How to boil the perfect egg.

[uberman]

My question is in the last line.

I like to eat eggs, fried, over easy, poached, deviled and boiled.

I make a perfect 3 minute egg. The shell can be cracked to reveal an egg which has been cooked to perfection, a solid egg white with a liquid core.

RECIPE

1. Place eggs in a pan of tepid water.
2. Heat until you have a rolling boil.
3. Time the eggs from when the rolling boil starts.
4. At 3 minutes, remove the eggs from heat, flush them quickly with cold or tepid water, they can sit up to 1 to 2 minutes.
5. Serve immediately or place on a towel, food removed from heat sources continue to cook.
6. Crack the shell and spoon it out or place the contents on a piece of toast.

I don't know how to do a perfect hard boiled eggs. (I'd like to avoid the purple rings) I timed my eggs from a rolling boil to 10 minutes. I'm looking for a hard boiled egg that I can make deviled egg sandwiches with. I have a can of chopped olives as an additive.

Since I've cooked these tonight, I'll reveal my results tommorrow.

How many minutes should I boil an egg after a rolling boil to get a perfect hard boiled egg?

UPDATE: Ten minutes at a rolling boil and then placed in tap water worked fine. They're cooked with no purple rings.

 

[IGBT]

..how bout pickled eggs?? what do ya soak em in and for how long?

 

[uberman]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..how bout pickled eggs?? what do ya soak em in and for how long?

It's funny you say that. I built a cabin in the woods in Alaska. I boiled eggs and put them in a mixture of vinegar and spices. I let them soak 2 weeks and munched on them. It was cold, so I wasn't so concerned about spoilage.

I did not have a recipe, so I added a can of jalepeno peppers. That means jalapenos, onions and carrots in spicy vinegar.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: uberman
My question is in the last line.

How many minutes should I boil an egg after a rolling boil to get a perfect hard boiled egg?

Do NOT boil the eggs!

PERFECT HARD BOILED EGG RECIPE

1. Place room temperature eggs in a pan, cover with tepid water.
2. Heat on high fire until you have a rolling boil. Turn off fire and cover immediately.
3. At 12 minutes, flush them quickly in the sink with cold tap water, until they are cold to the touch.(Don't dump out the hot water, just run the faucet into the pan to keep it overflowing)
4. Roll gently on a towel to loosen entire shell, then peel.

 

[MrBond]

I don't boil eggs at all anymore (although I might try that 3 minute egg method).

I take a cookie sheet and put a wire rack on the top (helps keep the eggs from rolling all over the place). I put them into the oven cold, and turn it on to 325 degrees. Set a timer for 30 minutes, when it goes off, quench in ice water, then store or use.

Works really well. You can do it without the cookie sheet, but I've had the occasional egg rupture and that's a big mess to clean up in the oven.

 

[FilmCamera]

Hard boiling eggs is pretty easy.

Bring water to a boil, put in the eggs and cook 10-12 minutes. Run cold water over them to cool them down. Crack the shells and peel em off. That's pretty much all there is to it.

 

[Mermaidman]

You have to remove the pot from the heat once you put in the eggs. Let the eggs cook in the hot water for about 30 minutes.

edit: Add a dash of salt to the water to increase the boiling point and hasten the cooking process.

 

[ElFenix]

rachel ray says: Heat the water to a rolling boil. Take water off heat. Set eggs in water for 10 minutes. The eggs will be perfect

 

[FilmCamera]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
rachel ray says: Heat the water to a rolling boil. Take water off heat. Set eggs in water for 10 minutes. The eggs will be perfect

The way I do it I don't take them off of the heat and they turn out perfect.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
You have to remove the pot from the heat once you put in the eggs. Let the eggs cook in the hot water for about 30 minutes.

edit: Add a dash of salt to the water to increase the boiling point and hasten the cooking process.

You stink at physics.

 

[alphatarget1]

You know "Eier" also means balls in German, right?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
You have to remove the pot from the heat once you put in the eggs. Let the eggs cook in the hot water for about 30 minutes.

edit: Add a dash of salt to the water to increase the boiling point and hasten the cooking process.

A "dash" of salt is not going to make a significant difference. 1 mole of salt raises the boiling point about 2 degrees. That's roughly 57 grams of salt - far more than "a dash".

For what it's worth, the age of the egg makes as much of a difference as the cooking method. You want older eggs for boiling.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
You have to remove the pot from the heat once you put in the eggs. Let the eggs cook in the hot water for about 30 minutes.

edit: Add a dash of salt to the water to increase the boiling point and hasten the cooking process.

You stink at physics.

I do?

I did take stupid-people physics in college instead of the real deal so you'll have to explain to me

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
You have to remove the pot from the heat once you put in the eggs. Let the eggs cook in the hot water for about 30 minutes.

edit: Add a dash of salt to the water to increase the boiling point and hasten the cooking process.

You stink at physics.

I do?

I did take stupid-people physics in college instead of the real deal so you'll have to explain to me

O.K. maybe "stink" was a bit harsh, as you are correct about the boiling point; but one would have to add a huge percentage of salt to make any practical difference in cooking time.




This post made me hungry for eggs.

 

[uberman]

I did cook them at a rolling boil for 10 minutes and then rinsed them in cold water. This morning I opened them and they were perfect, meaning cooked and no purple rings. I made a deviled egg sandwich with chopped olives.

Thanks for the responses. I'll try some of them with one exception. I won't boil the eggs in a 50/50 mixture of water and salt. It sounds too salty.

 

[Tiamat]

i usually dont cook eggs until they are hardboiled. Generally, I give the eggs about 4-6 minutes at most in boiling, but not continuously heated water. I like a bright orange/yellow shiny yolk rather than the crumbly dried out yolk of a hard boiled egg.

Good luck!