How To Hard-Boil Eggs

All the boiling methods are great 👍. But if you want easy to peel eggs you need to be sure that they are not fresh.

Fresh eggs peel better when they are steamed. Depending on size. About 15 min for large and 20 min for extra large. Plunge them in ice water til they are cold.

I always cook hard cooked eggs in my steamer....20-30 minutes depending on how many eggs I have.

3 minutes in an instant pot keeps the yolks almost soft in the center, kind of like custard. They also peel easily.

5 minutes in an instant pot. wait 5 minutes and run under cold water. shells almost fall off by themselves.. perfect every time.

If you put the eggs in an ice bath at the end of cooking it will stop the cooking process and.... make the shells easier to peel off.

I agree, regular 15 minute boil, rinse to cool down, then ice bath. I believe what I learned in school, heat expands, cold shrinks.

I have never pierced my hard boiled eggs. I eat about 6 (just the whites) each morning and find this pretty quick. Use enough water to just cover the eggs, bring to a boil and uncover. Boil for about 8 minutes (jumbo eggs), about a minute less for smaller size eggs. rinse about 3 times with cold water. Then crack the shells by shaking the pot and rinse a couple of more times. Let them sit for a minute or two in the cold water.

Water is very precious resource. I have never heard of such a wasteful way to hard boil eggs.

Thrusting, meaning pressing the eggs directly into a suitable size pot filled haf way with ice cubes works reliably.