I like hard boiled eggs and know what to do to make them, but I can never get the egg to peel clean. Help???

Answer 1

As soon as the egg is through cooking, put it in a large pan of very cold water. This will shrink the contents away from the shell.
(this will also help stop the yolk from turning green) Once the eggs are cool, put a lid on the pan, and shake them to shatter the shells. Peel at once.

Answer 2

I always boil them until they begin to crack, I run them under cold water while I am peeling them. I gently tap them on the side of the sink in several places and then just roll them around in my hand until most of the egg is cracked and just kinda slides off. I have yet to have a problem cracking a boiled egg doing this...sometimes they are still pretty warm but if you are holding them under the cold running water then it should be to bad. I have also heard of submerging them into a bowl of ice water for a few minutes after boiling them. I have never tried it cause I have never had a problem the way I do it.

Answer 3

Here's what the Food Network says on this:
To prevent this, use eggs that are a week to 10 days old. Older eggs have a different pH from new eggs, which researchers say affects peeling. We also find that cooling eggs immediately after cooking in an ice bath makes them easier to peel.

Answer 4

Fail proof method:
Start them in cold water with about a 1/4 cup vinegar, liquid should cover eggs by about 1 inch. Bring to rapid boil, as soon as full boil reached, put lid on pot & remove from heat. In about 20-25 minutes, eggs are cool enough to handle, easy to peel and no grey yolks.

Answer 5

Do the same as the person on top said but before you peel it under water take and kinda roll the egg on a hard surface really gentle to not break the egg but sorta crush the shell it works wonders...my Culinary Chef Instructor taught me that...it saves time.

Answer 6

After letting the eggs boil to your content, pour the water off of the eggs, leaving them in the pot. then place cool water over the eggs and let them set for about 10 minutes. The shells should come off with no problem.

Answer 7

I take them right out of the fridge, put them in cold water in a pan, then onto the stove. Crank up the heat, and as soon as it has been boiling for 10 min, take it off the heat. Run under cool water- just enough so you can handle the eggs, and start shelling like mad- This usually does the trick for me...

Answer 8

After taking the egg out from the hot water, submerge it immediately in cold or iced water so that the white skin beneath the outer shell will peel off easily.

Answer 9

Here is how I was taught and it works:
Leave your eggs out of the fridge 4 like 3 days and then boil them.

Answer 10

they can't be really fresh eggs. Just put them in cold water after cooking, and crack the shells immediatly. The shells should then just peel off cleanly