I love summer cook outs and picnics! Every other weekend we participate in a cookout that features hot dogs as the main event. I always bring deviled eggs and they are one of the first things gone. I thought I would share the secret of easily peeled hard boiled eggs, every time. I can not guarantee you will never again have a hard to peel egg, but I can promise they will be few and far in between.
Let's get boiling! When do you put your eggs in the water? I wait until right before the water begins to boil and then set the eggs in gently, using a large spoon. I set the timer for 17 minutes to keep from over cooking, causing the yolks to get that greenish color on the outside.
When I get down to the last 5 minutes of boiling, I fill a large bowl half way with ice, then add water until it is three-fourths of the way full. Once the timer goes off, I spoon the eggs out of the boiling water and immediately submerge them in the bowl of ice water. This does a couple of important things: 1- It stops the cooking process instantly. And 2- it causes steam on the inside of the egg, making the membrane separate from the egg. This is what makes them easy to peel! I generally let them sit in the ice bath for 5-10 minutes before I start cracking and peeling. I have even put them in the fridge and peeled them the next day and they were just as easy to peel. This has been the easiest method I have found regardless of how fresh or not so fresh the eggs are.
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I love summer cook outs and picnics! Every other weekend we participate in a cookout that features hot dogs as the main event. I always bring deviled eggs and they are one of the first things gone. I thought I would share the secret of easily peeled hard boiled eggs, every time. I can not guarantee you will never again have a hard to peel egg, but I can promise they will be few and far in between.
Let's get boiling! When do you put your eggs in the water? I wait until right before the water begins to boil and then set the eggs in gently, using a large spoon. I set the timer for 17 minutes to keep from over cooking, causing the yolks to get that greenish color on the outside. 
When I get down to the last 5 minutes of boiling, I fill a large bowl half way with ice, then add water until it is three-fourths of the way full. Once the timer goes off, I spoon the eggs out of the boiling water and immediately submerge them in the bowl of ice water. This does a couple of important things: 1- It stops the cooking process instantly. And 2- it causes steam on the inside of the egg, making the membrane separate from the egg. This is what makes them easy to peel! I generally let them sit in the ice bath for 5-10 minutes before I start cracking and peeling. I have even put them in the fridge and peeled them the next day and they were just as easy to peel. This has been the easiest method I have found regardless of how fresh or not so fresh the eggs are.
