Many of people know how to fry fish, bake cookies, or steam shrimp (which if you ask me can all be complicated matters on their own), but the concept of boiling an egg can throw off even the most experienced cook. You sit there watching a pot, waiting for it to boil, and then gues-timate whether the egg is thoroughly cooked. It’s not until the egg is cooled, shelled, and sliced into that you will know if all your hard work has paid off and whether or not the egg is cooked properly. Your egg can go into two extreme categories: the yoke is still runny or the yoke is overcooked and is a greenish/grayish color (YUCK!). I’m don’t know which one is worse, but both can be the making or breaking of a good recipe. Luckily, I have done several practice runs and have come up with the perfect method of hard boiling the PREFECT egg. Follow my step-by-step instructions and you will have hard boiled eggs set to serve the queen (or Prince Harry which I would enjoy more). Pay attention, because you don’t want to miss anything….it is all very scientific.
How to Hard Boil an Egg:
1) Pick the eggs in your fridge that are older (please throw oldest away…Double gross)
*TIP: Older eggs are better for boiling, younger eggs are better for frying
2) Place your eggs in a deep, but small in circumference pot
*This will prevent your eggs from jumping around too much and reduce risk of the shell breaking
3) Fill pot with cold water 1-inch above the eggs
4) Add dash of salt and a splash of vinegar to the pot
*the salt helps stabilize the heat of the water and the vinegar will soften the shell allowing for easier peeling
5) Put the pot on the stove
6) Turn the burner on high/medium-high
7) Watch the pot…(I told you it was going to be scientific)
8) Once to pot comes to a roaring boil, turn the burner’s heat down to low/low-medium where the water is simmering
9) Set a timer for 10 minutes (not a minute more or a minute less)
10) Once the timer goes off remover the pot from the stove and ladle out the eggs
11) Place the eggs in an ice bath
*This will stop the cooking process of the eggs and the yoke/whites will shrink allowing for even easier peeling
12) Peel the eggs
13) Slice the eggs and see the fruits of your labor!
With your perfectly boiled eggs you can create many of dishes, but some of my favorites include: deviled eggs, egg salad, cob salad, or plain with salt and pepper to taste.
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