Help my hardboiled eggs!

[Anonymous]

Feel so silly. I never make them but I needed 12 this week. I read several different recipes and ended up following (by mistake) a combination of 2. So I put the eggs in a pot covered by water, waited for the water to boil and then removed them from the heat (mistake) and let them sit for 12 minutes. Luckily I tested 1. It is not cooked at all. I made scrambled eggs with it.

So...I am thinking of trying to redo with the same eggs? Maybe for 1 minute less cook time? Any ideas? Start over with a new dozen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feel so silly. I never make them but I needed 12 this week. I read several different recipes and ended up following (by mistake) a combination of 2. So I put the eggs in a pot covered by water, waited for the water to boil and then removed them from the heat (mistake) and let them sit for 12 minutes. Luckily I tested 1. It is not cooked at all. I made scrambled eggs with it.

So...I am thinking of trying to redo with the same eggs? Maybe for 1 minute less cook time? Any ideas? Start over with a new dozen?

It standing time is 22 minutes, not 12.

[Anonymous]

I would not reuse eggs. Get fresh ones.

[Anonymous]

I just tried CHAT GBT and it actually says 9-12 minutes off the burner...

[Anonymous]

OP again...from Reddit..this is actually what I did. I am so confused.

I make them as follows......

Place eggs and cold tap water in a pan. Put on eye of stove. Turn on medium high heat, as soon as water comes to a boil...remove from heat. Cover the pot and let sit off heat for 10 minutes. After 10, place eggs in bowl of ice water to stop cooking. Peel and you're good to go.

Hope it works for you.



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Yup, this is my technique exactly. Works perfect, every single time.

If you want the yolks a touch less chalky, pull them at 8 minutes instead of 10. They'll be just a touch fudgy in the very center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feel so silly. I never make them but I needed 12 this week. I read several different recipes and ended up following (by mistake) a combination of 2. So I put the eggs in a pot covered by water, waited for the water to boil and then removed them from the heat (mistake) and let them sit for 12 minutes. Luckily I tested 1. It is not cooked at all. I made scrambled eggs with it.

So...I am thinking of trying to redo with the same eggs? Maybe for 1 minute less cook time? Any ideas? Start over with a new dozen?

If you put a lid on the pot after the water came to a boil, then this is a go-to method.

[Anonymous]

Cold water, high heat, turn back to medium once they start to boil. Cook about 5-8 minutes on low boil and then cover immediately and let them sit for at least 20 minutes, I usually give it an hour. Give an ice bath for 20 minutes for easy peeling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feel so silly. I never make them but I needed 12 this week. I read several different recipes and ended up following (by mistake) a combination of 2. So I put the eggs in a pot covered by water, waited for the water to boil and then removed them from the heat (mistake) and let them sit for 12 minutes. Luckily I tested 1. It is not cooked at all. I made scrambled eggs with it.

So...I am thinking of trying to redo with the same eggs? Maybe for 1 minute less cook time? Any ideas? Start over with a new dozen?

If you put a lid on the pot after the water came to a boil, then this is a go-to method.

Yup,,the lid was on. The boil was not a full on about to bubble over but beyond tiny bubbles at the bottom. That is all I can think of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feel so silly. I never make them but I needed 12 this week. I read several different recipes and ended up following (by mistake) a combination of 2. So I put the eggs in a pot covered by water, waited for the water to boil and then removed them from the heat (mistake) and let them sit for 12 minutes. Luckily I tested 1. It is not cooked at all. I made scrambled eggs with it.

So...I am thinking of trying to redo with the same eggs? Maybe for 1 minute less cook time? Any ideas? Start over with a new dozen?

1 minute boiling and 12 minutes sitting isn’t enough time for a dozen eggs. Would probably work for smaller pan and fewer eggs.

[Anonymous]

Instant pot, 5 min

[Anonymous]

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232024/hard-boiled-eggs-in-the-oven/

[Anonymous]

if you use the turn off the heat method, it really matters how much water the eggs are in. If you don’t have enough water there isn’t enough residual heat to cook the eggs.

[Anonymous]

I put them in the pot of water, bring them to a boil, boil them on medium for about 12 minutes and then put them in an ice bath. They come out perfectly every time.

What’s the purpose of letting them sit off the heat after you boil them for about 12 minutes does it help with peeling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feel so silly. I never make them but I needed 12 this week. I read several different recipes and ended up following (by mistake) a combination of 2. So I put the eggs in a pot covered by water, waited for the water to boil and then removed them from the heat (mistake) and let them sit for 12 minutes. Luckily I tested 1. It is not cooked at all. I made scrambled eggs with it.

So...I am thinking of trying to redo with the same eggs? Maybe for 1 minute less cook time? Any ideas? Start over with a new dozen?

If you put a lid on the pot after the water came to a boil, then this is a go-to method.

Yup,,the lid was on. The boil was not a full on about to bubble over but beyond tiny bubbles at the bottom. That is all I can think of.

You need to reach closer to a full boil, then reduce heat and cook a bit longer. Cover and let sit longer. You can’t really overcook them as long as you keep the boil under 10 minutes. It takes a long time to reach rubbery eggs. They can also sit covered in hot water until it’s completely cool and be fine. I’ve forgotten many pans of eggs without a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I put them in the pot of water, bring them to a boil, boil them on medium for about 12 minutes and then put them in an ice bath. They come out perfectly every time.

What’s the purpose of letting them sit off the heat after you boil them for about 12 minutes does it help with peeling?

It just reduces cook time and keeps you from having to deal with a hot pan of water. If you cook them longer they don’t need to sit in hot water. The way you’re doing them works just as well.