How To Boil An Egg
If you’ve ever wondered how to boil an egg I will tell you all the tips and tricks to do it!
When learning How To Boil An Egg, there are a few simple guidelines to follow so that you get perfectly cooked eggs every time.
HOW TO BOIL THE PERFECT EGG
If a friend happens to stop by my house unexpectedly, 90% of the time I start of with the sentence, “Come on in! Sorry, it might smell a little funny because we just cooked eggs.”
We eat a LOT of eggs in our house. Scrambled, poached, boiled,…you name it.
My current favorite lunch is an egg white omelet. My husband is always boiling eggs to have hard boiled eggs on hand for healthy muscle building protein snacks. Right now we have over three dozen eggs in our fridge and that’s after I came out of the shower yesterday to find my 20-month old egg washing our leather couches and wood floors with a dozen. So I guess you could say we are pros at hard boiling eggs now.
My husband asked, “So you can really do a whole post on boiling eggs?”
Uh, yeah.
I reminded him that very year around Easter we end up googling how to make the perfect hard boiled egg. Over time we learned the tricks to perfectly boiled eggs.
HOW TO BOIL AN EGG
1) Start off with placing your eggs in a pot in a single layer and covering them with cold water about an inch above the eggs.
2) Turn the heat up to medium high and once water starts to bubble add some salt to the pot.
3) Bring water to a rolling boil. If your heat is too high, you will get some violent boiling and end up with egg casualties like this.
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| Bad egg… |
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| This is a good rolling boil. |
5) Once water comes to a rolling boil, place the lid on and turn off the heat.
6) Let eggs sit for 12-13 minutes making sure to not open the lid or all of the heat will escape. Make sure not to start your timer until right when you turn off the heat.
7) When the time is up remove eggs from pot and rinse in cold water or place in an ice bath to stop the eggs from continuing to cook.
8) Label your eggs so that your family knows which ones are hard boiled and which ones are not. OR you can use my husband’s trick of spinning the egg really hard on a flat surface. If the egg is hard boiled it will spin standing up like this one below and if it’s not hard boiled it will spin horizontally.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BOIL AN EGG?
12-13 minutes.
Have a hard time peeling your eggs? Over time we have learned that the fresher the egg the harder it is to peel. If you can, don’t make your hard boiled eggs the same day you buy them. You would think that the fresher the egg the better, but that’s not actually the case. Eggs that are a week old work best but of course make sure they are not past the expiration date. Some people say that if you add baking soda to the water it makes them peel easier…we have that baking soda does not affect it at all. The only factor in easy peeling eggs is the freshness of the eggs. If you are using the hard boiled eggs right away, it also is easier to peel them under cold running water right after they have boiled.
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These are perfect. First time making hard boiled eggs 🙂
Glad I could help!
I add red wine vinegar to my water for hard boiled eggs. I was always told …..;vinegar was the way to keep the inside from escaping. I use red wine vinegar to remind me they are hard boiled, the red turns the eggs a rose color-pink color.
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I use your “recipe” every time I make hard-boiled eggs and it works perfect every time!!
Except this time.
Because I never heard the kitchen timer go off and my poor half-dozen eggs hung in hot water for at least 30 minutes. I haven’t tried one yet, but I’m sure the yolks be will be that greyish color and stinky. Any advice on what I can do to salvage them? I don’t want to throw it out but I also don’t want to eat them alone since I know they’re super over-cooked!
I wish I had a remedy! I don’t. Sorry!!!
I put my fresh eggs into boiling water with a large slotted spoon; turn heat down to gentle boil; cook about 13 minutes. Drain eggs and fill pot with cold running water. Crack egg gently on the counter and peel. Works every time!
If you plan to peel the eggs right away, I pour off all the hot water, run cold water over them till covered and then put on the lid and shake the pan………….this is a hard shake to crack the eggs. This loosens the peel thus ending up less frustration in peeling. Works for me!
Tell me what causes the green ring around the yolk? Boiling was too severe?
Yes, The gray ring means that they were cooked too long.
If you have only FRESH eggs (as we tend to have ‘cuz we have our own laying hens), try steaming them instead of boiling them. I’ve had great success utilizing this method and still having “pretty” end product appearance after peeling.
I really enjoy your blog and your wonderful recipes and pictures. Thank you so much!
We eat a lot of eggs too and I’ve always hated peeling hard boiled eggs.
But have you tried baking eggs in the oven ? I ran across this tip recently and it’s great!
You can also sit them in a muffin tin to keep them from rolling around and easier to take out of the oven. Works great every time, even on ‘fresher’ eggs.
http://www.food.com/recipe/hard-cooked-eggs-in-the-oven-baked-eggs-61856?layout=desktop
I haven’t tried baking them in the oven but I think it’s a great idea.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have used this “recipe” many times now and gotten perfect eggs every! single! time! I used to just boil the heck out of them and they always had that ugly greyish yolk. No more!! THANK YOU! I am so happy.
D8TSoH Very informative blog post.Much thanks again. Really Great.