Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- Eggs
- Timer
- Water
- Saucepan with tight fitted lid
- Fire
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Step 1
Place eggs in the saucepan, it does not matter if it is 2 or 12 eggs, this way works. Just cover them with cold water, not too deep. Do NOT salt the water. Place on burner on HIGH heat.
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Step 2
Place on burner on HIGH heat. Once they start to boil turn on the timer to 3 minutes.
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Step 3
When the timer goes off, quickly take off the heat, put on the lid and reset the timer to 8 minutes.
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Step 4
When 8 minutes are up, take to sink and run cold water over them for about a minute, let them soak a bit to cool off. They will peel best if you set them in the refrigerator for about 1/2 to 1 hour, but you can eat them now!
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Step 5
Never have green or gray yolks again!
Comments
peteycart said
on 2/1/2010 Eggcelent, now maybe my girlfriend will finally appreciate my cooking.
nostalgio said
on 1/24/2010 Eggcellent ! I finally had something to teach the ladies of the family (we men know stuff too !). My mother in-law was amazed. Plus the eggs are easy to shell. First class ! Thanks
rkayne said
on 1/4/2010 And where do you live and what sort of water are you using? Are you following my recipe or the crackpot one that are in the comments? Seriously, I have been boiling eggs for 30 years and this is the only way I will do it and the only way anyone around me will because it gives you beautiful eggs every time. Of course, there could be one problem...are the eggs too fresh? I need to go mention that, they need to be at least a week old to be right.
skoster777 said
on 11/22/2009 This absolutely works! Perfect beautiful eggs! I might actually have something to teach my mom! :o) Thanks for sharing.
alltrails said
on 11/3/2009 Nice article on how to boil an egg. I never seem to get it right - I'll use your information next time. Thanks for the tips!