How do you keep boiled eggs from tearing up while peeling them?

Answer 1

Hold the egg under running cold water. Crack the egg, just a little, on the counter and then put back under the running water and continue to break the egg shell (gently) and peel.

Answer 2

First you boil them with a little salt, and when they're done boiling, you throw the hot water out, adn put icy cold water... and let sit for a minute... the difference of temp. will make the peel under the shell stick to the shell itself leaving a nice egg when peeled. And try cracking the whole shell rolling it on a table to have small pieces, cuz when you peel them it will come out in one piece, rather than having to be careful with each cracked piece...

Answer 3

Tap them on both ends and start peeling from the end with the indent in it (can't remember if that 's the fat end or the point as am typing and don't have an egg handy)

Running the egg under cold water as you are peeling makes the egg contract away from the shell and helps, but def start at the indented end.

Great - now I want a deviled egg.

Answer 4

If you lightly roll them on the counter and crack the shell a bit and then slowly start peeling from the end and be sure to peel the white membrane down with the shell. It works better to peel them under cold running water, too.

Answer 5

it has nothing to do with the pot, if you take them out of the boiling water and right into the fridge, and wait until they are completely cooled off. then crack at both ends and gently roll the egg on it's side until the entire egg is cracked thouroughly, then the egg shell will peel right off, often mine comes off in a constant strip.
Good luck and hope this helps

Answer 6

Use older eggs. Seriously. Buy a dozen, but don't boil them until a few days before their sell by date. I don't know why this is, but they peel easier than fresh eggs. Go figure.

Answer 7

The cold water & hot egg thing works for me. My husband prefers to roll them on the counter until they're all cracked up- they peel off pretty well then too.

Answer 8

I put them directly into a bowl of ice water once they're done cooking. Don't try to peel them until they are at least lukewarm. I let them sit for a half hour before I peel them, and I can get the shell off in one piece ;)

Answer 9

Use older eggs. It's the really fresh eggs that the shell sticks to.

The vinegar in the water keeps eggs from breaking and spewing the white. If they do break, the white stays intact.

Answer 10

be sure to cool the eggs completely. keep running them under cold water, then to the fridge. if you shell them in the sink, just roll the egg against the edge, all the way around...the shell should come off real easy