How to Hard Boil Eggs

I always have trouble peeling my hard-cooked eggs and found this helpful advice from Mennonite Girls Can Cook. http://mennonitegirlscancook.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-peel-hard-boiled-eggs-in-seconds.html

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: as many as you'd like

Cook Time: 20 min  

Ingredients

Eggs
Salt

Directions

1. cover eggs in pot with cold water… add salt so that if an egg cracks the egg stays in the shell.
2. turn element on high and timer for 20 minutes — it takes about 10 minutes for the water to boil and ten minutes for egg yolk to harden.
3. remove from stove, immediately put pot under the cold water tap .
4. as soon as you can handle the eggs break the shells against the side of the pot.
5. leave crushed eggs in cold water for a bit (longer if eggs are very fresh)
6. peel eggs… shells will just about fall off. (make sure you start peeling under the membrane)

Categories: Eggs, Tips & Tricks

Submitted by: farmkat on June 11, 2011