Hard Boiled Eggs
Learn how to hard boil eggs perfectly every time with my TESTED and PERFECTED methods! This stove top recipe makes it easy to create hard boiled eggs with a creamy yolk and soft white exterior, perfect for Deviled Eggs, Egg Salad or Cobb Salad.
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Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Add 6-8 inches of water to a large pot. You want enough water to cover the eggs.
- Place the pot of water on the stove over high heat and bring to a boil.
- Once the water has come to a rapid boil, add the baking soda.
- Gently lower the eggs into the boiling water using a slotted spoon, or by placing them in a steamer basket and lowering it into the water.
- Cover the pot, turn the heat on the stove down to medium and cook the eggs for 11 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, use a slotted spoon to remove each of the eggs from the pot and immediately place them in an ice bath.
- Leave the eggs in the ice bath for 15 minutes.
- Remove the eggs from the ice bath and peel immediately to eat or use in a recipe. Or place them in the refrigerator unpeeled to peel and eat later.
- When ready to peel the eggs, tap the eggs against a hard surface on the top and bottom, then on one side of the egg to crack the shell.
- Gently peel the shell from the hard boiled eggs.
- Rinse the egg once it’s peeled to make sure you get all of the membrane and shell bits off of the egg.
Notes
- Remove the eggs from the refrigerator before you start to boil the water. This will give them a few minutes to warm up before adding them to the boiling water and will help prevent cracking in the water.
- The timing for this recipe is for large eggs, if you use a different size the cook time may differ.
- Older eggs are easier to peel, so avoid using fresh eggs if possible. Most eggs from the grocery store are at least 1 week old when you bring them home, so they will already be good to go. If your neighbor has chickens and they bring you fresh eggs laid that morning, I recommend waiting at least one week to hard boil the eggs.
- You can use this same method to make soft boiled eggs, just simply set a timer for 6 minutes, instead of 11 minutes, to simmer the eggs in the boiling water.
- It is best to keep the shell on the egg while storing, as the eggs will stay fresh longer, when they’re unpeeled.
- Hard boiled eggs that have not been peeled will stay good for up to 1 week in the refrigerator. Peeled hard boiled eggs should be eaten within 2-3 days.
- Seal them in an airtight container to prevent the smell from leaking into the fridge.
- While it is possible to freeze hard boiled eggs, it is not recommended to freeze them whole since the egg white’s texture will be rubbery once defrosted. However, the yolks freeze great! Simply separate the egg yolks and seal them in an airtight freezer-safe container, then defrost in the fridge when you’re ready.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 63kcal (3%)Carbohydrates 0.3gProtein 6g (12%)Fat 4g (6%)Saturated Fat 1g (5%)Polyunsaturated Fat 1gMonounsaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0.02gCholesterol 164mg (55%)Sodium 245mg (10%)Potassium 61mg (2%)Sugar 0.2gVitamin A 238mg (5%)Calcium 25mg (3%)Iron 1mg (6%)
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