How to Make perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
With Easter approaching, many people make hard boiled eggs to decorate for their baskets. Actually a better name for the eggs is hard cooked eggs because boiling them hard will not produce good eggs to use for eating or decorating.Instructions to make hard cooked eggs:
1. Place clean fresh eggs in a pan. (It's best to have eggs fill the bottom of the pan in a single layer, so if you are only boiling a few eggs, use a small pan.)
Tip: Eggs nearing their eat by date are best to use, not only for longevity, but they are easier to peel at the end of this process.
2. Add COLD water to the pan until it completely covers the eggs, plus about 2 inches over the top of the eggs. You can add food coloring to the water if you would like pastel colored eggs. This also make the eggs easy to differentiate from the fresh eggs in the fridge.
3. Place the pan on medium-high heat until the water bubbles everywhere on the surface.
4. Reduce the heat to medium-low or low and continue to boil gently for 10 minutes. Be sure to set the timer so as not to cook the eggs for too long. Do not keep the eggs on a full boil or you will have very tough whites. Do not cook the eggs for longer than 10 minutes or you will have a greenish ring around the yolk.
5. Rinse the eggs with PLENTY of COLD water while being careful to keep the eggs in the pan.
6. Place the eggs in the refrigerator to cool. You can keep the eggs in same pan, but be sure all the water has been removed from the pan before placing it in the fridge.
7. When cooled, peel the shells from the hard boiled eggs. To make peeling easier, gently roll the hard boiled eggs between your palm and the counter to loosen the shell first. Rinse the peeled hard boiled eggs under cold water if any shell particles remain on the egg.
Perfect hard cooked eggs!
Remember, how long to cook eggs? - 10 minutes.
Enjoy decorating your eggs and have a Happy Easter!
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