What happens when you take a deviled egg recipe and tweak it? You get delicious things like jalapeno popper deviled eggs! This recipe makes just 2 servings, perfect for just you and your spouse/roommate/leftovers?

Jalapeno Hot Sauce

In place of vinegar or pickle juice, you use jalapeno hot sauce. You can pick up some from your favorite local hot sauce shop, or use something like Tabasco's green hot sauce. I'm not a huge fan of super spicy foods, so I always keep a bottle on hand to counter my husband's crazy hot sauces made with ghost peppers. We're also substituting the mayo for cream cheese for an added richness!

Other Small Batch Deviled Eggs

Be sure to also check out my classic recipe for deviled eggs for 2 if you'd rather skip the heat.

Deviled Egg Ideas…

Some other ideas… avocado, buffalo bleu cheese, smoked salmon, extra dill pickle… the possibilities are about as endless as the ways you can cook eggs.

Jalapeno Popper Deviled Eggs for 2

Makes 6 deviled eggs

Ingredients

3 eggs

1 ½ Tablespoon cream cheese, softened

½ teaspoon mustard

½ teaspoon jalapeno-based hot sauce

Salt & pepper, to taste

Cheese Crisp Garnish

2 Tablespoons finely shredded cheddar cheese

Method

Bake Cheese Crisps

Preheat oven to 425F. 

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Make small piles of about 1 teaspoon of shredded cheddar a few inches apart. Once the oven is preheated, bake for about 5 minutes, keeping a careful eye on it so it bubbles, but doesn’t start to brown. Allow to cool on the pan until they’re solid.

Make the Eggs

Bring water to boil in a medium pot. Reduce heat and wait for bubbles to calm. Using a slotted spoon, gently drop in eggs. Return temperature to medium high; set timer for 11 minutes.

Meanwhile, add ice and water to a cereal bowl. After 11 minutes is up, scoop out the eggs and place in ice bath.

Tip: crack eggs once they’re cool enough to handle and let sit in water. It’ll make them easier to peel!

Once cooled, peel eggs.

Slice eggs in half lengthwise. Gently remove the yolk and place yolks in a small bowl.

Mash the yolks with a fork. Mix in cream cheese, mustard, hot sauce, and salt & pepper.

Use a spoon or icing bag & tip to add yolk mixture back into egg whites.

Garnish with cheese crisp and optionally a slice of jalapeno.

Notes

Get spicy! Add a slice of jalapeno to your cheese piles before baking them.

I also recommend keeping a bottle of hot sauce nearby for anyone who wants to splash a little extra hot sauce on.

I used Tabasco’s green hot sauce, which is milder than their original and made with jalapenos.