HOW TO: Cook & Peel Boiled Eggs

Below is one of various possible processes to make boiled eggs. Two factors need to be considered prior to making boiled eggs:

1. Do you want soft or hard boiled eggs? Stating the obvious, soft are less cooked than hard, so soft take less time.

2. Elevation. Elevation impacts cooking time. Lower elevations cook faster than higher elevations.

Once you identify how long to cook for perfection, WRITE IT DOWN. Then you can repeat it on an infinite loop.

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One foolproof way to boil eggs

1. Add eggs to a large pot

2. Add enough water to cover eggs

3. Place pot over “high” heat

4. Start timer immediately

5. Bring to boil & reduce heat* to “med/low,” cover pot with a lid

6. When timer rings, remove pot from heat

7. Either:

   1. Transfer eggs immediately to cold water (soft boiled eggs)

   2. Set timer and let eggs rest in hot water (hard boiled eggs

      1. When timer rings, pour off hot water

      2. Add cold water until eggs are covered

The best way to peel boiled eggs

This peeling method works on both soft and hard boiled eggs

1. Once cool enough to handle, pick up a boiled egg

2. Using the back of a spoon, tap all over egg, shattering shell completely

3. Using fingers, remove some of the shell from bottom of egg (enough to slip a spoon through)

4. Dip spoon into cold water

5. Slip spoon between shell and egg

6. Rotate egg to remove shattered shell completely

7. Rinse clean

   • ALWAYS rinse with clear water to ensure shells are truly gone

8. Repeat with remaining eggs

Serve hot.

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Brenda’s tips:

• * Many recipes recommend shutting off heat to finish the eggs, but Brenda suggests keeping the heat on med/low. The primary reason for this is that water boils at a higher temperature at sea level that progressively decreases as elevation increases. Since the water boils ~10F lower where Brenda lives, the initial boil doesn’t retain quite enough heat to finish the boiled eggs.

• At 6100 ft, these are the times recommended:

  • Starting eggs in cold water, set timer immediately after placing pot on high heat:

    • Soft boil: 10 min with heat on, transfer immediately to cold water

    • Hard boil: 10 min boiling + 5 min resting in hot water

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Window to B’s kitchen…

The best way to peel a boiled egg

Soft boiled eggs