Quick! Water's almost boiling: how do you make boiled eggs?!?

Question

In the past, my eggs come out oozy or water gets into them and the whites cook in the pot (leaving a mess,) so I haven't made them in years... help!

Great, thanks!
Now... my frozen peas need 6 minutes in boiling water - would I regret throwing them in with the boiling eggs, or is that okay?

Answer 1

The best way to boil eggs is to put the eggs into the pot and add the water. Then, turn on the heat. Bring to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let it sit for ten minutes. Rinse with cold water. Peel eggs under running water.

Start with older eggs. Not too fresh or they will be hard to peel.

If you put cold eggs into boiling water too quickly, they will crack and water will get in and white will seep out.

If you want to put them into boiling water, you need to put them in slowly. Put the egg in a large spoon and s-l-o-w-l-y immerse the egg.

Time the egg. Three minutes for soft boiled. Six for hard. This is only when you're putting eggs into boiling water.

Start with eggs in cold or tap water and you come out with better hard boiled eggs. No green yolks from overboiling.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Chef's tip

To make perfect hard boiled eggs, place all the eggs you want to boil at the bottom of a pot, then cover with water. (Water must cover the entire egga, and ideally at least three times the depth) add some vinegar. Vinegar helps egg white to coagulate, so if a shell does crack, it'll leak less white into the water.

Now, turn the stove on high, and bring to a boil. The second you see boiling water, turn your timer on for 12 minutes. As soon as this timer goes off, remove the eggs from the heat, but don't drain. Let them sit in the hot water for another 12 minutes. NOW you dump out the water. If you want to eat the eggs quickly, you can put the entire pot in the sink and turn on the cold water tap.

This will turn out perfect hard boiled eggs every time (at sea level. The higher you go, the longer you need to boil for)

If you see grey around the yoke, then you cooked the egg too long.

Answer 3

For perfect eggs, this is a good method. No more cracked eggs. Well, almost never.

First set your eggs out for a while until they reach room temperature. Then fill a pot with cold water and place eggs in, making sure that the top of the eggs are covered by about a half inch to an inch of water. Put pot on burner and heat until just boiling. You need to watch the pot closely. When the water just starts to boil, remove the pot from the burner and cover the pot with a lid for 20 minutes. Great eggs.

Answer 4

Put as many eggs as you want to boil in a pan. Cover with cold water. Place over med. high heat just until boiling. Lower heat so that just a few bubbles come to the surface, and cook for 7 to 9 min. depending on size of egg and how "well done" you want them. When time is up, immediately pour hot water off and cover with cold water. Let sit about 2 min., drain water, and cover again with cold water - this will make them easier to peel. Enjoy your eggs!

Answer 5

i lower the eggs gently into the pot of boiling water, with a spoon. and then i boil them for about 10-15 minutes. When the timer goes off, i take them out with the spoon and put the eggs in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes to cool down

Answer 6

Put eggs into a pan cover with cold water. Cover and put on stove, bring to boil. Than take them off the stove and leave covered for about 12 minutes small eggs and 15 minutes for large eggs. After drain eggs and immediately put cold water over them to prevent further cooking. Let cool completely before trying to peel them.

Answer 7

Hard-boiled eggs are typically boiled for 10-18 minutes, depending on the size of the egg.[5] They can be eaten warm or cold. Cold hard-boiled eggs can be cut up and put into a salad. Hard-boiled eggs can also be eaten warm in an egg cup without removing the shell, especially for people who want the "egg cup experience" of soft-boiled eggs without risking salmonella poisoning.

Answer 8

You have to leave the eggs in the boiling water for about 20 minutes! If not, they're not cooked...thus your oozy, watery boiled eggs.

Answer 9

We put them in the pan while the water is heating up and when it starts to boil we set a timer for 18 minutes.

Answer 10

hard boiled? if so 10-15 minutes (depends on your elevation) in boiling water. place them in carefully, the water may have entered through a cracked shell...