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Home » How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

March 17, 2015 by Nicole Crocker 9 Comments

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Just in time for Easter!  Learn my Mom’s method of “How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg”.

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

What defines a perfectly hard boiled egg?

In my opinion there are a few things that make it perfect.

  1. First, if you’re hard boiling eggs to be colored for Easter then one important thing you need to happen is “No Cracks”.  No one wants a cracked egg. The dye ends up leaking through to the egg membrane leaving it stained and you are certainly going to want a good selection of sturdy eggs for “Egg Wars”!
  2. Secondly, you want your eggs to be easy to peel.  I want my eggs to look just as perfect and smooth as they look with the shell still on them.  There’s nothing worse than when the shell sticks to the egg and I end up removing bits of egg along with the shell.
  3. Lastly the yolk should be a pale yellow color all over.  If you end up with a blueish, greenish color around the outer edge of your yolk then you’ve over cooked it. If the yolk has parts that are a darker yellow then you probably under cooked it a bit.

My Mom started using this method of hard boiling her eggs a few years ago and now she swears by it.

Place your eggs in a large pot. Don’t over crowd them.

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Fill the pot with cool water making sure the eggs are submerged.

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Place pot on the burner turned to high and slowly bring to a boil.

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Once a full boil is achieved remove the pot from the burner and place the lid on the pot. (When you leave your pot on the burner once it comes to a boil the eggs dance around in the pot and you usually end up with a few cracked eggs. Removing it and just letting your eggs sit in the boiled water with the lid on will prevent this from happening.)

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Let your eggs sit for 15 minutes.  (Set your timer so you don’t forget).  Carefully drain the hot water and add cold water to stop the eggs from continuing to cook.  I drain and refill the pot a few times with cold water until the eggs remain cool.  Place your eggs in a clean bowl.

How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Now that you’ve learned “How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg “ you can peel and eat one, color them, make some Egg Salad or maybe some Deviled Eggs!

Store your eggs in the fridge until you’re ready to eat them.

**Another helpful tip when peeling your eggs:  I find that running them under water of a different temperature than the eggs are helps loosen the shell from the egg making it easier to peel.  So if they have just come out of the fridge  for example, I run them under warm water.  I’m really not sure if there is any science behind that but it always seems to work for me if I have any trouble.

How to make the perfect Hardboiled Egg

 

Hope you have as much success with our Hard Boiled Egg method as we have!

Happy Easter!

If you want to try a fun way of coloring your Easter Eggs this year make sure you visit my post on Decorating Easter Eggs {With Onion Peel Dye}! Just click on the picture below to see the tutorial!

Decorating Easter Eggs {With Onion Peel Dye} {Celebrating Our Heritage Series}

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Breakfast Tagged With: Deviled Eggs, Easter, easy to peel, Egg Salad, Egg Wars, eggs to be colored, No Cracks, pale yellow, smooth, yolk

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  1. [email protected] says

    March 18, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    I hate when the shell sticks to the egg! The peeled eggs wind up looking like moons of Jupiter. Have you heard of boiling Easter eggs with onion skins to give it a yellowish tint? It supposedly makes for cool dyed eggs in the long run.

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    • Nicole Crocker says

      March 18, 2015 at 8:22 pm

      Wow! You must be reading my mind! My Lithuanian grandfather colored Easter eggs with onion skins every year. I just got an email from my family in Lithuania with their recipe! I’m planning on coloring the eggs tomorrow and sharing on the blog next week hopefully!

      Reply
  2. Maureen says

    March 26, 2015 at 4:56 am

    That’s pretty close to how I do my hard boiled eggs. I have my own chickens and fresh eggs are the hardest to peel. Taking them out of the fridge an hour before boiling allows the membrane to release from the shell and makes the job so much easier. That backs up your theory of running the egg under warm water.

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    • Nicole Crocker says

      March 26, 2015 at 11:14 am

      I’ve heard that farm fresh eggs are hardest peel. Thanks for your added tip! We get fresh eggs often from neighbors so I’ll definitely add this to my method. Thanks Maureen!

      Reply
  3. Lisa says

    March 29, 2015 at 1:49 am

    Adding salt to the cold water will result in an easier to peel egg!

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    • Nicole Crocker says

      March 29, 2015 at 3:46 am

      Thanks for the tip Lisa! Someone else told me recently that they do that too. I’m going to have to try it next time.

      Reply
  4. Augustina says

    December 25, 2018 at 3:13 am

    I did exactly what the recipe called for and this was horrible.the eggs turned out good but taking the Shells off was horrible.

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  5. Lacey says

    April 11, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    Tried this recipe and my eggs were not done!😞 I think they were suppose to boil longer b4 u remove them off the burner. I followed exactly what this recipe said.

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  6. Sherry3 says

    April 12, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    I’ve heard that if you immediately add ice to the cold water and swish around a bit, that it will help the shells come right off! I’ve tried it and I use a spoon to scoop it right off (follow the Shell with the moth side of a small spoon)

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