Easy Deviled Eggs Recipe

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Published: November 24, 2021Author: Camille Beckstrand
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Our easy deviled eggs recipe makes the most delicious and creamy deviled eggs. With a simple and easy-to-make creamy egg filling, this will be your go-to deviled egg recipe.
Easy Deviled Eggs Recipe

One of my favorite dishes during the holidays or at parties is deviled eggs.

This is honestly the best deviled eggs recipe you will try.

Many have made this recipe and rated this a 5 star deviled eggs recipe. 

While sometimes boiling eggs can sometimes be quite a time consuming process, you can actually boil eggs in the Instant Pot!

Be sure to try our Loaded Deviled Eggs recipe, Jalapeno Popper Deviled Eggs recipe, Classic Egg Salad or our creamy Avocado Deviled Eggs recipe.

mayonnaise, relish, and yellow mustard

Ingredients needed for Classic Deviled Eggs:

  1. Hard-boiled eggs
  2. Salt and peppers
  3. Mayonnaise
  4. Yellow mustard
  5. Dill pickle relish
  6. Paprika

Can you make basic deviled eggs ahead of time?

You can! Here’s how. 

You can boil the eggs in advance and prepare them by cutting the eggs in half and separating the yolk. Prepare them according to the recipe.

For best results, do not put the yolk mixture into the egg white until the day you will need the deviled eggs.

You can make the filling up to two days in advance.

deviled eggs with paprika on top on a black table

How to perfectly boil an egg:

Have you ever wanted to know how to perfectly boil an egg? This is how I do it:

  1. Place your eggs in a large pot (the bigger the better so that they aren’t bumping into each other and cracking). Fill the pot with enough water that the eggs are at least 1 inch below the surface of the water.
  2. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the water (the sodium bicarbonate will help the eggs separate from their shells, which makes them so easy to peel) and place the pot (uncovered) on the stove.
  3. Turn the heat to high and let the water come to a full rolling boil. Once there, let the eggs boil for one minute (I usually set a timer).
  4. After the 1 minute is up, remove the pot from the heat, place a lid on top, and let the eggs sit in the hot water for 10 minutes (you will want to set a timer for this one too).
  5. Once the time is up, remove the eggs from the pot and place in a bowl. Fill the bowl with ice and cold water.
  6. Let the eggs sit in the ice water (full submerged) for 5 minutes. At this time, you can either remove the shells immediately or but the eggs in the fridge and peel them as you need them.
  7. The shells should come off very easily and your yolk will be beautiful (with no green/grey hue around the edges).

The key to peeling hardboiled eggs easily:

There are a few keys to having hard-boiled eggs that peel easily. There are a few essentials to having wonderfully peeled eggs with no divets in them:

  1. Don’t use fresh eggs
  2. Don’t put the eggs in the water at the beginning
  3. Ice water bath afterward

You can find more details on how to hard-boil eggs for easy peeling from tips this article on how to peel hard-boiled eggs.

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Tips and Tricks for Deviled Eggs:

If you are bringing these wonderful deviled eggs with pickles to a family function or a work event, check out this cute tray that is perfect for serving deviled eggs.

A trick for filling the deviled eggs is using either a ziplock bag, frosting bag, or a decorating tool.

After the deviled egg mixture is all mixed up you can put the creamy egg mixture into either the ziplock bag, the frosting bag, or the decorating tool and then carefully pipe the deviled egg mixture into the individual egg white halves.

How to make the best deviled eggs:

With these few easy steps, you will be able to make the best deviled eggs you have ever tasted!

Start by peeling off the hard boiled eggs. Use the methods mentioned above when boiling your eggs for the best and easiest results.

Then, slice the eggs in half lengthwise. Using a spoon gently take the egg yolk out of the egg whites. Put the egg white halves off to the side until later.

Put the egg yolks into a small bowl. Use a fork to mash up the yolks until they are in small pieces.

egg yolks mashed and mixed with mayonnaise, mustard, and relish

Next, add in the mayonnaise, mustard, and relish to the mashed egg yolks.

Mix all of the ingredients together and combined them completely and have created a creamy mixture.

Then, using a spoon, carefully scoop 1-2 tablespoons of the yolk mixture into the egg white half.

Continue to do this until you fill all of the egg white halves.

Then, lightly sprinkle on a little paprika and put the finished deviled eggs into the fridge until you are ready to serve them.

deviled egg up close with paprika on top

Watch how to make hard boiled eggs :

We have a YouTube channel where you can see just exactly how we make our tried and true recipes from beginning to end. We have an awesome and super simple tutorial where you can see how to make hard-boiled eggs in your Instant Pot.

