Fried Deviled Eggs

The hubs loves deviled eggs and as you can probably guess, I do not.  I love hard-boiled eggs, but just the white part.  I don't like the yolks but that's okay, I have a great system.  I eat the white part and the dogs get the yolks and we're all happy with this arrangement.  So it's pretty hard to like deviled eggs when you don't like the yolk, or mayo or mustard for that matter. (I'm thinking you're probably realizing at this point that wasn't exaggerating in my intro, I am in fact a huge culinary pain in the ass).  Anyway, I had heard about deep fried deviled eggs, and I just knew that hubs would love this.  So I decided to try to make them, and even promised to try to eat one!  This may seem silly to anyone reading this, but me eating a deep fried deviled egg is about equivalent of a normal person trying something that seems disgusting, like bulls testicals or eyeballs of some kind (or insert your own disgusting idea here). 

So here's how I made them:

I adapated a recipe courtesy of The Neely's Fried Deviled Eggs.  I made my own deviled eggs however, so here is the recipe of my deviled eggs, and The Neely's process on how to fry them up!

6 hard boiled eggs

1 tablespoon mayonnaise

1 tablespoon Spicy mustard

3 pieces of crumbled bacon

Dash hot sauce

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup panko crumbs

Peanut oil, for frying

Peel the eggs and slice lengthwise. Remove the yolks to a bowl. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, bacon, hot sauce and salt and pepper. Mash the yolks together with a wooden spoon. Taste and adjust seasonings, if needed. Fill the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites.

Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.

In a medium bowl, add 1 cup of flour and season with salt and pepper. In another bowl, beat the eggs, in a third bowl, add 1 cup of panko.

Dip the eggs into the flour, then the egg and finally into the panko. Gently put the eggs into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown. Remove to a paper towel lined sheet tray. Season with salt and pepper.

The verdict:  Delicious!  I was surprised I liked them so much, especially considering my lack of interest in some of the ingredients.  But everything is delicious when fried right?  The hubs loved them too!  He was eating them almost as quickly as I was pulling them out of the fryer.  I would absolutely make these again....and even eat them!