A Scotch Egg consist of a shelled hard boiled egg wrapped in a sausage meat mixture. coated in bread crumbs and deep fried. Scotch eggs are commonly eaten cold, particularly with pickles or salads. .
Ever since i came across this recipe in one of my blogger friend Nidhi S Raj, i have been wanting to make this. I studied the recipe from http://soulandspicebox.com/scotch-eggs/ and was waiting for the winters to try my hands on these Egg headed beauties. It can be made by using either goat/lamb mince or chicken mince. I used chicken as it is anytime available in my deep freezer.
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 45 minutes |
Servings |
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- 3 Eggs (hard boiled peeled and cooled)
- 250 grams Chicken / mutton minced
- 1 Onion u2013 medium (chopped finely)
- 1 xbd tbsps Coriander Fresh
- 1 clove Garlic - minced
- xbd tsp Red chilli powder
- Salt u2013 as needed
- 3 tbsps All purpose Flour (maida)
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1/2 cup Bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup Green Peas
- 1/2 cup Carrots u2013 (chopped into small cubes)
- 3 tbsps Cream cheese u2013 (click the link for recipe)
- 3 tbsps Hung curd
- 2 cloves Garlic u2013 (minced/grated)
- Salt u2013as needed
- 1/4 tsp Pepper powder
- 1/4 tsp Oregano
Ingredients
For the Scotch Eggs:
For salad:
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- To make salad, wash and chop carrots into small cubes and mix with green peas and keep aside.
- Now combine the cream cheese, hung curd, salt, pepper, oregano and garlic. Whisk them all well to make a smooth paste.
- Now add the peas and carrots in it and mix well. Refrigerate it for 1hr before serving.
- To make scotch eggs, take a bowl and mix chicken mince with chopped onion, chopped coriander, red chilli powder, garlic mince, salt as needed and 1/4 tblspn all purpose flour (maida). Mix everything nicely and keep aside.
- Now take off the shell of one hard boiled egg and roll it in all purpose flour (maida). Pat off any excess.
- Take the mince mixture generously and press it between your palms to make a flat shape and put the boiled egg in the center . Cover the egg with the mince mixture from all sides and make sure that there are gaps left.
- In a separate bowl whisk the egg yolk with a fork till it becomes light and fluffy.
- Spread the bread crumbs on a plate.
- Now take the mince coated egg and dip it into the egg yolk and then roll over the bread crumbs so that it gets coated from all sides.
- Repeat the same process for rest of the eggs and refrigerate them all for 1 hr.
- After 1 hr heat oil in a wok/ thick bottomed vessel and deep fry the scotch eggs.
- Fry them carefully in medium flame till they are brown and crispy.
- Take them out on a blotting/ tissue paper towel to soak excess oil.
- With a sharp knife cut the Scotch egg vertically into two halves.
Enjoy Scotch Eggs with Creamy Carrot n Green Pea Salad!!!