Children love these little chicks and what better day to make them than the first day of Spring. These eggs bring a smile to everyone’s face at potlucks and picnics. 

Salad Eggs Chicks THM-S

• 8 eggs
• 3 tablespoons Duke mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 1 teaspoon cream
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• paprika

Place eggs into a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn off heat and cover saucepan with lid for 10 minutes. Pour off hot water and add cold water and ice. Peel. Cut eggs in half and scope out yolks. Process yolks smooth in a food processor. Add mayonnaise, mustard, cream, and salt. Use either a small cookie scoop or pastry bag to fill eggs with yolk mixture. Sprinkle with paprika before serving. 16 salad egg halves or 8 whole salad chicks. THM S

To make baby chicks: cut the top 1/3 of the hard boiled egg off. Carefully remove the egg yolk. Process yolks as directed above. Pipe yolk mixture into the large white piece, mounding up to make a head for the eyes and beak. Add 2 whole cloves for the eyes and a carrot sliver for the beak. place the small white piece on top to look like a chick hatching.

**Instapot method to hard boil eggs. Place eggs on the metal rack in the Instapot. Add 1/2 cup water. Place lid on and set the timer for 3 minutes. Release pressure manually. Remove lid and place eggs in ice water.  Shell. 

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Salad Chicks THM-S

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Author Glenda Groff

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 3 tablespoons Duke mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 1 teaspoon cream
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• paprika

Instructions

1. Place eggs into a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn off heat and cover saucepan with lid for 10 minutes. Pour off hot water and add cold water and ice. Peel. Cut eggs in half and scope out yolks. Process yolks smooth in a food processor. Add mayonnaise, mustard, cream, and salt. Use either a small cookie scoop or pastry bag to fill eggs with yolk mixture. Sprinkle with paprika before serving. 16 salad egg halves or 8 whole salad chicks. THM S
2. To make baby chicks: cut the top 1/3 of the hard boiled egg off. Carefully remove the egg yolk. Process yolks as directed above. Pipe yolk mixture into the large white piece, mounding up to make a head for the eyes and beak. Add 2 whole cloves for the eyes and a carrot sliver for the beak. place the small white piece on top to look like a chick hatching.
3. **Instapot method to hard boil eggs. Place eggs on the metal rack in the Instapot. Add 1/2 cup water. Place lid on and set the timer for 3 minutes. Release pressure manually. Remove lid and place eggs in ice water.  Shell. 

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