Just in time for Easter! Learn my Mom’s method of “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.
- 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”!
- 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.
- 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.
Fill the pot with cool water making sure the eggs are submerged.
Place pot on the burner turned to high and slowly bring to a boil.
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.)
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.
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.
Hope you have as much success with our Hard Boiled Egg method as we have!
Happy Easter!
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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.
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!
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.
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!
Adding salt to the cold water will result in an easier to peel egg!
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.
I did exactly what the recipe called for and this was horrible.the eggs turned out good but taking the Shells off was horrible.