Janissary35680

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I've tried all the tricks for cooking and peeling hardboiled eggs and I've come to the conclusion that no one method works every time because every egg seems to be an entity unto itself. My solution is to place the boiled egg on a wooden cutting board, chop it in half with the single stroke of a cleaver, and scoop the two halves out of the shell with a spoon.

My wife swears the best eggs to make hard boiled are week old ones.

Apparently if you immediately plunge the egg into iced water that loosens things up and you can avoid this happening. It drives me nuts too.

Dont use fresh eggs

YES

This happens when eggs is too fresh.

The fresh eggs don't peel. It means they are super fresh!!

Nope, it doesn't. Sometimes it just doesn't come off from the egg.

My husband's gramma taught me just to peel them under cold water. I never had an issue after that.

Use slightly older eggs, (eggs that you've had in the fridge at least a week or more) start the water boiling first and then add the eggs in carefully with a large slotted serving spoon. The heat from the boiling water first touching the cold eggs as they are placed in the boiling water causes a reaction just under the shell of the egg where the egg slightly "shrinks" away from the inside of the shell and makes them easier to peel. I can even get the egg to "shrink" away when I cook poached and ramen eggs. You're welcome

Not boiling them long enough and not letting them cool long enough is the issue

The only thing that has worked for me is to place the eggs in boiling water, then put them into a bowl of iced water for about 10 minutes. Ever since I started that method, I haven't had problems. Some of the eggs crack open a little in the water but I haven't had one that has been destroyed in the process.

this is more likely to happen if the eggs haven't been cooked long enough

Make sure they boil at least 15 minutes, once the water comes to a boil. Then “shock” them in really cold tap water, and shake them around in the pan. The cold water starts separating the boiled egg from the shell and that thin membrane between the shell and egg. Once they’re shaken well, you may even see some already coming out of their shells. You can then practically just slide them the rest of the way out. I’ve even had times where the shell has stayed together, but empty. Now, some may be stubborn and not cooperate, so you will have to crack them more and start picking and peeling. But once you get that membrane thing broken, the shell starts coming off more easily. I’m 63 now, and learned this about 50 years ago from a now ex-SIL who was a really good cook, though it turned out she’s a truly horrible person underneath her very practiced Suzy Homemaker facade.

Put them in a glass with a bit of water, put your hand over the top of the glass and give it a good shake. Shell comes off in one piece.

Very simple and easy way to peel an egg even if it being difficult. Take one and gently fracture on open hard surface. The gently push and roll in back and forth for a few rounds and move to get ends. It should be totally spiderwebbed with cracks. This makes a sticky protein membrane practically fall off now with the shell pieces attached and a perfectly peeled egg. There are several friction methods like that to quickly and easily open.

The water has to be boiling BEFORE you put the egg in. It works better if the egg is cold. The quick temperature shift pulls it away from the shell.

Get one of those electric egg cookers. I have had 100% success with shells ever since I started using one; doesn't matter if they're fresh or old.

Just cut it open and scoop it out like it was soft-boiled

That looks like it might be under or over cooked. I boiled a .ot of eggs in my lifetime. On couple of occasions I under cooked my eggs and when went to peel them, this happened. When I go to peel them after I boiled them, I usually will put my eggs in cold water for a minute to three minutes to cool down. Then just hit the egg in one spot to get it cracked. Then peel it. Most times the egg shell will peel in large pieces and come right off.