How many mins. to hard boil eggs?

Answer 1

Ignore all others, this works perfectly EVERY time, no grey...and I'm not the best cook (see the website below for where I got this)

put the eggs in a large pot and cover with COLD water

Put on stove at high until rolling boil

reduce to medium-medium high heat for 10 minutes EXACTLY

immediately take them out and put into a pot of very cold water (I add ice to it) for 5-10 minutes

good luck!

Answer 2

put eggs in pan with cold water. Cover and bring to a boil. boil ten min. Turn off fire. Let sit 5 min. Drain and run cold water over them. Best to hard boil older eggs the shells come off much easier. What I mean by old is ones that are getting close to the expiration date on the carton.

Answer 3

I'd say about 10. Boiling them too long ruins them. A soft-boiled egg is 3 min., and anything significantly beyond that, including cooking in the shell after being removed from the water, leads to setting beyond soft, and 10 is more than 3 times that, so it's plenty.

Answer 4

put eggs in the water room temp. bring to a boil and boil for like 10 or 15 min

Answer 5

Boiled eggs are typically boiled for 10-11 minutes.

Answer 6

10 to 15 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.


HOW TO BOIL EGG W/ PICTURES
http://www.ehow.com/how_1163_boil-egg.html

1.Place the egg in a saucepan.

2.Run cold water into the saucepan until the water is 1 inch above the egg.

3. Place the saucepan on a stove and cook over medium heat until the water begins to boil.

4. Reduce the heat to low.

5. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes for soft-boiled eggs or 10 to 15 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.

6. Remove the egg with a spoon or ladle and let it cool slowly, or run cold water over it to cool it more quickly.


To Correctly Cook Hard-Cooked Eggs:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/BoiledEggs.htm

There are two problems you'll want to avoid: cracked shells and the ugly green layer that can form around the yolk. For perfect cooking, start with eggs that don't have any visible cracks.

Bring your eggs to room temperature before cooking. If the egg has been stored in the refrigerator it can be warmed gently under a flowing hot tap water. By bringing the eggs to room temperature, they're much less likely to crack in the hot water. Also the temperature of the egg at the start of the cooking process will affect the cooking time. An egg that is at room temperature at the start of the cooking process will require about 1 minute less cooking time than eggs taken directly from the refrigerator.

NOTE: In case small cracks do develop, add salt to the cooking water. The salt will help to speed up the denaturing of the egg white, causing less of it to feather into the water. Use at least a tablespoon of table salt per two quarts of water.

Place them in a single layer in a pan with enough cold water to cover eggs completely (approximately by 1 1/2 inches). Bring the water to a boil, remove from heat, cover tightly with a lid, and allow to remain in the water approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Check out my article on Poaching vs. Simmering vs. Boiling.

NOTE: Watch the time when cooking the eggs carefully. Overcook causes a green layer to form around the yolk. This layer is caused by a reaction between the iron in the yolk and the sulfur in the white. Heat speeds up this reaction, so the longer your eggs cook, the greater the chance of discoloration.

Then done cooking, place under running, cold water to cool quickly. This way of cooking is also known as "coddling." It does not toughen the whites as boiling does. This will also assist with the peeling process, as the cold water creates steam between the egg white and the shell which makes the shell easier to remove.


EGG RECIPES
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/EggRecipes.htm

Answer 7

after the water starts to boil, put a lid on the pan & shut off the stove. the eggs will be done in 10 mins.

Answer 8

Usually I will put them in the pot and cover them with cold water. Then, but them on the stove on high until they start boiling. When they reach a full boil, turn the heat of and let them sit in the hot water for about 10 minutes. don't let them go much longer than that or they will turn green.

Enjoy your eggs!

Answer 9

When the water comes to a boil, cook them 10 minutes more.

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Answer 10

>> 8 mins. Put a tailors pin in the boiling water also before adding the egg ~ this stops the yucky grey ring that forms around the yolk. (sounds weird, but true ~ it works)