If you ask 5 people for their method to hard boiled eggs, you will get 5 different methods.
I am going to share with you my Mom’s tried and true way of making hard boiled eggs.
It is the only way that I have ever known and it has yet to fail – farm fresh or store bought eggs.
This process works for a few eggs or as many as you can get in a large pot.
Place your eggs in a pot. Do not over crowd.
Put enough cold water in the pot to cover the eggs by about 2 inches.
Place on high heat and bring water to a boil.
Once the water begins to boil, set the timer for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, turn heat off and remove the pot.
Drain hot water.
Run cold water over eggs.
Drain warm water off eggs.
Repeat this process until the eggs are cool to touch and the water left on the eggs is cool, not warm.
I immediately peel my eggs, so I give them a shake in the pot, slightly cracking the shells.
Remove one egg at a time from pot of cool water.
Tap egg on counter to slightly crack the shell.
Gently peel the shell.
Run cold water on the egg as needed during and after the peeling process.
I store my peeled, hard boiled eggs in a covered bowl in the refrigerator.
Hard boiled eggs make a great breakfast or snack on their own and of course can be the star in many recipes including deviled eggs and egg salad.
Some Hard boiled facts:
* Adding hard boiled eggs to your diet adds good fats to your body, which can help to keep your heart healthy.
– Eating hard boiled eggs can help to stabilize blood cholesterol levels and help to lower your risk of heart disease.
– These fats also help to regulate insulin in your blood, keeping your blood sugar within a healthy range.
* Hard boiled eggs are naturally high in protein, which helps build muscle mass.
– One hard boiled egg provides more than 6 grams of protein.
* Hard boiled eggs provide Vitamin D, which helps to keep your bones and teeth strong.
* One hard boiled egg has only 80 calories. If you eat only the egg white, it cuts the calories in half.
Hard boiled eggs…one more reason to love our chickens!
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You can do a bunch of them in the oven too. Does not require water or a big pot.
Thanks for this I googled “how did my mom do hard boiled eggs?” and I found this. Very helpful. I think next time I’ll boil for 10 mins or more and let them sit in the hot water for 5 mins. The yolks were a little undercooked for whatever reason, but was fine for egg salad. I have hard-boiled eggs issues.
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Very much my method too 🙂 Only I bring them to a boil slower – medium heat, so they don’t explode from too much heat too fast – and add a handful of salt to the cooking water – helps them to peel easier if they’re fresh.
Thanks for the salt tip Dianna.
I spent every summer on my Grandmother’s farm growing up. Grandma taught me how to make not only the perfect hard boiled egg, but the easiest way to peel them. This is exactly what she taught me and it always works, even with eggs fresh from under the hen. The shell just comes off almost in one piece. Have read and heard many methods but none of them really work well. This is the first time I have ever seen this way of shelling an egg in print anywhere and I’m now in my late 70’s. Brought back great memories.
Happy to hear that this brought back great memories for you Penny! Grandmothers know best, don’t they?
I pulled farm fresh eggs from my fridge and 2 from the coop…so some were cold and 2 warm/room temp. I put ALL together in a pot of cold water and followed the instructions. When it came time for the cold water I added a FROZEN water bottle and kept pouring off the water until it was cool. ALL the eggs came out beautifully! Shells slipped off! I did notice a few had off-center yolks….could that have been the coop fresh eggs? Possibly, but the fact that the shells popped right off was A OK with me! Thanks!
Glad you tried this on eggs from the coop and eggs from the fridge Debbie!
That is how I boil my eggs also. However, I have discovered that in peeling the eggs, if I crack the entire shell, then begin to gently massage the totally cracked shell, in most cases it almost falls off the egg. The massaging and cooling process seems to release the membrane just under the shell much better.
Thanks for the massaging tip Debbie.
I thank you for this on the eggs, and I will surely try it. Thanks again and have a great week to you all.
You’re welcome Barbara. Hope you try it soon.
I have the best luck doing it this way, as my Mom taught me back in the 50’s. I’ve tried the steam method and they stuck tight (both fresh and 3 week old eggs made no difference). The deviled eggs I took to a reunion ended up being egg salad – 3 dozen worth.
Some methods are best to not mess with, huh?
That is the standard way to hard cook eggs but that usually only works well for older eggs. For fresh eggs, and that’s why we raise chickens right? I have found that steaming is best. I use the metal steamer that goes in the bottom of a pan and put about an inch of water in it. I bring it to a boil and then turn down to medium heat. I put the eggs in and steam for 20 minutes. Then the cold water dunk. They peel much easier with this method. I’ll still have a few stubborn ones but I’ve found this method best for the fresh eggs that my chickens lay. Why let them sit for a week or two so they’ll peel, they’re not fresh then.
I have not tried the steaming method Christine.