Looking for more hard boiled egg recipes?

Serves: 12

The Best Deviled Eggs Recipe

This simple deviled eggs recipe is our go-to deviled egg recipe.
Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
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Ingredients

  • 6 eggs hardboiled
  • 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 2 Tablespoons dill pickle relish (or sweet pickle relish)
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika

Instructions

  • Peel shells off of the hard boiled eggs and slice in half (lengthwise).
  • Using a spoon, gently remove the yolks from the whites and place all the yolks in a small bowl.
  • Using a fork, mash the yolks into small pieces. Add the mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste, mustard, and relish to the yolks and mix until well combined and creamy.
  • Using a spoon, carefully scoop some of the yolk mixture into the white of each egg half. Repeat until all egg whites are filled.
  • Lightly sprinkle with paprika and keep in the fridge until ready to serve.

Notes

  • To make this ahead of time: boil the eggs in advance and prepare them by cutting the eggs in half and separating the yolk. Prepare them according to the recipe.
  • For best results, do not put the yolk mixture into the egg white until the day you will need the deviled eggs. You can make the filling up to two days in advance.
  • A trick for filling the deviled eggs is using either a ziplock bag, frosting bag, or a decorating tool. After the deviled egg mixture is all mixed up you can put the creamy egg mixture into either the ziplock bag, the frosting bag, or the decorating tool and then carefully pipe the deviled egg mixture into the individual egg white halves.

Nutrition

Calories: 40 kcal · Carbohydrates: 1 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 3 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 82 mg · Sodium: 90 mg · Potassium: 30 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 125 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 12 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Equipment

