Help!! How do you know when a hard-boiled egg is done???

Answer 1

Start by covering the eggs in cold or room temp water. If they're put into boiling water, they'll crack from the sudden temperature change.

Add a little white vinegar to help prevent cracking, and a little salt to make peeling easier. Cover the pot with a lid and bring to a boil. As soon as it starts to boil, remove the pot from the burner, leaving the lid on, and let sit for 25-30 minutes depending on the size of the eggs.

Rinse in cold water to cool enough to peel.

Answer 2

Boiling: When boiling an egg, leave the egg at room temperature for about 30 minutes before cooking. An egg that is extremely cold will break when placed into boiling water.

Cooking time in minutes (Result)
3 Really soft-boiled yellow and set white
4 Slightly set yolk and set white
5 Firmer yolk and white
6 Hard-boiled with lightly soft yolk
7 Firmly hard-boiled.

Answer 3

Practice, practice, practice. It depends on how picky you are, the size of your eggs, the size of pot, how much water you use, how strong your flame is, etc. etc. etc.

I like mine just cooked -- the yolk pale yellow all the way through. This is what works for me when cooking a half a dozen eggs:

Put in the smallest pot which will allow all six eggs to fit in in one layer. (Use old eggs for the easiest peeling.)

Cover with cold water -- about a cm. above the eggs. The water will boil off.

Turn the heat on high, and set a timer for 20 minutes. At the end of 20 minutes, remove from heat, add cold water, drain and fill up again with cold water. Wait a few minutes before peeling.

That gives me perfect eggs every time. YMMV.

Answer 4

I frequently do 8-10 minutes. I could upload you prefer to place the eggs interior the water and then convey it to a boil. this would look like straightforward experience yet i understand people who've dropped eggs into boiling water and puzzled why their eggs have been exploding. So. Yeah.

Answer 5

the way to perfectly boil eggs everytime without fail: heat eggs and water together to boil. if you add eggs later the shells crack. once boiling, turn off flame. allow eggs to stand 4 minutes for a 4-minute egg (soft-bolied) and on to 12 minutes for hard boiled.

Answer 6

put the eggs when the water is boiling and count from 10-12 minutes It is hard-boiled then without the black lining on its yolk.

Answer 7

You can't tell from looking at it, but you should boil the eggs for 12 minutes. The water should be boiling when you add the eggs in. If the water isn't brought to a boil when you add them, use 15 minutes.

Answer 8

My way is the best way, no ifs ands or buts,. Put eggs in a pot of cold water and turn burner to high. Put salt in the cold water for easier peeling. Wait fifteen minutes exactly, take off heat and fill pot with cold water. Peel and enjoy.

Answer 9

I boil mine for ten minutes. Good eggs.

Answer 10

cooking the eggs for 20 minutes is pretty standard time. Cool them and they should peel fine too. I add a pinch of salt to the water to prevent them cracking while cooking.