How to Hard Boil Eggs

Hard-boiled eggs are always easy to peel. Are you in need of an easy to peel eggs? You should steam them. Follow these steps for hard boiling the eggs!

1. Ensure that you cover the eggs in a saucepan with water

Filling a pan with cold water is the initial stage before anything starts. Ensure that it’s a quarter filled. You will then place the eggs in a single layer in the bottom of a saucepan. Ensure that you add more water so that at least all the eggs are well covered.

2. Now, heat it till it reaches the boiling point

In case you are keen, and you don’t want the egg whites to spill, if there will be any cracks, you can consider adding vinegar. You can also add teaspoons of salt to take care of cases of cracking completely. Heat them until they fully heat up to a full boiling point.

3. Once it reaches the boiling point, turn off the heat, and keep the pan on the hot burner. Let the eggs sit for 10-12 minutes.

Some stove burners do not retain heat when turned off! You can lower the temperature low, simmer them for a minute and then turn it off.

Notably, hard-cooked eggs will take 10-12 minutes. For those who don’t like their eggs fare, you can take a few minutes, like 8 minutes. What determines this is the preferences, the types of eggs, the pots, the stoves, and the cooking environment? In case you are cooking a large batch of eggs, it will be worth sacrificing one so that you are sure of the result that you will get. Here you will run it in cold water, break it and check if it’s ready or it will do well with adding some more minutes.

4. Now the eggs are ready

You should be sure about this. Strain the water from the pan, after which you run cold water over the eggs so that it cools them quickly. It will also help in stopping overcooking. For those dealing with a large batch of eggs, you can remove them with a slotted spoon and place it in a large bowl of ice water.

You will then think of storing your hard-boiled eggs! How do you do this? You can keep them in a covered container inside a refrigerator. Ensure that they are fully covered lest it gives out odors in the fridge. Hard-boiled eggs are ready to be eaten from the time they are out of the pan. Ensure that you consume all of them before the end of five days.

Summary

Hard-boiled eggs are very delicious. Not everyone is an expert in doing this. It’s the reason why you need to be careful with every step lest you end up with something that will disappoint you! The steps are simple, and it will only want you to be cautious.