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

Holy schit he even saved it.

LMFAO

I've always took em straight out of the fridge, stuck em in a cooker full of water, turned heat on high, bring to a boil, turn heat off, cover pot and let pot set for 12 minutes. Never noticed a problem.

Bring the water to a boil then add the eggs, makes a big difference.

The recipe Eileen and I have been using is similar to the one rcamuglia posted, which we found somewhere:

Place eggs in pan, then fill with enough water to cover them at least an inch.
Heat until the water just comes to a boil.
Remove the pan from heat and wait 10 minutes.
Dump the hot water, and fill with cold water.
Wait another 10 minutes.

They peel perfectly, and it doesn't matter how old they are.

I believe she adds the eggs to room temp water and then starts the boil.

Thanks Rog.

MD, your adding to room temp water and then heating,

The opposite of several others…..

Maybe we just can’t cook eggs?

In the very near future I’ll be trying all these ideas,

Gonna need a Go Fund Me account for all these eggs.

I seem to do them in the evening
Toss em in the water. Bring up to a boil for 3ish minutes. Pull it off the stove, put a lid on it. I pull them outta the pot the next morning

I’m aware that you’ve also posted this method, but i knew and used it before I’ve seen your posts on the subject.

Next week on "Cooking with Kenneth":

TOAST???

^^^^^Soup Nazi^^^^^^^


Lets figure the eggs out first……..

Stay tuned.

Put into boiling water. Lightly Salted. boil 8 minutes.

Why? Albumin is sticky. When you cook slow cook, you give it time to bind to that membrane. When you cook fast you damage the albumin, Think when you sear apce of meat or fish at hih heat the protein retracts and shrivels. You are breaking cells just touching the membrane. These broken cells then release water, which prevent binding to membrane.

After you cook, drain put eggs in a container and shake lightly to break shells, then put in cold water.

Shells should slip off easily

Verdict is in….

Adding eggs to boiling water makes a big difference,,,,

Let eggs sit on counter for about an hour,

Brought lightly salted water to boil,

Added 1 dozen eggs and set timer for 8 minutes,

After about 9 minutes into ice water,

Easiest eggs I’ve ever peeled.

Night and day difference.

You. Guys. Rock.

Yep, nailed it. Hot start (boil water before adding), 13 minutes, straight into ice water.95%+ easy peel.

when ya car don't work, call a gearhead. If the gun don't work, call a 'smith. When ya need help with poultry products, Call a poultry scientist--UGA, 1974 cum laude. Boiled eggs, perfectly done: put eggs on counter long enuff to come to room temp. put pasta pot on stove with water up to 1/2" below bottom of strainer. turn eye on under pot to hi heat. put eggs in strainer, evenly spaced. two layers ok. when water comes to hi boil, put strainer basket in pot and cover. for large eggs, go 18-19 minutes. may turn heat down a little to keep water from totally evaporating but keep producing that steam in quantity. remove strainer from pot and sit aside. pour water out of pot and rinse with cold water several times. rinse eggs in basket with cold water for a couple minutes. put strainer back in pot and add a quantity of ice to cover. open another beer and drink it slow. put pot on side of sink. turn water on to a trikle. beat egg on bottom of sink all around and hold under slow running cold water and squeeze gently. may roll it around a little on bottom. place in zip bag. this is an adaptation of the way commercial boilers cook and peel theirs. If come out soft, increase hold time or boil time. I generally put mine out overnite or 1st think in am, depending on when I want to peel. should be no green ring if properly done. can adjust to Xlg eggs by adding 3 minutes to boil time. don't reccomend using jumbo's as white integrity not good on them.

This^^^
Easiest peel ever. Drop the temp to a fast simmer after adding eggs to the boil. I like mine cooked for 13-14 minutes.

Fair enough, seems several ways to do it,

But like I mentioned above,
Room temp eggs,
8 minutes boiling water,
Let sit maybe one more minute and then cool by whatever means you like,
Best Hard boiled eggs I’ve ever had.

Thanks to all who offered ideas here.

If you want a real challenge, start poaching eggs. Something that seems relatively simple, poaching an egg is damned hard to get right.

For me, anyway. I have watched a ridiculous amount of videos on how to poach eggs. Still suck at it.

Challenge accepted.