How long do you boil hard boiled eggs?

[K8-EEE]

Everyone I ask says a different time!

15 minutes, or is that too long?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

1. 10 minutes works for me.

But I'm already hard-boiled to begin with. :evilgrin:

[deucemagnet]

2. Boil them for about 1 minute,

then turn the heat off, cover the pot, and let them sit for 25 minutes. Then run them under some cold water, add some ice, and let them sit another ten minutes.

When you hard-boil eggs using the above method, the yolks won't discolor and they'll peel easily. :hi:

[K8-EEE]

5. Wow that's a new one!

Thanks!

[deucemagnet]

7. You're very welcome.

Happy Easter!

On edit: I'm one of those freaks who actually likes red beet pickled eggs, so I make hard-boiled eggs more than once a year. It works like a charm every time.

[wildhorses]

16. works every time, that is how i boil mine.

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

17. I use that method myself and the eggs turn out great. They don't

get tough and rubbery that way, either, and if you let them sit a little longer it doesn't seem to matter.

[barb162]

3. about 15 minutes at a very low boil , almost like a simmer

[K8-EEE]

4. thanks guys, and do you start them in cold water and start

the timing when it starts to boil?

I undercooked them last year but can't remember how long I did them for....hardboiled eggs, I make them on Easter only!

[MonkeyFunk]

8. I start 'em in cold water

Using Julia Child's method:

*note: water should cover the eggs by 1 inch, so use a tall pan, and limit
cooking to 2 dozen eggs at a time.

1. Lay the eggs in the pan and add the amount of cold water specified. Set
over high heat and bring just to the boil; remove from heat, cover the pan,
and let sit exactly 17 minutes.

2. When the time is up, transfer the eggs to the bowl of ice cubes and
water. Chill for 2 minutes while bringing the cooking water to the boil
again. (This 2 minute chilling shrinks the body of the egg from the shell.)

3. Transfer the eggs (6 at a time only) to the boiling water, bring to the
boil again, and let boil for 10 seconds - this expands the shell from the
egg. Remove eggs, and place back into the ice water.


Chilling the eggs promptly after each step prevents that dark line from
forming, and if time allows, leave the eggs in the ice water after the last
step for 15 to 20 minutes. Chilled eggs are easier to peel, as well.

The peeled eggs will keep perfectly in the refrigerator, submerged in water
in an uncovered container, for 2 to 3 days.

[zanne]

20. And I used to think that boiling eggs was simple...

I guess I've been doing it wrong all these years; but then again, I'm a lazy cook.

[Maddy McCall]

9. Yes.

Add a tablespoon of vinegar to the boiling pot and it will dissolve the outer membrane of the egg, making the egg dye a much richer, darker color. Also, if the shell fractures during boiling, the egg won't spill out of the shell. Try it! I promise that you can't taste the vinegar at all in the boiled egg.

I don't boil eggs in stainless pots. It tends to give the eggs a metallic taste. I use enamelware or pyrex to boil eggs.

[barb162]

10. you should try to do room temp eggs and warm them slowly

in cool water and then once you got them at a low low boil or simmer ( (as you don't want them bouncing and cracking with a high boil) I'd follow the other poster here about the ice and all. I start timing when I see simmering. 12-15 minutes or the other poster who said 25 minutes but that poster shuts off the heat. I think it works out to about the same

[SPKrazy]

6. until they are boiled

:P

[barb162]

11. ummmmmmmm

:)

[NMDemDist2]

12. i put em in cold water and turn the heat on for 15 minutes

I had to adjust to 18 minutes at my higher altitude, but you start the timer the same time you start the heat

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Why do you have to boil 'em

if they're already hard-boiled? :shrug:

[jobycom]

15. You win.

:rofl:

[grasswire]

14. general consensus among chefs and cookbooks:

Cover eggs with cold water, bring to a boil. Turn off the heat, cover, and let sit for 15 minutes. Then run cold water and/or ice water to cool them down. If you actually BOIL the eggs, you get that greenish color around the yolk, and that is considered undesirable.

[Auggie]

22. Confirmed, though I usually let them sit for 10 minutes.

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Once they're hard boiled, I don't boil them any more. I boil raw eggs.

I put my eggs in a pan of fresh water, turn on the heat and bring it to a boil, then turn off the heat and cove the pan and let it sit for fifteen minutes.

Makes a perfectly boiled egg.

Then if yer gonna make deviled eggs or such from them and not eat them right away, slap them into a icewater bath for 15-30 seconds, then back into the hot water for 10 seconds, then back into the icewater bath for a few more seconds.

That'll make them easier to peel AND keep them from getting the green line around the yolk.

[boston bean]

19. I always do about 18 mins, just to be sure, you really can't over cook them. nt

[bertha katzenengel]

21. Boil water. Turn off heat, put eggs in water, cover pot. Remove eggs after 10 minutes.

Perfect hard boiled eggs.