Easter eggs in onion husks

Well, a very simple old recipe for painting chicken eggs! Easter chicken eggs painted with onion husks are quite quick to prepare, as our grandmothers did, which are stored for a long time and will definitely appeal to many!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 50 % 2 g
Fats 50 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 0 % 0 g
13 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 10 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How is it quite simple to cook and color Easter chicken eggs in a saucepan with onion husks, which everyone will definitely like without exception? First of all, we prepare the necessary ingredients for cooking Easter chicken eggs according to an old recipe.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Take a suitable volumetric saucepan with a fairly thick bottom, if there is no such one, lay a rag napkin on the bottom of an ordinary saucepan so that the chicken eggs do not crack when cooking, then put fifty grams of cooked onion husks into it.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour about two and a half liters of water into a saucepan with onion husks, which should completely cover the husks in the pan, then pour one tablespoon of salt into the pan.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put the right amount of chicken eggs in a common saucepan, which we take out of the refrigerator beforehand and leave at room temperature so that they do not crack during cooking.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Put the pan with the eggs on the stove, which then turn on the medium temperature, then cover the pan with a lid and bring the water to a boil.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Lift and shift the eggs in the pan on top of the husks, then cover the pan with a lid and switch the stove to a low temperature, then continue to cook the eggs for one hour.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    After a while, put the cooked and colored boiled eggs in a deep bowl filled with cold water and leave in it until completely cooled.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Wipe the cooked and colored chicken eggs with a kitchen napkin, which is dipped in vegetable oil, then put them in a container or on a plate and put them in the refrigerator. We cook together, we cook simply, we cook at home the most delicious dishes from available products according to our recipes! Happy Easter Holiday!

Today there are many options for how to paint Easter eggs, but we pay tribute to the traditions of coloring Easter eggs in onion husks the way our grandmothers and ancestors did for many centuries using a method that is safe for health without any chemistry, they will not cause deterioration of well-being and will not provoke allergies. How easy, simple and beautiful it is to paint eggs for Easter with onion husks. Painting eggs for Easter is one of the most ancient Christian traditions. According to legend, a white chicken egg with which Mary Magdalene came to Emperor Tiberius to tell about the resurrection of Christ turned purple. It is customary to cook and paint eggs for Easter on Pure or Great Thursday. It is not recommended to do household chores on Friday, and on Saturday it is customary to cover festive products at a festive service in the church. Boiled and colored eggs are put in the refrigerator, and they are taken out on Sunday to "beat" them, then eat them. Happy Easter holiday!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80   kcal/100g
  • Onion husk - 0   kcal/100g

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