how to boil eggs so that it won,t break in the water?

Question

WE HAVE TO BOIL EGGS FOR OUR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY.SOME EGGS BREAK IN THE WATER.IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN BIL THEM AND THEY DON,T BREAK INSIDE THE WATER?

Answer 1

Add a little vinegar to the water.

Answer 2

The American Egg Board says the correct method is to place eggs in a single layer in a saucepan. Add tap water until the water level reaches at least 1 inch above the eggs. Cover and quickly bring to a boil. Turn off heat. If necessary, remove pan from burner to prevent further boiling.

Let the eggs stand, covered, in the hot water about 15 minutes for large eggs. Simply adjust the time up or down by about 3 minutes for jumbo or smaller eggs.

Immediately run cold water over eggs or place them in ice water until completely cooled. This is very important or you'll suffer the embarrassment of ring around the yoke. Trust me. The neighbors will talk.

A gray, sulphur-and-iron ring lining the yolk of a hard-boiled egg means the egg was cooked too long. Yellow yolks with dark halos are perfectly safe to eat, they just won't win any beauty contests.

The explanation for this is that eggs are porous. Over time, air enters the shell and forms a pocket between the shell and the tissue-thin membrane lining the shell. When eggs are very fresh, there is no air pocket and the shell sticks to the egg white.

To remove the shell, carefully crackle the outer covering by tapping gently all over the surface. Roll the egg between your hands to loosen shell, then peel, starting at the large end. Hold the egg under running cold water or dip it in bowl of water to help ease off shell.

If the cooked egg white tears during the process, your eggs may be too fresh. I bet that's something you thought you'd never read on a food page.

Eggs for hard boiling should be about a week old, but even buying them a few days before boiling can help.

Hard-boiled eggs should not be left at room temperature for longer than two hours.

If the eggs are left out too long, that lousy holiday party guest salmonella will probably join your family and friends at the Easter table.

Hard-cooked eggs will keep in the refrigerator for about a week.

Answer 3

Your egg's shells may be breaking for either of two reasons or a combination of both.

First, you may be using cold eggs right out of the fridge. Take your breakfast eggs out of the fridge the night before you boil them.

Second, you may not be piercing the shells before placing them in the hot water. Egg piercers are available in kitchen stores but you will get the same result with a "push pin" - like a thumb tack but with a big head - used to attach paper to notice boards.

An egg has a "big end" and a "small end" - you need to pierce the shell in the center of the big end. Hold the egg firmly but gently in one hand and just push the pin in - about 1/4 inch - with the other hand.

There is an "air bubble" in every egg, located in the "big end" - the bubble expands when the egg is heated, making pressure that can cause the shell to break. Piercing the shell allows the pressure in the bubble to escape and stops the egg from cracking.

Hope this helps and good luck.

Answer 4

You have to dip the eggs into boiling water with a netted spoon or somthing. 10 Min's exactly for hard boil egg 5 mins for 1/2 boil eggs an so on.
once you boil your eggs in boiling water the yolk remain in center when you cut into half.
once you start to boil the eggs in cold the yellow remains into a side once you cut it into half.
If the yolk of the full eggs is covered with black it is over boiled.
In general eggs must be boiled by dropping it into boiling water and keep the time.
Do not boil eggs more than 10 mins. and straight into cold running water.
It is advisable to add a little vinegar in case the egg cracks it will run in the water instead it will bind together, called poached.
Hope it is clear.

Answer 5

I USE THE COLD WATER METHOD. YOU PUT THE EGGS IN THE PAN, FILL WITH WATER JUST OVER THE EGGS. BRING TO A FULL BOIL AND TURN OFF BURNER OR REMOVE FROM BURNER, COVER FOR 20 MINUTES. RUN COLD WATER OVER EGGS TO COOL DOWN. I RARELY HAVE CRACKED OR BROKEN EGGS.

Answer 6

before you put them in hot boiling water u let them sit out 4 about 5 minutes...hot boiling water & cold refrigerated eggs= CRACKS

Answer 7

fill pan half way with water, get it boiling (bubbling away)..... gently place eggs in pan of water, rather than dropping them in a way that causes them to bounce off the bottom of the pan and crack slightly.

Answer 8

start with COLD water!