Baked Scotch Eggs – High Protein
What are scotch eggs? They’re basically hard boiled eggs that are wrapped in sausage and then baked or deep fried. There’s so many variations of high protein scotch eggs from coating them with high protein almond flour, crushed pork rinds to bread crumbs. These truly are a great way to breakfast, brunch or snack when you’re needing some extra protein.
Low Carb and High Protein Scotch Eggs Recipe
Scotch eggs have been around for quite a while, yet when we make this for clients and friends, it’s new to everyone. These delicious scotch egg have an interesting history you can read about the culinary history of scotch eggs here. There’s so many variations of scotch eggs from coating them with bread crumbs and even baking them. The ones we show in the photo are low carb with crushed pork rinds as the coating. We prefer the baked scotch egg version because they’re just as delicious without all the deep fried calories.
Video: Baked Scotch Eggs Recipe
Eat them for Breakfast, Brunch, Snack or Anytime
We’ve been obsessed with scotch eggs because they’re not only easy to make, but super easy to eat. Serve a platter of these fabulous eggs for breakfast or brunch and everyone will be happy. Pop one or two in your lunch bag and you have a great low carb lunch. It’s protein packed and super easy to eat as a snack throughout the day when you’re wanting extra protein without the carbs. If you’re on the paleo, low carb or keto diet, these eggs are perfect too. Make sure to add a swipe of mustard and hot sauce because those two condiments takes these eggs over the top delicious!
Tips on Making High Protein and Low Carb Baked Scotch Eggs
- Start by wrapping sausage around hard boiled eggs that are peeled. You can use any raw store bought sausage to make life alot easier.
- For low carb and high protein versions, you can skip any type of coating or use crushed pork rinds or almond flour.
- If you don’t care about carbs, you can use regular bread crumbs.
- Lightly spray outside of sausage and bake (skip the spraying if using pork rinds otherwise it will be a little too greasy). Recipe details are in the recipe box below that you can print out.
- If the sausage outside the scotch eggs split during cooking, it’s because you used a high fat sausage that shrinks or you didn’t wrap with enough sausage evenly. But it still taste great regardless if the sausage splits during cooking or not.
Low Carb Baked Scotch Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 pound (454 g) uncooked bulk sausage
- 5-6 hard boiled eggs , peeled
- 1-2 large raw eggs , beaten
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) breading , or more if needed (crushed pork rinds, almond flour or coconut flour for low carb)
- oil spray , for coating
For serving:
- Mustard and/or hot sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F/205°C . Line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Divide the sausage into 5 or 6 equal parts, depending on how thick you want the sausage to wrap around the egg.
- Flatten each portion into a thin patty about 4” wide. Lay boiled egg in center and wrap sausage around the whole egg. Repeat for all eggs.
- Dip the sausage-wrapped eggs in the beaten raw egg(s), then in breading *see headnote. If using almond flour, coconut flour or breadcrumbs, spray or brush oil on the outside of the coatings. You don’t need to spray the eggs if using pork rinds for the coating because there's enough oil in the rinds.
- Place the raw scotch eggs on a baking sheet pan.
- Bake at 400°F/205°C for about 25-30 minutes, or until sausage is fully cooked. The thicker the sausage layer, the longer it takes to cook.
- Cut in half and serve with mustard swipe on top of yolk. Add hot sauce, too, if you want. YUM!
Notes
You can add additional flavor to your sausage by mixing it with some Worcestershire, fresh parsley and other spices. If not, simple bulk sausage still tastes great!
For fewer calories, you can omit the coatings (beaten egg & breading).
Video
Nutrition Information per Serving
Easy Recipes for Everyday:
- Here’s an Air Fried Scotch Egg Recipe for your Air Fryer
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- Skillet chicken bites with parmesan
- High Protein Chicken Crust Pizza
- Sausage Breakfast Pastries
- Sausage galette with zucchini, ricotta and sage
- great low carb cloud eggs recipe.
- this recipe was originally published in 2020 with great reviews and now updated with new video.
I’m on a low-carb diet right now and these eggs are really great. I love how easy these eggs are to make as well.
I’d really enjoy these for a quick breakfast or lunch. Could they be frozen and perhaps thawed overnight in the fridge? Being newly widowed, I’m looking for recipes that make a number of servings but freezable for later. Please email your answer so I don’t miss it!
Hi Barbara, Yes these are great as a meal prep. We usually cook a batch and freeze them too. But sometimes the thawed boiled egg can get a little mushy. If you don’t mind the texture of thawed boiled egg, it’s still a great way to enjoy these.
This recipe is so satisfying. It doens’t even feel like I’m dieting.
I’m on a keto diet right now and this recipe is so great. It’s easy to make and really delicious.
I really loved this and can’t believe I’m just learning about scotch eggs. These are going to be on our regular menu rotation!
Never heard of scotch eggs until you shared it and now I’m addicted! These were super good and easy to make. It’s awesome with the extra mustard and hot sauce like you said.
This looks so good! I have never tried Scotch eggs, guess this should be my first time.
This was a really fun to make with the kids such a good idea.
This was a really fun appetizer to make with the kids! Thanks for the recipe!
Looks so yummy!
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