Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Food, Cooking, and Game Preparation What’s the secret(s) to hard boiled eggs that peel properly

Put room temp eggs in steamer basket and steam for 10 to 13 minutes, dunk in cold water and Crack and peel under cold running water

Lots of ways to boil an egg... tip... it's the ice water.

Kent

PS... once when I was a kid my grandfather found an egg in the old storage shed, the one with black widows and scorpions so we weren't allowed in it, it was a ways from the chicken coops. He shook it next to his ear and then said watch this... threw it on the ground and it went off like a cherry bomb... it was just a bit to old to boil...

Get a colander/strainer thingy and put eggs in that. Put water in pan so it just about touches the eggs. Put a lid on the pan that fits tight and steam them.

I have even wrapped the top of the kettle with one of those really big grandmother type white dish towels.

My wife is a food safety nazi and eggs on the counter overnight is another reason for her to yell at me again.

Holy crap, I had no idea how many different methods would be posted. To cook an egg, of all things! I don't doubt that there are numerous methods that work great though.

I simply steam eggs for 15 minutes, then run cold water over them. Easy to peal, no stank, no green yolks, no measuring, no staging on the counter days in advance, no ice water, no pushpin to release air, etc.

Just steam the suckers. They heat relatively slowly which seems to be the key to success and turn out great. Very consistent.

I used to bring water and eggs to a boil then let them poach for a certain amount of time off of the burner. It mostly worked well, but not always. Sometimes they were hard to peel, had green yolks, or had some stank. Steamed eggs have been foolproof. Maybe elevation and cooking time were factors. I don't know, but it's so easy to get consistent results by steaming them.

When I was younger and working in a restaurant kitchen we would boil 4-5 dozen at a time.
Put eggs in a big pot with hot water out of the tap, bring to boil for few minutes. Remove pot to big ass sink let sit for a few minutes, Then run cold water until I could put my hand in and grab eggs.
Roll eggs on counter shells just fall off when they are still hot and rubbery. Only lost a couple at times, I ate them HaHa.
charlee

I,oven cook dozens at a time..peeling comes and go ...easy chit tho

Did ya'll know if you put a raw egg in a microwave and try to cook it, it will explode with a nice sound and enough force to blow the microwave door open and egg will go everywhere?

My 12 year old daughter does! 🙄

I've tried poaching eggs in the microwave. Little bit of water in a coffee cup, plop an egg in, nuke for a few seconds.

Never could get it right. The yolk either solidifies or the white is undercooked. If there's a sweet spot in there that will make a decent poached egg, I couldn't find it.

Never personally tried that, but intuitively, it seems like a coffee cup is too narrow. Perhaps a saucer would work mo betta?

Possible. I may give it another shot.

Let us know?

Will do. I will give it a shot tomorrow for breakfast.