Peeling boiled eggs, help!!!

[HRO_Bowhunter]

Boil for 11-12 mins and then put them into a bowl of ice water for a few and they will peel like a dream!

This!

[tpack]

You can crack a little on both ends and then cup your hands around one end and blow hard. It will blow the egg out completely. You have to blow hard though. I have done it a few times, but my dad did it all the time when I was growing up.

[sharkhunter]

My wife says older eggs are easier. She likes them to sit in the fridge at least a week or so.

X2.. For new eggs put in 2 tsp of baking soda.

[duckmanep]

now I want a pickled egg.

[Charles]

Boil 12 Minutes, let rest 12 minutes, transfer to an ice bath for 12 minutes.

To peel I roll the egg back and forth to crack the shell, than start to peel from the big end. Most times once I get it peeling I can peel one big piece of shell off in one try.

[elkbowhunter]

put eggs in cold water bring to a boil...usually 10min. then turn off heat cover with lid for 15 min and the eggs will be perfect. Take pan off stove...then run cold water in pan let sit for a minute and the shells will peel right off.

[Philip-TX]

Home grown as harder to peel anyway but.,

I like to just cut 'em in half and use a spoon.

But I saw where you can make a small hole in each end, and blow and it works!!!!
you can google some videos.

[x1jett]

Texastaxi nailed it.

We use the same method, but we remove the eggs from the burner as soon as the water starts to boil - cover the pan and let the eggs sit for 10 minutes. Perfect every time.

[Shallowater]

What the hell has this place become? Hunting season can't get here fast enough...and it's only February 24th!!!!

[mjbtexas]

i run cold water on em right outta the pot and peel. doesn't burn my hands bc of the cold water.

the rest of this s.. stuff is too much effort!!

[Smart]

Holy crap- 36 mins total prep & cook time for a danged ol egg

24 or 36 potato..... potahto...

I usually do a dozen at a time.. depending on what I am making

I struggled with them like stickman until doing it this way 5 years ago.

[Smart]

If you're boiling them for 12 minutes, you're WAY overboiling them.
I thought 10 minutes was the magic number until I saw a TV special about eggs, and cooking with them. This isn't from the show, but is what it said, almost verbatim.

1 Put the eggs in a single layer in a saucepan, covered by at least an inch or two of cold water. Starting with cold water and gently bringing the eggs to a boil will help keep them from cracking. Adding a tablespoon of vinegar to the water will help keep the egg whites from running out of any eggs that happen to crack while cooking, but some people find that the vinegar affects the taste. I don't have a problem with it and I usually add a little vinegar. Adding a half teaspoon of salt is thought to help both with the preventing of cracking and making the eggs easier to peel. Put the burner on high and bring the eggs to a boil. As soon as the water starts to boil, remove the pan from the heat for a few seconds.

2 Reduce the heat to low, return the pan to the burner. Let simmer for one minute. (Note I usually skip this step because I don't notice the eggs boiling until they've been boiling for at least a minute! Also, if you are using an electric stove with a coil element, you can just turn off the heat. There is enough residual heat in the coil to keep the eggs simmering for a minute.)

3 After a minute, remove the pan from the heat, cover, and let sit for 12 minutes. If you are doing a large batch of eggs, after 10 minutes you can check for doneness by sacrificing one egg, removing it with a slotted spoon, running it under cold water, and cutting it open. If it isn't done, cook the other eggs a minute or two longer. The eggs should be done perfectly at 10 minutes, but sometimes, depending on the shape of the pan, the size of the eggs, the number of eggs compared to the amount of water, and how cooked you like them, it can take a few minutes more. When you find the right time that works for you given your pan, the size of eggs you usually buy, the type of stove top you have, stick with it.

I also find that it is very hard to overcook eggs using this method. I can let the eggs sit, covered, for up to 15-20 minutes without the eggs getting overcooked.

4 Either remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and place them into a bowl of ice water (this is if you have a lot of eggs) OR strain out the water from the pan, fill the pan with cold water, strain again, fill again, until the eggs cool down a bit. Once cooled, strain the water from the eggs. Store the eggs in a covered container (eggs can release odors) in the refrigerator. They should be eaten within 5 days.

Boiled eggs should look like the eggs on the left.
If they have a grey tint or ring around the yolk, they're over boiled.
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I tried the bring to a boil and let set for 12 minutes and it works OK for older eggs but not so much on newer eggs...

[ByronF]

Texastaxi nailed it.

We use the same method, but we remove the eggs from the burner as soon as the water starts to boil - cover the pan and let the eggs sit for 10 minutes. Perfect every time.

This way^^^^^ you will have perfect eggs.

[perfectstorm]

Throw in some salt and vinegar once they begin to boil. Helps peeling

[quarterback]

My grandmother taught me a cool egg peeling trick. Once cooled, take your egg and roll it around on the countertop, cracking the shell as you roll it. Don't press down too hard. Once the shell is cracked all the way around, get to peeling. The shell comes off very easily that way. Thank you Grandmother Opal!

This makes me hungry for some deviled eggs now.