Hard Boiled Eggs

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  • Heather_Rider
    Heather_Rider Posts: 1,159 Member
    put eggs in enough cold water to cover. Bring to a rapid boil. Turn off heat (leave on the eye) and cover tightly. Set timer for 15 minutes. run under cool water and peel immediately.

    edited to say if you place FRESH (farm) eggs in boiling or hot water, they will bust. Those chickens arent fed with all the junk thats in the eggs in the grocery store, and their shells are softer.
  • DesignGrrl
    DesignGrrl Posts: 147 Member
    Fool-proof non-boiled eggs!

    Eggs
    Oven @ 325F
    Cupcake/muffin pan
    Bowl of ice water

    Place 1 egg in each cup/well (however many you want - up to 12 obviously)

    Bake for 30 minutes.

    Using tongs, cool in icewater bath for 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle.

    Peel and use them still warm or right into the fridge for up to a week. They peel perfectly, velvety whites, perfect yolks.

    This! Sooooo much easier than dealing with water. I don't put mine in a muffin tin, I put two cooling racks on the regular oven rack and just lay out my eggs. I put a cookie sheet below in case one is having a bad day and leaks.

    The texture of the whites and yolks is perfect, not rubbery or discolored.
  • mcjmommy
    mcjmommy Posts: 148 Member
    I'm making some hard boiled eggs to eat for lunch :)
  • knk1553
    knk1553 Posts: 438 Member
    Fool-proof non-boiled eggs!

    Eggs
    Oven @ 325F
    Cupcake/muffin pan
    Bowl of ice water

    Place 1 egg in each cup/well (however many you want - up to 12 obviously)

    Bake for 30 minutes.

    Using tongs, cool in icewater bath for 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle.

    Peel and use them still warm or right into the fridge for up to a week. They peel perfectly, velvety whites, perfect yolks.

    This, I didn't believe it but they taste amazing when cooked in the oven. Bacon in the oven is delish as well...
  • summer8it
    summer8it Posts: 433 Member
    If you plan to store your hard-boiled eggs unpeeled (in their shells), put a few onion skins in the water when you boil the eggs. It will color the eggshells yellow, which makes it easy to tell which eggs are hardboiled and which are raw!
  • oOMusicBabii
    oOMusicBabii Posts: 494
    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!

    Basically how I do mine, just I don't add the ice. The cold water step is soooo important; I cannot stress that step enough
  • slackerwoman
    slackerwoman Posts: 261 Member
    I bake them now instead! Very easy and easier to peel. :) Stick them in a muffin pan and bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes. Then stick them in cold water for about 5 minutes before you peel them.

    I swear it works and they are great!
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Great tips!!!
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    I just recently started boiling eggs myself and made a similar forum post. Whenever I'd boil them....the shell would stick to the egg and it was a big pain in the *kitten* to peel. I got a lot of good suggestions from people on the forums and now this is what works for me:

    1. Fill pot with water and bring water to a boil (I just leave mine on full heat throughout the entire process)
    2. Dump some salt into the boiling water (this will keep the shell from sticking to the eggs when you go to peel them)
    3. Place all the eggs in the boiling water and let them cook for ten minutes. (No longer than ten minutes, and you don't need to cover the pot)
    4. Once your ten minutes is up, dump the boiling water out, refill the pot immediately with cold water and ICE. Let them soak in ice water for about 3-4 minutes then put them in the fridge!

    Works perfectly for me every time.
  • pgarza40
    pgarza40 Posts: 1
    Put the eggs in boiler and cover with cold water. Put them on the stove and let come to a boil. Turn the burner off and let set until the water is warm to the touch. Should have perfectly boiled eggs.
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
    Easy test: when the shell dries immediately when you lift it out of water, it is soft boiled ready for eggy soldiers.

    For Hard boiled, leave it in the water for a further minute.

    Just like me mum taught me many eaons ago!

    What is an "eggy soldier"?? Are we really supposed to know what you mean by this??
  • deales
    deales Posts: 13
    I start with cold water, bring to a boil, and when the eggs start to float, they should be done- takes around 5 minutes once the water is boiling, sometimes longer, but you don't want to drop the eggs into already-boiling water because it can crack the shells.
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    EEk......if eggs are floating, it mean's they're going off :-(
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    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
    I do this except for step six (breaking the shells). I'm going to try this next time.
  • srhargraves
    srhargraves Posts: 29
    I put them in a pan of cold water with a palm full of salt in the water. I boil them for 20 minutes and they come out perfect. The reason for the salt? They peel perfectly when I add salt. Otherwise they usually tear up and I have funny looking boiled eggs.
  • annduong
    annduong Posts: 22
    That's not a dumb question! Don't worry, a lot of people are new to different sort of things, and this is one of them for you.

    What I do is I take about half a pot of cold tap water (or how much you like depending on the number of eggs you're boiling) and put it on the stove. The heat is between between and high. I wait until the water's bubbling before I put in the eggs for ten to fifteen minutes. I then pour the water out and place the eggs in a sieve where I run cold tap water over it for a little while before placing them in the fridge overnight.

    Hope that helped you.
  • srhargraves
    srhargraves Posts: 29
    OH, and I peel them immediately. No need to wait. The salt makes them peel perfectly..
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    I have a microwave egg cooker. Looks like a big egg. Does 4.
    I was skeptical ,but it makes perfect eggs in about 8 minutes.
  • QueenofScott
    QueenofScott Posts: 305 Member
    This is my favorite way...the eggs come out perfectly: put eggs into the pan and add enough water to cover them. Place pan on the burner on high and bring to a boil. Once it boils for about a minute, remove the pan form the heat and cover it. Let sit for 20 minutes. Rinse with cold water, and your eggs are ready to peel and eat. I just had one this morning for breakfast!
  • ndearing0501
    ndearing0501 Posts: 145 Member
    I place the eggs in cold water, then add a few shakes of salt to the water. This will help make the eggs easier to peel. Then I bring to a boil. Once at a complete boil, I remove from heat and cover for 15 minutes. Then remove them from the hot water and dunk in ice water for a few seconds. You know they are done when you spin them on the table and they spin very fast! If they spin slowly, they didn't cook!
  • warsenic
    warsenic Posts: 60
    I actually cook mine in an electric kettle.

    I put the eggs in, fill it until it's about an inch of water over the eggs, and let it boil. It's an automatic shut-off and I wait 15 minutes before I crack and eat them.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    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 is what I do, except I only let them stand for 15 minutes in step 5 and I add ice to the water in the first step 7.
  • Jenniferlynn54
    Jenniferlynn54 Posts: 19 Member
    Bake them.....350 for 25-30 minutes depending on your liking.....
  • Sean_The_IT_Guy
    Sean_The_IT_Guy Posts: 168
    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 is what I do, except I only let them stand for 15 minutes in step 5 and I add ice to the water in the first step 7.

    I third this. Alton Brown (cooking show host) does eggs very similarly and they're always perfect, and never have that grey/green film on the yolks and are easy to peel.

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