How to Hardboil An Egg

How to perfectly cook a hard boiled egg. Whether you call them hard boiled or hard cooked, eggs are a versatile food high in protein, relatively inexpensive and delicious. The Easter egg is traditionally a hard boiled egg decorated with bright colors. A perfectly cooked hard boiled egg should have a yellow center with no rim of green around the yolk, the white of the hard boiled egg should be firm. Learn to cook a hard boiled egg and make delicious egg salad, spinach salad and other recipes that call for hard boiled eggs.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sauce pan
• Eggs
• Water

1. Place desired amount of eggs in a saucepan.

2. Cover eggs with 1 inch of cold water.

3. Bring water to a boil over high heat.

4. When water boils, remove from heat, cover eggs and let sit for 10 minutes.

5. Drain hard boiled eggs, chill in ice water and peel. They are now ready for egg salad, spinach salad, snacks or any recipe that calls for a hard boiled egg.

Resources

• Green Eggs & Ham

[johnnyutah]

on 5/10/2009 just did this 30 mins ago..great eggs..thanks for sharing How to Avoid Being Disabled on eHow 5*

[tundranut]

on 3/12/2009 Good article. Thanks. 5*

[CWilliams]

on 12/17/2008 Great tips. I have a lot of deviled eggs to make for the holidays this helps. +5

[Berlyn]

on 10/4/2008 Very nice. I'm forever forgetting how to boil eggs.

[ACGaughen]

on 7/30/2008 Great article--simple and still wicked useful!