Did you know? If you don’t overcook your eggs – they won’t smell
Hard-boiling eggs can turn into an epic fail, if you don’t do it right. Slightly overcooked is okay, albeit a bit smelly; slightly undercooked is alright too, we just call it soft boiled, and dip toast strips into the yolks. However, really overcooking them can be a huge exceptionally smelly mess! And really undercooking them could end up in a waste of perfectly good food. So why settle for less than perfect, when in this case, perfection is so easily attainable.
So how do you do make perfect hard boiled eggs ?
1- Put the number of eggs you are cooking into a pot, that has a lid.
2- Cover the eggs with water
3- Put the pot with eggs and water on the stove element and bring to a boil.
4- Once the water has started to boil, cover with the lid – turn off the heat,
Here is the trick:
5- Set a timer! Use your watch, microwave, telephone, stove, oven, whatever! But pay attention – you do not want the eggs to sit in that water for any longer than 20 minutes. That is the trick. 20 minutes.
6- When the time is up, run the pot under cold water, to stop the cooking process.
Now, you can store the eggs in the fridge (keep them separate from the fresh eggs so as not to be really disappointed in the case of a mishap….) or you can peel them and use them straight away.
There you have it.
How long will boiled eggs keep in the refrigerator?
I should’ve posted this a long time ago, this technique is absolutely on point. It works every time, no more grey rings seriously ! Thanks so much for sharing “ Blessings to you “
I use this recipe over and over. Its a keeper.
Are instructions the same for gas or electric stoves?
Hi Chuck,
You would need to use your stove to heat a pot of water to boiling. Best to read your stove manual if you’re not sure. Good luck!
How to peel boiled eggs easily
Hi Josephine,
This method of hard cooking eggs for easy to peel results works much better than the one in my post above:
fill the pot with water, and heat to simmering. Add the eggs to the simmering water, and cook the eggs in the simmering water for 14 minutes. Immediately take the pot and run it under cold water to stop the cooking process. Good luck!
Do the eggs peel easy with this recipe for cooked eggs?
Hi Marlene,
Sadly no, this is not the best method for the easy to peel eggs. For easy to peel, fill the pot with water, and heat to simmering. Add the eggs to the simmering water, and cook the eggs in the simmering water for 14 minutes. Immediately take the pot and run it under cold water to stop the cooking process. Good luck!