – To make boiled eggs on the stove, add the eggs to a sauce pan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, cover the pan, and turn off the heat. Let the eggs sit in the hot water for 15 minutes before running under cold water and peeling.
- Air Fryer – Okay, they aren’t technically boiled in the air fryer, but the end result is the same. Grab our recipe for hard boiled eggs in the air fryer.
- Instant Pot – To make eggs in a pressure cooker (my preferred method), place your eggs in the pressure cooker with one cup of water. Close the lid and set the vent to sealing. Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes and do a natural release for 5 minutes. Place the eggs immediately in an ice bath and then peel after 5 minutes. Eggs cooked in the Instant Pot peel like magic. The peels literally just slip off the eggs. Love it.
My Favorite Instant Pot!
I absolutely love my Instant Pot! It’s great for recipes like this broccoli cheddar soup, or to cook perfect rice, cook chicken to shred (the best!), and so much more.
How to Pickle Eggs:
Combine: You probably don’t need much instruction here, this recipe is about as easy as it gets! Once you’ve prepared the boiled eggs add them to a jar of dill pickle juice without the pickles.
Chill: Now all you need to do is let the eggs chill in the fridge in the pickle juice for at least 3 days. That’ll give it enough time for the eggs to get the pickled flavor. That’s all there is to this easy pickled egg recipe!
Storage Instructions:
You can keep these pickled eggs stored in your refrigerator in a sealed jar with the pickle juice for up to 3 months!
They’re such an easy snack to prepare and a great way to use up that leftover pickle juice from a jar of pickles.
The longer they chill in the fridge the more flavor they’ll have too!
Color of Pickled Eggs:
Depending on what type of pickle juice you use, your eggs may or may not turn a green/yellow color around the edges.
We first shared this recipe and shot the photos back in 2014 and I liked Mt. Olive back then. The liquid turns the eggs a bit green, as shown below:
These days we’re more into Claussen and Grillo’s pickles, which don’t have dye added to the pickling liquid. They don’t tend to take on as much color.
Recipe FAQs:
You’ll need to let them chill in the pickling juice for at least 3 days before snacking on them. The longer you let them set in the fridge the more pickle flavor there will be.
While you could likely reuse the pickle juice to make a second batch of pickled eggs, for food safety reasons we always start with a fresh jar of pickle juice.
No, you’ll want to peel your boiled eggs before adding them to the pickling liquid. This will allow the flavor to penetrate the egg.
More Pickle Recipes:
Easy Pickled Eggs
Ingredients
- 6 hard boiled eggs peeled
- Juice of one jar of dill pickles
Instructions
- Add the boiled eggs directly to the jar of pickle juice or put eggs and juice in a clean mason jar.
- Refrigerate for at least 3 days before eating. The longer the eggs are in the juice, the more pickled and flavorful they’ll become.
- Eggs will last 3 months in the fridge.
Big Chris says
I came up with the idea ? of using the pickle ? juice ? as well. However Google searched it to see what I can find out. And came across this page. Glad someone already tried it. Made my decision easy and final. Thanks for your post ?
Chris says
Can’t believe I haven’t thought of this! Just trying it now. Where I’m at I can get a bottle of pickle juice from the liquor department. It is located with the mixers, syrup, etc. I’m sure it will be delicious.
Meg says
I’ve been doing eggs this way for as long as I can remember. They make good deviled eggs, egg salad Sammie’s, tuna salad addition, avocado/egg/tomato toast, and creamed eggs. Don’t reuse the juice more than 2x or it will be too weak.
Karly Campbell says
Love using these for deviled eggs! Such a great idea!
Danita Ouellette says
Had the “AH HA” moment before I googled your recipe which confirmed that eggs can indeed be pickled in pickle juice!!
The eggs are now “percolating” in the fridge in a jar of pickle juice (with some chopped up jalepeno pepper, because I had some leftover).
Hubby will let me know if it’s a hit! (I’m not crazy about pickled eggs….)
Thank you!
Karly Campbell says
I hope your husband loves them! 🙂
Jeanne Dennis says
My daughter cans pickled beets and spicy dill pickles. Following in my footsteps, she’s always used the pickled beet juice to pickle eggs for the grands and her husband. Because of your post, I’ve got some eggs soaking in the spicy dill juice. I can’t wait to taste them! Thank you so much for the inspiration! Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?
Karly Campbell says
Sounds delicious in spicy pickle juice!! Yum!
Angela Tramontana says
Made these added 12 eggs and also added 1/4 cup pickled jalepenos..So yummy and what a hit when I incorperated on my charcuterie board. Delicious
Karly says
Love to hear that! Thanks, Angela!
Richard Dietzel says
I will make this tomorrow. I keep pickle juice and toss in the ends of garlic, ginger skins a bits, tough outer layer if onion. Yeah. These will be very different but what a great and simple approach.
Karly says
Sounds like it will be delicious!
Nicole says
Would any brand or pickle juice work or does it have to be a specific kind?
Karly says
Any brand will work fine.
Ronald Palermo says
I also put eggs in Pepperoncini , Bread Butter, dill pickle juice . Another way to extend resources and add some different tastes to the menu.
Karly says
Sounds delicious!
Mamalin says
I add the juice from the hot mama pickles. It takes a few but it really enhances the flavor
Karly says
Sounds delicious!
AMANDA Jean says
I love to do this when I can. Mt. Olive makes my favorite dills, so why not.
Chris Dickenson says
I have been doing this for years. I love dill pickles and go through a jar in two weeks, give or take. Rather than dumping the juice, I pickle a batch of eggs. Sadly one batch will.pretty much sap the brine of all it’s flavor, do back to the store to get more pickles.
Deborah Lewis says
What would happen if you boiled the eggs in the pickle juice?
Karly says
I’m not sure. Never tried it, but I don’t think it would add much flavor because of the shell.
Chris says
Peel the shell first.
Lori P says
I’m almost embarrassed that I never thought of doing this myself. I’ve used your recipe several times over the last couple of years. Most recently I tried pickling eggs using the brine from pickled banana peppers–the results were distinctly different and equally delicious. Couldn’t be easier! Thanks.
Karly says
I love banana peppers! So good! 🙂
Jen says
My mouth is watering just reading about the pickled eggs. I absolutely love pickled eggs. I use a pickling spice packet from the store but always use pickle juice with vinegar and something spicy for the base. This is an awesome quick way to make them. If you like a bit of spice you can replace some of the pickle juice with the juice from a jar of pickled jalapenos. YUM! Off to make some right this moment 🙂 Thanks for sharing.