Who knows the best way to hard boil eggs?

Question

Everytime I try to hard boil eggs...I have trouble peeling them. How can I do it and peel them perfectly.....Who has the best way of doing this?

Answer 1

I put the eggs in a pan with cold water and a little salt. (The salt seals the whites in if the shell cracks.) Bring the water to a rolling boil, boil for five minutes, then turn off the flame.

Cover the pan and let sit for 30 minutes. Drain the cooking water, and run cold water over the eggs. I seldom have problems peeling them, using this method.

Make sure the eggs aren't too fresh, as this will cause problems no matter what method you use. And crack the shell thoroughly before you try to peel the egg. If the shell is cracked all over, it will come off a lot easier.

Answer 2

Put the Eggs in a pot of Cold Water and bring to a boil, Once it is really boiling turn the stove off and leave the eggs in there for about 10 min.

Then place them in a bowl and refridgerate for half an hour, to make peeling easier. If you want to use them Hot just make sure you let them sit in a bowl out of the water for a few minutes at least.

Answer 3

Gently put the eggs in the pan, they can get small cracks if you aren't careful and that will cause them to crack open when you cook them.

Don't put more eggs than will cover the bottom of the pan.

Fill the pan with COLD water, let the eggs come up to temp more gradually.

Pour in a few finger fulls of salt. Start them out near hi and them back off just a bit. Boil them for 20 minutes.

Take them off, pour out the hot water and fill the pan with cold tap water. After they have set for about a minute, they will be cool enough to handle. Start to crack and peel them right away. If they sit, they will be hard to peel.

Drop them back in the pan to cool more when peel and to wash off the bits of shell.

TaDa!!!

Answer 4

As eggs get older, the albumen (egg white) shrinks away from the inside of the shell, thus making them easier to peel once they are cooked. I usually use eggs that are at least one week old for boiling. Here's my method.

Place eggs in sauce pan. Cover with cold tap water. Place saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Once it boils, turn off the heat, cover, and let sit for 10 full minutes. Shock eggs in ice water. Peel when ready.

Answer 5

The only time I have a hard time is if the eggs areolder. Put eggs in a sauce pan cover with water bring to boillet boil for about 4 minutes. take the off heat but leave them in hot water for about 10 more minutes. drain add cold water until the water continues to stay relativly cold let sit until cool. Peel or refriderate. Should have some perfect and easy to peel eggs.

Answer 6

You need to cool them fast so the egg will pull away from the shell on the inside.

I usually boil the eggs for ten minutes, dump out the water, then run cold water over them for about five minutes. (Don't just let them sit in cold water 'cause the eggs will heat up the water and defeat the purpose.) They need to feel cool when you pick them up. Then pop them in the fridge. Happy peeling!

Answer 7

Put the eggs into already boiling water.

How long to leave them boilin depends on how big they are, and if they were at room or fridge temperature, and your altitude. For extra large at sea level straight from the fridge I wait eight minutes from the time the water starts to fully boil again.

Once the time is up, pour the eggs (gently) into a metal colander or strainer and run them under cold water until they are cool to the touch. The soft inside will shrink from the cold water faster than the hard shell, and that will separate the shell from the white.

Oh, and then tap them on the counter on the large end (where the air bubble is) to crack them.

Answer 8

place eggs in water that covers the eggs, sprinkle alot of salt into water. After the water starts to boil, time them for 7 minutes. drain out hot water, run cold water in pan, let them set in cold water for about 15 minutes. They should peel easy, and peel them under running water so you can keep them rinsed so you won't be finding shells in your food.

Answer 9

One of the keys to having a good peel is to use older eggs. I boil mine by covering them with water and bringing them to a good roiling boil, then covering them and letting them sit for 15 minutes.

Answer 10

Boil them let them boil for 5 min then let them sit in water for five mins then take out an put in cold water for 10 then roll on conter then peel yum yum yum