Ingredients
- Easiest Boiled Eggs
- Deviled Eggs:suggested spooning all your filling into a ziploc baggie, cutting the tip and piping your filling in pretty.
Preparation
Step 1
1.Fill a pot with water and add a handful of salt (optional, for hard boiled eggs) and set the temp to high. I’ve yet to try the salt, but many readers have recommended this tip for even better peeling results. According to ehow, salt should be omitted when soft boiled eggs are desired. Add your eggs making sure the water covers the entire egg. Bring it to ROLLING BOIL, but don’t continue to boil. Once it begins, remove it from the heat and put a lid on it. Set your timer for 15 minutes.
2. Ding! Pour the hot water off and immediately fill your pot with cold water. Add as much ice as you can to this water. When it melts in a few minutes, add more. The water should be icy cold when you put your hand in it. If not, continue adding ice.
3. After about 10-15 minutes, pour NEARLY all of the water off reserving about an inch.
4. Put the lid on and now it’s time to play bumper cars. You heard me, shake those babies bumping them together back and forth gently (edited via reader’s suggestions). You’ll look ridiculous, but I promise it’s worth the goofy look so you’re not peeling each one under cold running water. Just continue to shake, shake, shake for about a minute and voila! When you remove the lid nearly all of your shell has fallen off the egg and they EASILY peel off without peeling the egg. Use running cool water if necessary.
I store them in a ziploc bag (dated-because they have a week long shelf-life) in the fridge and I’ve saved myself time, energy and money (because I didn’t buy the boiled eggs in a bag sold at the store). And my boys are happy all week long. I add them to my chef salad or eat them as a protein snack.