  • spoon
  • Fork
  • Mixing Bowl

Recipe Details

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American

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  1. Jezebelle says:
    June 24, 2013
    I definitely cook this for my family thanks for sharing!
    Reply
  2. Ana mae says:
    June 24, 2013
    I love cooking can i ask a favor please send me an any kind of recipes? Western dish,,,dessert&appetizer.....keep up the.good work guys we all know that many people will.learn how too do it with your help they canmade iy easy good luck and more power...
    Reply
  3. Malisa says:
    June 24, 2013
    Whole new easier way of cooking eggs so the shells comes off easily is to jus use salt. Works very well for me. I'll have to try baking soda!
    Reply
    • Elizabeth Montgomery says:
      July 1, 2013
      This is the easiest way I've learned to boil and peel hard boiled eggs. Place eggs in pot and cover with cold water. Bring to hard boil for 10 min. Remove from stove and cool in ice water. When cooled, drain and place lid on pot and shake hard for 4 hard shakes (don't ask me why, but and more than 4 shakes does not work). Remove 1 @ a time and roll gently on counter or board, the peeling comes off (in most cases) whole. Rinse as usual and dry with paper towel.
      Reply
  4. chloe copper says:
    June 30, 2013
    How to boil an egg - I have seen this headline before and thought .... hmmm. But actually I am so glad you revisited and added tips I did not know about on something so simple!!!! thanks
    Reply
  5. Krista Low says:
    July 3, 2013
    I love the hints for making the perfect hard boiled eggs, sometimes mine are such a mess when I peel them it's embarrassing and other times they are great so now I can be consistent! My Grandma made deviled eggs every summer and at Easter time. When I saw your recipe it reminded me of her :) Krista @ A Handful of Everything
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  6. Mary says:
    March 14, 2014
    The easiest way I've found to make boiled eggs is to put the eggs in a pan of cold water. Bring to a boil and then just turn the eye off. Let them sit for 15 minutes and then put in cold water for a minute to finish cooling and then just peel them. The shells practically fall off.
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  7. Erin says:
    January 1, 2015
    No part of this way easy or perfect- not only did the suggested way of "how to make perfect boiled eggs" turn out to give me semi-cooked hard boiled eggs that were in no way shape or form easy to peal (i had to toss at least 4 halves as the egg whites fell apart and tore during peeling), the yolks were not fully cooked, giving the final filling a soggy consistency. The baking soda did not work and more like 15 mins is needed to get the eggs cooked. Unfortunately, these were the worst deviled eggs I've ever had.
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  8. Rose says:
    January 5, 2015
    The easiest way for me, and I have tried all the ways listed here, to hard boil eggs is to let eggs come to room temperature, poke through one end with a push pin, place in warm water, bring to a boil and simmer for 13 or 14 minutes. This amount is for mountain time. Remove from heat and place in cold water. This method works for fresh eggs also.
    Reply
  9. Molly says:
    October 11, 2015
    I never make deviled eggs without relish! Thanks for posting a proper recipe :)
    Reply
    • Karen says:
      February 24, 2016
      This is exactly how I make my deviled eggs also. Can't imagine them without pickles. Love the crunch it gives it!
      Reply
  10. Crissie says:
    December 24, 2015
    This didn't work for me! (how to boil the perfect egg) I followed the directions exactly and my eggs are undercooked and trying to get the shells off was a mess. :( It has worked much better for me when I've let the eggs sit in the pan for 15 min. rather than 10.
    Reply
  11. Julie says:
    February 24, 2016
    This was always how I made deviled eggs until I found an easier method. Now I use Kraft Tartar Sauce and Mustard. The tartar sauce has the mayonnaise and pickle relish combined. Makes great deviled eggs.
    Reply
    • Melanie says:
      March 20, 2016
      Gotta try this! I love tartar sauce. ...this sounds great! Thanks for sharing
      Reply
  12. Judy Rigsby says:
    November 24, 2016
    Made the deviled eggs. Way too much mustard for my taste. Next time I will use less mustard than 1 tablespoon for six eggs.
    Reply
    • Sherri says:
      May 17, 2020
      Agreed! I made the eggs yesterday and followed the recipe exactly. The mustard over powered and the texture was a little runnier than I like. Next time I’ll try with 1/2 tbsp. Otherwise tasty.
      Reply
  13. Alison says:
    December 17, 2016
    Yummy recipe!! Helpful hint...after mixing egg yolk mixture together, spoon it into a Ziploc freezer bag, let out excess air & seal it. Then you can "smoosh" & mix the rough pieces of egg yolk easier...put it into fridge. When you are ready to fill your eggs, just cut off small corner of bag & squeeze mixture into egg halfs....so easy & much less messy!!
    Reply
  14. Trisch Sweeney says:
    September 3, 2018
    I followed these directions to a T, and my hard boiled eggs came out perfect. I used Nellie's medium Free Range Eggs, and the yolks were sunshiny yellow! Thanks for the tips!
    Reply
  15. Claire says:
    April 18, 2019
    I do mine the same way, except I put the egg yolks into a ziploc bag and squish with my hands until smooth, add other ingredients, squish to mix. Cut corner of bag, and pipe into egg halves. No bowl to wash, just toss bag in the trash.
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  16. Merideth says:
    July 4, 2019
    I followed these directions to a T and while the inside yoke is perfectly cooked, peeling them was extremely difficult and time consuming. So frustrating as I used a dozen of my fresh from the farm organic eggs.
    Reply
  17. Terri Franck says:
    November 27, 2019
    These are delicious! I used dill pickle relish and it was salty so I didn’t need to season with salt- just pepper. The hard boiling method is foolproof and the eggs were very easy to peel.
    Reply
  18. Terri says:
    November 30, 2019
    I use sweet pickle relish, the men in our family want me to make the eggs every holiday!
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    • Cyd says:
      December 5, 2019
      Hi Terri. We are so glad that you liked the Easy Deviled Eggs Recipe. Sweet pickle relish is our favorite!!
      Reply
  19. Sharon says:
    April 7, 2020
    Before I started cooking my eggs in the IP, using the 5-5-5 method, I had tried many different traditional ways to hard cook eggs. I discovered that bringing a pot of water to boil, carefully lowering the eggs in the pot, cover it, bring it back to boil, turn off the heat, let sit 20-30 minutes depending on the size, pour off water and put the eggs in very cold or ice water to cool. They have always peeled very easily, it helps if they aren’t real fresh eggs, no matter what method you use.
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  20. Granny T says:
    April 2, 2021
    Getting ready to make this but I want to let you know that you CAN use fresh eggs if you use this method. I can hard boil and peel eggs fresh from the coop! NEVER FAILS. Boil water, carefully add eggs to boiling water and boil for 15 minutes exactly. Immediately plunge eggs in a bowl of ice water and leave there for a half hour. You may need to add ice to keep the water very cold. That's it- works every time and you can now enjoy fresh eggs!
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  21. Pat Franzen says:
    May 30, 2021
    I had high Hope's because I love deviled eggs. I used the 5-5-5 IP method to cook the eggs and half the whites came off with the shell. I refrigerated the finished eggs before I tried one and I almost gagged from the taste and texture of the filling. I guess I just need to learn to read the instructions better. It's sad because I was so hopeful and I was ccx really looking forward to them.
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  22. Mamasama16 says:
    December 25, 2021
    Who the heck boils eggs for one minute? I had raw egg even after letting it sit covered for 14 mins per the recipe. Whoever is following this recipe just boil the eggs like you normally would. Unless you want salmonella.
    Reply
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