Hello hello!
It’s taken me a while to figure out the best way to hard boil eggs so they provide an easy peel. I don’t know about you, but it would always drive me bonkers to peel eggs one teeny little piece at a time. It would be so tedious and time consuming, I’d almost give up halfway through. To me, peeling eggs is almost as rough as peeling garlic. For me, peeling garlic is the worsttttt!
Not only is it a pain peeling eggs where the shell won’t remove easily, but it was always annoying trying to figure out just how long I needed to boil them. So, I managed to learn through trial and error just how long the hard boiled eggs needed to take once the water reached a boil.
There are two really great pickling recipes I’m posting on the blog where having the perfect hard boiled egg is super important — Beet Eggs and Mustard Eggs. Find the link to each of those below.
Click HERE for the Beet Eggs recipe and HERE for the Mustard Eggs recipe.
Enjoy, and stay safe!
Ingredients:
- Eggs
- Large Stock Pot
- Water
- 2 Tsp. Baking Soda
- Ice
Directions:
- Carefully place eggs in large stock pot.
- Fill with water until there is approximately 1 inch of water above the eggs.
- Add 2 Tsp. of Baking Soda to the water.
- Bring water to a boil. As soon as the water is at a boil, lower the heat and let the eggs boil for 13 minutes.
- While the eggs are boiling, fill a large bowl halfway with cold water and ice.
- Once the 13 minutes are up, use a slotted spoon to transfer the eggs to the bowl of water and ice.
- Allow the eggs to cool completely before peeling.
- Rinse the eggs to ensure all bits of shells are peeled off.
Below please find step-by-step process with photos:
- Carefully place eggs in large stock pot.
- Fill with water until there is approximately 1 inch of water above the eggs.
- Add 2 Tsp. of Baking Soda to the water.
- Bring water to a boil. As soon as the water is at a boil, lower the heat and let the eggs boil for 13 minutes.
- While the eggs are boiling, fill a large bowl halfway with cold water and ice.
- Once the 13 minutes are up, use a slotted spoon to transfer the eggs to the bowl of water and ice.
- Allow the eggs to cool completely before peeling.
- Rinse the eggs to ensure all bits of shells are peeled off.
