Hard boiling eggs?!
Hard boiling eggs?
how do you know when there done?
Answers: Directions for Large Eggs:
1. Place eggs in a saucepan with enough COLD tap water to cover completely by 1 inch. Bring to a ROLLING boil over HIGH heat. Once the water is brought to a rolling boil, PROMPTLY reduce heat to a lower medium boil and cook an additional 10 minutes for a “hard boiled” egg. For a “soft boiled” egg reduce the time by a few minutes.
2. Remove from heat and IMMEDIATELY place eggs under ice cold water or in a bowl of ICED water to chill promptly to help yolks stay bright yellow. Chill for a few minutes in the cold water until the egg is completely cooled. This is an extremely important step which prevents the greenish “ring” from forming on the surface of the yolk over time. If the egg is not chilled immediately after cooking an unsightly dark greenish ring will eventually appear on the outside of the yolk.
3. To peel...crack on all sides, roll egg between hands to loosen shell,and remove shell. Enjoy, with a light sprinkling of salt if desired.
To serve in egg cup, place egg in cup small end down, slice off large end of egg with knife or egg scissors and eat from shell with spoon.
Refrigeration is necessary for hard boiled eggs if they eggs are not to be consumed within a few hours.
Refrigerated boiled eggs, kept in the shell, can be kept for up to 1 week.
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http://www.goodegg.com/boiledegg.html... oh well all you need to do is put eggs in a pot for 5 min. boiling water. then there done. sometimes they crack a little when done o but ya it only needs five minutes on the stove in boiling water and if you are still unshure give it 1 more minute thats all you put them in the water and turn on the heat and usually by the time the water boils they are done just leave them in the water boiling for 3 to 4 minutes after the begin to boil to make sure the trick is: when you lay the egg on its side a spin it on a flat surface it should spin really fast if its done, if the egg is not done or its still raw it will spin much slower
. i know it sounds sillly but compare a raw egg with a cooked egg and you'll notice the differance.
usually if you cook an egg for ten minutes after the water boils it should be done. cook the egg about 10 to 15 minutes that shoud be done. 25min You can boil eggs from 3 to 10 minutes depending on if you want soft or hard boiled, the time determins the doness of them. Bring water to a boil.
Place egg(s) into boiling water. Leave in boiling water for 12 minutes (for a medium to large hen's egg, about 10 minutes for a small one).
Salted water should be used (so that if the eggs crack, the escaping whites will coagulate more quickly and seal off the hole).
Remove egg from water.
If you are planning on peeling the whole egg, take the egg straight from the boiling water and put it into ice water. This will make it easier to peel. This also stops the egg from continuing to cook (removing a heat source doesn't remove the heat in the food).
I also feel that I should include the method that is in the Escoffier Cook Book (pretty much the culinary bible). I don't use this method myself, but it should be mentioned:
"Boiling eggs hard may seem an insignificant matter, but, like the other methods of procedure, it is, in reality, of some importance, and should be effected in a given period of time. If, for a special purpose, they have to be just done, it is pointless and even harmful to cook them beyond a certain time-limit, seeing that any excess in the cooking only makes them tough, and the whites particularly so, owing to their albuminous nature. In order to boil many eggs uniformly, they should be put into a colander with large holes, whereby they may be plunged at the same moment of time into the boiling water. From the time the water begins to boil, eight minutes should be allowed in the case of medium sized eggs, and ten minutes in the case of lager ones; but these times should never be exceeded. As soon as they are done drain the eggs and dip them in cold water, and then shell them carefully." Cook for 12 minutes from start to finish.
Use a timer. Put the eggs in cool water in a sauce pan and heat on stove on medium high for 12 minutes. I don't mean boil for 12 minutes. Just keep the pan on the fire for 12 minutes. The actual boiling time is less. After the 12 minutes are up... Drain hot water out of the pan (carefully) and re-fill the pan with cold water to cool the eggs a bit. Hope that helps. I put the eggs in the water when it's not boiling yet. There's been a couple of times when I wasn't thinking and I put cold eggs in boiling water and they cracked, and I like my eggs to be beautiful.
anyways, once the water starts to boil I wait about 10 minutes, turn off the heat, then fish out my eggs and put them in ice water. you can also put them under running cold water, but I suggest the ice water as it will avoid the waste of clean water.
the cold/ice water will stop the eggs from cooking and you won't get that grayish layer around the yolk.