Texas Woodpecker Eggs Recipes

TEXAS DEVILED EGGS

Steps:

• Cook eggs in simmering water for 20 minutes, cool under running water.
• Peel and cut eggs in half lenghtwise, remove yolks and set whites aside.
• put still warm yolks into a plastic food storage bag with mayonnaise, mustard, pickle juice, worcestershire sauce and seasonings; squeeze bag to mash yolks and mix ingredients.
• refrigerate filling and eggs whites seperately. Fill egg whites just before service.
• sprinkle eggs with paprika before service.

TEXAS ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• Cut off stems of jalapenos; using a knife and scooping action, remove all seeds and ridges. Rinse well; be sure you have all the seeds out!
• Combine sausage, egg, and bread crumbs in a bowl.
• Fill jalapenos with cream cheese, using a spoon or cake decorator with large tip.
• Make small patties with the sausage mix; wrap one around each jalapeno, sealing it with your fingers.
• Place on cookie sheet; bake in over at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Let cool, cut in half across the middle. Makes 40 Jalapeno eggs.
• Serve with or without a salsa dip.

TEXAS ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• 2. Trim off the stems of each pepper. Cut a slit down one side of each pepper. Remove the seeds and as much of the white membrane as possible. Set aside.
• 3. In a medium bowl, combine the sausage, Bisquick and garlic salt. Mix well (by hand is easiest).
• 4. Gently insert one or two cubes of the cheese into each jalapeno.
• 5. Pinch off a portion of the sausage mixture and shape it around each jalapeno, covering it completely but don't make too thick. Make into egg shape.
• 6. Roll each "egg" in bread crumbs to coat.
• 7. Arrange the "eggs" evenly on a prepared (sprayed with cookng spray)cookie sheet. Spray "eggs" lightly with cooking spray and bake for 25 minutes until lightly browned.

SHAKE-N-BAKE ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• Slice the peppers in half lengthwise down one side only and scrape out the seeds. If you accidentally cut all the way through, just try to keep the two halves together.
• Mix Bisquick, sausage and cheddar in a large bowl.
• Place the beaten egg in a shallow bowl,.
• also put the Shake N Bake in a shallow bowl.
• Stuff each pepper with shredded jack, then stick the halves back together, if separated.
• Grab a handful of the sausage mixture and wrap around the pepper in the shape of an elongated egg.
• Dip in beaten egg and roll in Shake N Bake to coat evenly.
• Place on a greased baking sheet. When the peppers are all ready, bake at 350F for 25 minutes or till crisp.
• This recipe for Armadillo Eggs serves/makes 20.
• CAUTION! IF USING HABENAROS, USE OWN DISCRETION AS TO PEPPER PROPORTIONS. Maybe make some jalapeno and some habenaros.
• Be sure to de seed peppers accordingly depending on your tolerance for oral agony!

TEXAS LIZARD EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Split the jalapenos end to end, making little "canoes" of them.
• Clean out the centers, removing all the seeds and veins.
• Fill each half level with cream cheese.
• With the sausage, take a "meatball" sized portion, flatten it in your hand, making a rectangle out of it.
• Take the filled jalapeno half and wrap it completely with the sausage.
• Wash hands thoroughly to remove pepper "stuff".
• Place on a broiler pan or cooling rack suspended over a baking pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until evenly browned.
• Let "eggs" cool a bit and enjoy!