Boiled Eggs {Reader Submission}
These cooking directions were submitted by a reader in response to our Simple Egg Salad post. It is different than my method but I am willing to give it a shot…
Boiled Eggs
Place eggs on bottom of cooking container with lid or cover. Eggs may touch but stack no higher than one layer. Pour cold water (1) sufficient to cover all eggs in cooking pot and place lid on pot.
Bring water covering the eggs to a rolling boil. Rapid boil for one minute. Remove pot and contents, still covered, from heat to an unheated surface on the stove. Keep covered for 17 to 19 minutes according to egg size. This cooks the eggs thoroughly. (Eggs actually cook while cooling is taking place.)
Set timer as follows:
Small eggs 17 min.
Medium eggs 18 min.
Large eggs 19 min.
At end of timing period, remove lid, cool eggs by running water over contents in pot, *(until cool enough to hold egg in hands) peel (remove shells) and enjoy. Or place in a covered container for refrigeration.
NOTES:
1. Keeping the lid or cover on during cooking gives uniform temperatures to all contents in pot. To prevent cracking while boiling add a couple tablespoons of vinegar to cold water. This keeps sulfur in egg yolk from turning green.
2. Warm eggs are more easily peeled. Peel when cool to touch. Most people feel peeling is easier if peeling starts at the big end after shattering the whole shell surface. Shatter the egg shell by striking with knife handle or other blunt object, or roll against side of sink.
Thank you Trisha for your submission!
Always make sure your eggs are fresh by checking them.
This is the method we use to boil eggs and it works every time.
This method is quite different from what I do. Good to see that it worked for at least one of your commenters. I’ll think about whether I want to try this the next time I’m making hard-boiled eggs. Thanks.
thanks for the tips…i pinned this so i can refer to it often. I didn’t realize that the size of the egg would matter in the “cooking” time…that was extremely helpful as I buy extra large eggs all the time
Thanks for the tips.I have never tried this like this before,never would have guessed it would work.Gonna try next time,thanks again
Thanks for the tip. I am eating a low-carb diet and this receipt will come in handy.
this is good to know. i always wonder how long i should boil mine for. i just guess!!! thanks for sharing!
What I like about this idea, besides the well cooked eggs is all the gas I could save by not boiling them for the whole time, but letting them finish cooking as they rest in the cooling water. Very smart!
Ok, I went and tried boiling my eggs this way and I was very surprised at how nice they turned out. They were very tender (if you can use tender to describe an egg) and cooked to perfection. I will use this method from now on. I didn’t add the vinegar to the water but I will next time. Thanks for this great tip.
I had read about boiling eggs this way before and gave it a try. Unfortunately I don’t think I let them sit long enough because they were definitely not cooked all the way 🙁 I am willing to give it another try though! I think I also forgot the lid! Ha!
My husband tried to cook some for Easter and I told him to boil them for 20 minutes and he said no, he boiled them for 15 minutes and guess what, they weren’t done. Thanks for sharing now I can show him this.
i have done my eggs like this but I didn’t let them sit as long as that. I like the middle not over cooked. my husband used to think you boil the eggs til they cracked lol so it is good to have instructions on perfect hard boiled eggs.
I always have to look up how to boil eggs since I dont do it very often. The last time I did them, I did them differently than what I use to and they didnt come out fully cooked. The crappy part was they were for coloring for easter. So once our son was done with coloring them we had to throw them out 🙁 It was very upsetting. I heard about cooking them in the oven but i dont think that Im going to try any new ways…ill stick with boiling them longer than what anyone ever says because apparently mine take longer for whatever reason lol
Boiling eggs is actually quite tricky. Just a bit of time can make all the difference and it is easy to go for too long or too little without realizing it.
You know as funny as this sounds, I have never known how to really boil eggs!
i had no idea! so thank you!
We have one of those egg cookers and it’s actually been working well for a fairly cheap appliance. I love having hard boiled eggs on hand for snacks and breakfast on the go.
Interesting!! I never knew you could cook eggs for 1 min. then let sit with a lid to finish cooking. I may have to try that. Thanks