How to peel hardboiled eggs without them disintegrating

[Anonymous]

Use eggs that around a week old, if possible. Fresh eggs are harder to peel as the eggs sticks to the inside of the shell.

Tap the egg on a hard surface until you find the air pocket, and peel the shell away in that spot. Then hold the egg under cold running water, and slide a spoon under the shell. Rotate it around to loosen the shell from the egg. You should then be able to pull the shell off easily.

It's also a good idea to boil a few extra eggs. If a couple get destroyed during the peeling process, you'll still have enough intact.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

If you store them on their side for a while before you boil them the yolk will be more centered

[Anonymous]

If you store them on their side for a while before you boil them the yolk will be more centered

Wow -- that's hard core.

I agree with the start-cold-bring-to-boil-then-sit-for-ten-minutes-then-ice-bath method above. But I don't agree with the fresh eggs part. The PPs who advised using week-old eggs are right.

[Anonymous]

I just did a batch. Some I bought last week, some 2 days ago. The older ones peeled easier.

Agree with the start in cold water etc.

[Anonymous]

You're hard-boiling eggs at 2:30 a.m.? Glad I'm not the only insomniac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard baking soda in the boiling water works. Haven't tried it though.

This totally works!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cut them!

Use a sharp, serrated knife.

Use a spoon to scoop out the egg halves.

http://simplystated.realsimple.com/2012/03/02/no-peel-hard-boiled-eggs/

Seriously, CUT THEM! I didn't believe it would work until I tried it - works like a charm.

[Anonymous]

Wait until they cool and then tap the top with a small spoon. Remove some of the shell and with the spoon facing downwards work it under the shell to remove it. (hope this makes sense...) The concave part of the spoon sort of protects the egg while the convex part separated the shell. It works beautifully. I learned it from a friend who worked at a diner and peeled a gazillion eggs a day.

[Anonymous]

Hi All, thanks for the plentiful

Here's how I solved it. I used one of those egg timers that goes from red to blue as the water heats up. I then let the eggs cook an additional 5 minutes and then stuck them in ice water. I then put them in the freezer for two hours (in the water) and stuck each egg in the microwave for 10 seconds. I lost one egg out of 36 that way, so now I have 70 deviled egg halves

[Anonymous]

And thanks for the kind words about my friend who passed.