If you want them to peel easily, you should use old eggs. The closer they are to their expiration date, the easier it will be to peel them. I really like eggs. They are so delicious and satiating! I like them for breakfast, but I also enjoy them for lunch or for a meatless dinner. I enjoy them poached, fried, or scrambled… and I also love soft-boiled eggs. Truly, I don’t think I ever tried an egg recipe that I didn’t like.
Ingredients
You’ll only need three ingredients to make this recipe: large eggs, salt, and freshly ground black pepper. As mentioned above, when picking your eggs, make sure they’re not too fresh. And when it does, you’re left with deformed eggs, big chunks of the whites coming off as you try to peel them. Unless you follow my recipe, of course! 🙂
Instructions
Once you learn how to do it, making perfect, easy-peel eggs is actually easy. The detailed steps for making this recipe are listed in the recipe card below. Here’s an overview of the steps:
Your first step is to remove the eggs from the fridge.Next, bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Carefully lower the eggs into the water.Bring the water back to a boil. Allow the eggs to cook for 1 minute, then turn the heat off, remove the pot from the heat, cover the pot, and set your timer for 10 to 12 minutes.Carefully drain the hot water from the pot, and immediately fill it with running cold water. Allow the cold water to run over the eggs for 2 minutes. Gently crack the eggs and peel them under cold running water.
Expert tips
It took me a while to learn how to cook perfect eggs that are easy to peel. Now that I’ve finally mastered the technique, I have three tips for you:
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Variations
There’s not much you can do to vary this basic recipe except for perhaps experimenting with different spices to season the eggs. So in addition to salt and pepper, you could try a pinch of red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, or dried oregano.
Serving suggestions
Hard-boiled eggs are, obviously, excellent just as they are for a snack, and that’s how I usually enjoy them. But here are a few more ideas:
Make them into a creamy egg salad.Use them to make egg-stuffed meatloaf or Scotch eggs.Slice them and use them in a cobb salad.Fry them in butter. Yes, it’s delicious!Make deviled eggs. This is probably my favorite recipe to make with them.Have them for breakfast on thick, buttered slices of almond flour bread.Use them to make chopped liver.
Storing leftovers
According to the USDA, hard-boiled eggs, whether peeled or unpeeled, can be kept in the fridge for up to one week. I don’t recommend freezing them. Their texture won’t survive freezing and defrosting.
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