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37 Recipes Made With Hard-Boiled Eggs

Because if you're going to boil one, you might as well boil a dozen.
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Maybe you have a dozen Easter eggs sitting around, or maybe you were testing round after round of our foolproof method for boiling eggs in order to determine your perfect egg cooking time. Or, maybe you were just thinking ahead and boiled or steamed yourself a big batch of eggs to eat next week. Tourble is: Eating them plain is boring. So here are 37 leftover hard-boiled egg recipes to spark a little inspiration.

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    Egg Salad Tartines with Mixed Herbs

    Toss roughly chopped boiled eggs with spicy mayonnaise, spread the mix on toasted bread, and cover with a flurry of lemony herbs for an easy—and highly Instagrammable—breakfast.

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    Green Bean Niçoise Salad

    This vegetarian version of the classic French salad is brimming with bright spring vegetables, a lemony Dijon dressing, and tangy fried capers. Hard boiled eggs add protein to the mix.

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    Classic Deviled Eggs

    You can't go wrong with this classic from Gourmet magazine.

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    Winter Salad Hummus Bowls

    Hummus can definitely be dinner, but it's even more satisfying with this hardy salad and a few halved eggs.

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    Tonnato Eggs

    Wake up deviled eggs with a bright and briny tonnato-inspired filling. Top with crispy fried capers and salmon roe for extra salty pop.

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    Jammy Eggs With Smoked Paprika Aioli

    Whether you prefer a jammy egg or a fully-cooked yolk, the topping for this easier-than-deviled-eggs appetizer will be equally delicious.

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    Embutido

    This Filipino-style meatloaf is a favorite of ours. Don’t waste any of the paprika-tinted delicious juices remaining in the pan—sop them up with rice instead.

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    Deviled Egg Salad Spread

    This zippy egg salad spread has all of the flavor and none of the fuss of deviled eggs.

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    Arroz Caldo

    Crisp, golden garlic chips and shredded, poached chicken are the stars of this fortifying Filipino chicken rice porridge. The hard-boiled egg on top adds richness.

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    Egg Curry with Tomatoes and Cilantro

    While this easy curry is super satisfying served over rice or with naan, we wrapped it in some leftover crepes for a convincing dosa-like experience.

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    Potato Salad With 7-Minute Eggs and Mustard Vinaigrette

    Egg salad and potato salad: Unite! We like how the still-soft yolks dress the salad, but hard-boiled eggs work here too.

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    Nasi Lemak

    It’s way too easy to fall in love with the Malaysian dish Nasi Lemak, a coconutty rice bowl topped with crispy-crunchy crumbles of teeny little fried anchovies dressed in a sweet-spicy sambal. 

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    Sauce Gribiche

    This classic mayonnaise-based French sauce, a close cousin to tartar sauce, is the thing to serve over cold meat, with fried seafood, or with blanched or boiled vegetables. It's the hard-boiled egg recipe we turn to again and again, no matter what else we have in the fridge.

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