Hard Boiled Eggs
- Yield 6 eggs
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 15 minutes
- Total 20 minutes
Hard Boiled Eggs sits in the Breakfast section of Regbie. The card serves 6 eggs. Plan on 20 minutes from the first measure to the plate. The amounts and the method are both written on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 6 eggs
- 6 eggs
- Cold water
- ½ teaspoon baking soda, or more depending on how much water you use
Method
Grab six large, pastured eggs, and use a pin or thumbtack to poke a hole in the fat “bottom” end of each of the eggs. Make sure the needle goes just far enough to piece the shell. (Quick tip: It’s easiest to keep the eggs upright by leaving them in the carton while you poke ’em.)
Gently place the eggs in a deep, medium saucepan and fill it with cold water. Make sure the eggs are in a single layer, and at least 1 inch below the surface of the water.
For every 3 cups of water or so, add ½ teaspoon of baking soda. (The sodium bicarbonate’ll help the eggs separate from their shells, making them easier to peel.)
Set the uncovered pot on the stove and crank the heat to high. Once the water comes to a roiling boil, set a kitchen timer for 1 minute.
When the minute’s up, take the pot off the heat, cover it with a lid, and let the eggs sit in the hot water for 10 minutes. Set a timer – the cook want to be precise about this!
While you’re waiting, fill a large bowl with ice and water.
Then, once the timer goes off, remove the eggs from the pot and move them to the bowl of ice water. Completely submerge the eggs in the ice water for 5 minutes.
Then, fish the eggs out of the icy water, gently rap them against a hard surface to crack the shells, and peel each egg starting from the bottom end (where you poked the pinhole). Don’t wait until the eggs are completely cool – they should still be warm to the touch. The shells should come right off, with no fuss or muss.
Kitchen notes
- By the way, you may have heard that super-fresh eggs aren’t the best for hard-boiling ‘cause they’re more difficult to peel ; from the cook experience, that’s true.
- Try to use eggs that are at least a week old.
- But if you’re “stuck” with really fresh eggs – poor you!
