How do you know when your hardboiled eggs are finished?!


Question: If you have already cooked them they will tend to sink in water but the yolk could still be raw in the center, so i suggest this cooking method. Place eggs in saucepan and fill with cold water to cover the tops of the eggs completely. Place on the stove and bring to a boil over high heat, make sure the water is bubbly boiling. Then remove them from the heat and put a lid on the pan. Start a timer for 15 minutes for medium to large size eggs or 18 minutes for extra large eggs. Drain eggs and then immediately put in ice water to chill. They will be perfect. Also do not buy fresh eggs to hard boil or they will be difficult to peel, try to find eggs with the oldest date on the carton if you have to buy them fresh or you could use an egg piercer to poke a tiny hole on the wide end of the egg to facilitate peeling, but that is tricky for a beginning cook. Also a tablespoon of white vinegar can help to ease the peeling process, add to the cold water before boiling.


Answers: If you have already cooked them they will tend to sink in water but the yolk could still be raw in the center, so i suggest this cooking method. Place eggs in saucepan and fill with cold water to cover the tops of the eggs completely. Place on the stove and bring to a boil over high heat, make sure the water is bubbly boiling. Then remove them from the heat and put a lid on the pan. Start a timer for 15 minutes for medium to large size eggs or 18 minutes for extra large eggs. Drain eggs and then immediately put in ice water to chill. They will be perfect. Also do not buy fresh eggs to hard boil or they will be difficult to peel, try to find eggs with the oldest date on the carton if you have to buy them fresh or you could use an egg piercer to poke a tiny hole on the wide end of the egg to facilitate peeling, but that is tricky for a beginning cook. Also a tablespoon of white vinegar can help to ease the peeling process, add to the cold water before boiling.

Pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon of vinegar. 5 minutes

If you spin it and it spins evenly it is done; if it wobbles it is still soft inside. Aslo they have a tendency to float when finished but, usually by this time most of the water has evaporated.

when they float.

when they strart floating above the water a lil.. i think

Invite me over honey, i'll do em for you! Perfecto Mundo!!! ;)

Put the eggs in a pan and cover with cold water at least an inch above the eggs. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cover. After 20 minutes, drain and put cold water and ice on them. If you need them right away, crack them in the cold water.

For perfect hard boiled eggs every time:

Start out with warm water about an inch over the top of the eggs. Use eggs that are at least a week or two old. Put plenty of salt in the water. Bring them to a quick, hard boil on high, no lid. As soon as they start to boil, reduce the heat to simmer and THEN put a lid on them and let them simmer for 12 minutes. They will be perfect and won't have any of that black or green stuff on the outside of the yolks! I've been doing this for years and years and mine come out perfectly every time.

Usually when hardboiled eggs are done they are lighter and have more heat, so they float. Usually, it takes 5 - 15 minutes.

If your eggs float they aren't any good. Throw them out . Start good eggs in cold water, bring to a boil, put a lid on & let sit for 10-15 min. Run cold water on them & peel..





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