a really dumb question but need help. Does anyone know how to hard boil eggs so they don't crack while boilin

Answer 1

ALL the chefs on Food Network say to cook your eggs as follows...I do this and NEVER get cracks.

1 - Fill your pot with cold water.
2 - put your cold eggs into cold water (do not over crowd)
3 - turn pot on and bring to a boil
4 - once water comes to a boil, cover and remove from heat
5 - let sit 11 - 15 minutes
6 - immediately cool eggs with a cold water bath or cold running water to stop the cooking process
7 - let eggs cool and color.

Hint:

It's too late now, but for the next time you make hard boiled eggs, for easier peeling, buy your eggs 1 week before you want to use them. The shells will peel of MUCH easier than if they were bought only a day or two before.

Hoppy Easter :-)

Answer 2

I usually try different methods but today I found the right one (it was recommended at about.com). The eggs came out perfectly, not greenish on the inside, not cracked on the outside, not rubbery, and without that little glue in the very center of the yolk that sometimes occurs.

Place eggs in a pot, single layer only, with at least an inch of water covering them. Don't put too few or too many in....choose the right size pot for the amount of eggs you want to boil. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil at medium high heat. When the water starts to boil, remove from the heat and let the eggs sit in the steaming water (don't remove the cover) for 15 to 17 minutes. After about 15 minutes (some people only let them sit for ten minutes or so but I find the very center is a bit runny this way), run cold water over the eggs for a few minutes to stop the boiling process.

Whatever way you choose to do it (and there are a million methods), don't actually BOIL the eggs for very long (just bring the water to a boil at a low or medium heat setting...then let the eggs steam, covered, at least ten minutes if you want to produce hard-boiled eggs and not soft-boiled); boiling the eggs for longer than a minute or two produces cracked shells and rubbery egg, etc.

Answer 3

Eggs crack while boiling when the air in the egg is unable to escape. The way to handle this is to put the uncooked eggs in a pot of cold water and the put the pot on the stove. Then, turn the heat on medium and let the water come to a boil. While the water is heating, you will see little bubbles coming from the eggs. That is the extra air escaping. When the water has come to a boil and has been at a boil for a minute, then the eggs will be done, and they will not be cracked. Start the eggs in the cold water, and the time it takes for the water to boil will be the amount of time it takes for enough air to escape the shells so that they don't crack. Good luck!

Answer 4

well my tried and tested method.

1) Never put a cold egg in boiling water.
2) start with cold water. Since you're going to hard-boil it, it doesn't make a difference if it's started in cold or hot water.
3) NEVER cover the pot. Granny says if you cover the heat will overheat the eggs causing expansion thus cracks!
4) once water boils, let the eggs simmer for about 10mins or so, depending on the size of the egg.

i wouldn't worry too much about the yolk lining turning green or something, but i read somewhere if you cook it just right, it'll just be yellow but if you overcook it, it'll change colour. Hwoever, eggs, unlike seafood, will not turn rubbery when you overcook.

MOST IMPORTANT!! DO NOT COVER POT!

Answer 5

Here are a few things you might try in order to avoid having the shells crack when you boil eggs:

Visually inspect the eggs before cooking. If possible, avoid using eggs with fine surface lines that may crack during cooking. Always discard eggs that are already cracked.
Start the eggs off in cool water. The sudden thermal shock of going from a cold refrigerator to hot water may be enough to cause cracks to occur.
Place the eggs gently into the pot. Don't drop them in. Hitting against the bottom of the pan can cause cracks .
Cook the eggs just below a simmer. The agitation of eggs being tossed around in water at a rolling boil can cause cracks, too.
I always add salt to the water. If they do crack, they don't tend to run out everywhere.

Answer 6

Salt in the water, eggs in before boiling. Bring to a rapid boil and then take off the heat and let the eggs cook in the water. It should take 5 mins for soft boiled, up to 10 for hard boiled. This also prevents that green hue around the yolk from forming. If your eggs are cracking it is probably because you are boiling them too long and too hard.

Answer 7

Well I have a couple of tips. 1 let your eggs rise to room temperature before putting them in the pot to boil. 2 make sure you have a big pot to put all the eggs and water in. 3 make sure that there is atleast an inch of water on top of the eggs to insure that they can evenly boil and won't bump each other to much. 4 Try heating the water to almost boiling before placing in the eggs and slowly put in the eggs and turn the heat down to below medium heat and slowly boil them for about 10 mins or so. Hope I could help some

Answer 8

If you are going to hard boil eggs, it's best to use cold water especially if you took the eggs right out of the fridge. Cold water will lessen the chances of cracking. Eggs should be immersed in water while cooking.

Answer 9

Put the eggs into the water prior to heating. Add a tsp of vinegar to water. Bring water to boil then turn heat off, the eggs will cook prior to the water cooling. Works every time.

Answer 10

You set eggs in cold water, then place on heat until boiling-- then turn off heat immediately. You let them sit in the hot water for 15-18 minutes for large eggs. Once eggs are done, place in cold water until cool.