Keto Smoked Cajun Deviled Eggs

CATEGORY

Appetizers

SERVINGS

5

PREP TIME

10 minutes

COOK TIME

30 minutes

CALORIES

160

This recipe will take your tastebuds over the moon. Add smoked or grilled shrimp and sausage to elevate this recipe as a new favorite appetizer.

Author:
Owen Quirk @aweequirkybbq

INGREDIENTS

• 12 eggs (or extra in case any don’t peel well)

• ¼ cup mayonnaise

• 1 tbsp. softened butter

• 2 tsp. creole mustard

• 2 tsp. yellow mustard

• 2 tsp. jalapeño dill pickle juice (or your favorite spicy pickle juice)

• 1-2 dashes of your favorite hot sauce (I used Tabasco)

• 2 andouille sausage (cooked and sliced)

• 12 medium shrimp

• Salt and Pepper to taste

• Olive oil to lightly coat shrimp

• Cajun seasoning (I used “Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning”)

DIRECTIONS

1. Hard-boil eggs per your preferred method. I used an Instapot.

2. Peel eggs and separate eggs from yolks.

3. Add yolks to a mixing bowl.

4. Mix mayo, butter, both mustards, pickle juice, hot sauce and salt/pepper in the bowl and set aside in the fridge.

5. Lightly coat shrimp with olive oil and add cajun seasoning per preference.

6. Cook skewered shrimp in your Pit Barrel^® with normal lighting procedure for about 7 minutes.

7. Put halved egg whites on your Pit Barrel^® and smoke for about 20 minutes.

8. Remove from Pit Barrel^® and place in the fridge.

9. Once cooled, fill or pipe yolk filling into egg whites.

10. Sprinkle additional cajun seasoning or paprika on top of the eggs (optional).

11. Top half with sausage slices and the other half with cajun shrimp.

12. Plate, garnish with green onion or parsley if desire and enjoy!