Pork chop brining is like to upgrading to premium cable; once you do it, you can’t go back to standard. Add the chops, mix the salt and molasses into the water, and then wait. What do you gain from making such a small effort? a solid but incredibly moist pork chop that has been thoroughly seasoned.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 eggs |
Ingredients
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup stone-ground mustard
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 12 ounces spicy pork sausage
- 12 quail eggs, hard-boiled and peeled
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 serving cooking spray
Instructions
- Combine yogurt, mustard, garlic powder, and cayenne in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate mustard dipping sauce until ready to use.
- Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Place flour on a flat plate. Divide sausage into 12 equal balls. Using your hands, flatten each ball into a paper thin patty. Dust both sides of each patty with flour; the flour on one side will help the sausage adhere to the egg and the flour on the other side will keep the sausage from sticking to your hands.
- Shape each sausage patty around a hard-boiled quail egg, making sure the egg is completely sealed inside. Dip each in the beaten egg and coat in bread crumbs.
- Spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray. Place 6 eggs in the basket and mist the tops with cooking spray. Cook for 8 minutes. Flip and spray again. Cook 6 additional minutes. Repeat with remaining eggs.
- To serve, slice each egg in half and serve with mustard dipping sauce.
- These Scotch eggs were made from quail eggs and intended for finger food but you can substitute 3 chicken eggs for regular-size Scotch eggs if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 143 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 109 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 382 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |