Hard boiled eggs.. help!

[Lia]

Hi... ok.. I have made hard boiled eggs.. all my adult life.. and finally want to ask... am I boiling them too long...when they stick to the shell????? what is the time for boiling? thanks.. Lia

[chinadoll]

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There was an entire egg thread only a week or so ago. Here's what I remember---

Fresh eggs stick more than eggs that have been in the fridge a few days so use older ones for boiling. Peel them under running water for easiest peeling.

To boil perfect eggs, put them in the pan in cold water. If you stick a pin through the end they won't crack open on you in the pan. Bring the pan to a boil, covered.

When they reach a rolling solid boil, turn off the heat, cover and let sit until they cool to room temp or only slightly warm. Perfect eggs every time. Tender yolks, none of the gray-green around the outside of the yolk.

[FwL]

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am I boiling them too long...when they stick to the shell?????

I dunno... how long are you boiling them?

[neutronnorman]

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Made me Jones for eggs...

[Dorrie]

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I use a timer that goes right in the water with the eggs. When it turns black..the eggs are hardboiled and I get them into cold water right away. I saw the timers in our Dollarama the other day. (I am in Canada) It works great!!

[Mstrubl]

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I drain them and immediately put ice water on them to stop them for cooking any longer. If the water gets warm dump it and put more ice wate on them.

[msanjelpie]

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I put them in boiling water... boil for 14 minutes... dump out the boiling water and put the pan under running cold water until the eggs are cool to the touch... as the water is running, I take off the shells, rinse the eggs in the running water and place them in the bowl...

[Zarabelle]

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I put them in boiling water... boil for 14 minutes... dump out the boiling water and put the pan under running cold water until the eggs are cool to the touch... as the water is running, I take off the shells, rinse the eggs in the running water and place them in the bowl...

I use this method too only I boil for 10 minutes. When you get them in to the cold water straight away, it stops the cooking process so you get lovely yellow yolks (no greying) and they taste delicious. I peel them whilst they are in the cold water and it's usually quite easy.

[Elizellen]

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Something I learned from the recent thread on the subject is that if you crack the shells while they are cooling in water it allows the gas to escape that makes that grey bit appear!

[qbu]

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This is how I boil eggs (except I don't stick a pin through the end) and no problems with peeling them.

There was an entire egg thread only a week or so ago. Here's what I remember---

Fresh eggs stick more than eggs that have been in the fridge a few days so use older ones for boiling. Peel them under running water for easiest peeling.

To boil perfect eggs, put them in the pan in cold water. If you stick a pin through the end they won't crack open on you in the pan. Bring the pan to a boil, covered.

When they reach a rolling solid boil, turn off the heat, cover and let sit until they cool to room temp or only slightly warm. Perfect eggs every time. Tender yolks, none of the gray-green around the outside of the yolk.

[lisau39]

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I boil for 10 minutes and then put cold water on them. Beautiful eggs every time.
YUM.

(((lisa)))

[not2late]

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Here's a youtube video of Jacques Pepin's method:

YouTube - How to really make a hard boiled egg

Here's Julia Child's method. From Julia's Kitchen Wisdom.

For 12 eggs (I don't recommend more at one time). Pierce a pinhole 1/4 inch deep into the large end of each egg---allowing the air bubble to escape. Place the eggs in a deep saucepan and cover with 3 1/2 quarts of cold water. Bring just to the rolling boil, remove from heat, cover the pan, and let sit for exactly 17 minutes. Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice and water and let chilll for 2 minutes--to shrink the egg body from the shell. Meanwhile, reheat the cooking water to the boil. Lower 6 chilled eggs at a time into the boiling water and let boil exactly 10 seconds--to expand the shell from the egg body.

Let chill for 20 minutes or more--well chilled eggs are easier to peel. To peel, crack each egg gently all over on your work surface, then peel under a small stream of cold water, starting at the large end. The eggs will keep perfectly for several days when submerged in cold water and left uncovered in the refrigerator.

And the American Egg Board's method:
American Egg Board - Basic Hard-Cooked Eggs

I use a combination of Julia Child's and Jacques Pepin's: I follow Julia's method for cooking, but I follow Jacques Method after they are cooked---pour off the water, shake them in the pan until they are cracked,add cold water and let them sit in it until cool. They don't have that grey-green hue around the yolks, they don't have that "hard boiled egg" odor and the whites aren't rubbery and tough.