Hard Boiled Eggs

I put them in right away and leave them for 20 minutes.

I start with cold water, bring it to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes, then remove them from the heat, cover the pan and wait one hour. Dump the hot water, run cold water over the eggs to cool them, then dry them off and put them in the fridge. Just my way. I have seen different ways. But start with cold water, so the shells don't crack right away.

I start off with cold water. Bring them to the boil....for soft, 4 mins, for a bit more solid about 6 and for hard boiled 8-10...
Look up coddled eggs- done in the oven, some people like them done that way...

Easiest way I have found is

1. Put eggs in pot
2. Add water just to cover eggs
3. bring to a boil
4. Remove from heat
5. Cover and let stand 17 minutes
6. dump hot water and shake eggs around in pan to break shells (allows the cold water in and separates the "egg skin" from the egg
7. add cold water
7. Let sit for 15 min.
8. Will peel very easily

This way always works for me and are super easy to peel

Here is a good site to go to:

http://www.incredibleegg.org/recipes-and-more/recipes/basic-hardboiled-eggs?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=making hard boiled eggs&utm_campaign=Cons_Recipes_Simply Eggs

My husband is a MASTER at hard boiling eggs.

Start with the eggs in cold water. Heat on medium until a rolling boil then set your timer for 10 minutes. When 10 minutes is up, dump the hot water and add cold water and ICE. You want them in ICE water. This helps separate the membrane from the egg white and makes them SO much easier to peel! Let them sit for a while....at least 10 - 20 minutes until they're cold. Peel...eat. We boil at least a dozen at a time using this method!

This is exactly what I do, too!

I've heard that it's better to use slightly older eggs (closer to expiry) for hard-boiled, otherwise the shells are very hard to remove.

Ive been doing boiled eggs for awhile and the best way to do them is put them in the water, and when the water comes to a boil,, shut the stove off and let them it there for 20 min, leave the pot on the eye. They will peel easily and will make the perfect boiled egg.

I put them in the water first and then bring to a boil for 5 mins. let the eggs sit in the water for another 5 mins. run cold water over them, they will be easier to peel.

My husband is a chef and he taught me to cook them this way:

1) put eggs in pan and fill pan with cold water until the water just covers the eggs
2) put pan on stove with heat on high
3)when water starts to boil, set your timer for 10 minutes
4) whent the timer goes off, take the pan off the stove and start to run cold water into the pan while you dump the hot water out
5)dump a bunch of ice into the pan to stop the cooking process ( this prevents the eggs from getting that nasty gray ring on the outside of the yolk
6) They're usually cool enough to egg in 5- 10 minutes

***he also advises adding a tbsp of white vinegar to the water to prevent the eggs from cracking and leaking in to the water

For boiled eggs to be so simple there are so many ways to boil them, you will get a different answer from everyone.

I start with cold water, bring it to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes, then remove them from the heat, cover the pan and wait one hour. Dump the hot water, run cold water over the eggs to cool them, then dry them off and put them in the fridge. Just my way. I have seen different ways. But start with cold water, so the shells don't crack right away.

This is how my mother taught me and it works great and they always peel easily too.

Easiest way I have found is

1. Put eggs in pot
2. Add water just to cover eggs
3. bring to a boil
4. Remove from heat
5. Cover and let stand 17 minutes
6. dump hot water and shake eggs around in pan to break shells (allows the cold water in and separates the "egg skin" from the egg
7. add cold water
7. Let sit for 15 min.
8. Will peel very easily

This way always works for me and are super easy to peel

This. Works every single time. I like mine a little softer so I let stand for 13min.

If you like the yolks a beautiful bright yellow and easy to peel this is how you cook them:

1. place eggs in pot and cold water to cover eggs
2. place on stove burner turned to med-high
3. When a boil reaches the top of the water and the bubble breaks, remove from heat and put a lid on pot
4. 10 minutes later drain the water add cold water and ice cubes. The water should be freezing not cool so use a lot of ice.
5. Leave in ice bath 10 minutes
6. If you want to peel all eggs, drain water and ice, put lid back on pot and shake pot bake and forth to crack the eggs
7. When peeling the eggs start with the fat bottom, there is more air in the fat bottom, so the shell is not attached
8. Try to get a hold of the thin skin that sometimes sticks to the egg. If you can get a little of the skin started it will peel off the shell easy without tearing up the egg. Doing the ice bath helps release the skin from the egg.
9. How to tell if an egg is hard boiled? Spin it on a counter top, only a hard boiled egg spins
10.How to tell when an egg is old? Place egg in a cup of water if it floats it is old.

I think we've about covered that subject...

I usually put them in when the water is almost boiling. Then I leave them in for about 13 minutes. You can also bake them in muffin pans for the same result (I haven't tried this yet).