Hard boiling fresh eggs
I have never had good luck using fresh eggs for deviled eggs. The carton you buy in the store just makes a mess by sticking/breaking (even though I don't consider them particularly fresh!). I fo...
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Ron3rd wrote:
The method that has worked the best for me, even with fresh eggs, is very similar to the OP's, but this method boils for 13 minutes. The two things this method calls for, and something I've not done in the past, is to add the eggs to boiling water, and then peel them right away after they've been in the ice bath.
I got this method off youtube:
•BRING POT OF WATER TO BOIL FIRST
•TAKE EGGS DIRECTLY FROM REFRIGERATOR
•PLACE EGGS IN POT WITH LARGE SPOON/LADLE
•BOIL FOR 13 MINUTES EXACTLY
•REMOVE FROM HEAT AND RUN COLD WATER OVER EGGS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE.
•NEXT COOL DOWN EGGS WITH ICE AND LET COOL FOR 15 MINUTES
•PEEL EGGS IMMEDIATELY
This is our method. And we've got 20 hens in the back yard. Even those hours-old eggs, which can tear up so badly, peel clean as can be. The ice bath is key. I leave them in the ice until they are completely cold. The shift from boiling to ice is what frees up the shell. And the 13 or 14 min boil is not long enough to cause that green ring. Which by the way might not look appealing but is nothing to worry about.
Also, adding salt or baking soda or any other additive to the boiling water has no effect. If your eggs are peeling cleanly, they would have anyway.
We advocate the above method in our newsletter to our egg donors. Daughter founded an egg charity for her a Girl Scout Gold award and in two years has collected excess eggs from other backyard flock owners like us, and provided over 1,200 dozen eggs to local soup kitchens and food pantries. Girl Scouts rock! And so do back yard flock owners- the most generous people I know!
