Recipe - Hard Boiled Eggs Updated

Recipe - Hard Boiled Eggs

The hard boiled eggs saga continues....I tried  making hard boiled eggs in September using my June 2011 method mentioned below, NO GO! I was so completely frustrated and gave up.

Then Mary left a comment at WeeklyGroceryShopping about egg salad and I've been craving hard boiled eggs ever since...here's what worked last night with my very very fresh farm eggs:

• bring water to a boil (without the eggs)
• using a spoon, gently put eggs into the pan of boiling water
• boil eggs for 10 minutes
• turn burner off and let sit for 5 minutes
• place eggs in ice cold water
• crack eggs on top and bottom, then roll around on the counter
• watch the peel slip off

Next time I won't cook my eggs as long....they were way too dry for me, but my son LOVED them. I only made four eggs last night, this weekend I'm going to attempt to make pickled hard boiled eggs.

For dinner we had eggs, carrots (I ate romaine lettuce leaves plain too) and LynnsKitchenAdventures Potato Soup (this soup was almost a complete flop - will share details on Monday). My son thought we needed to add some broccoli to the soup - wonderful idea!

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* Did you hear me whooping and hollering last night?

Update June 2011

I was finally able to get my hard boiled eggs peeled EASILY last night. Here is what you do (I tried this with some eggs I left in the fridge for 3 weeks and eggs I picked up yesterday)

1. If you can, buy farm fresh chicken eggs. They taste better and are better for you. I pay $3.00 per dozen, but have seen them for $2.50 a dozen as well.
2. Put in a pan and cover them with cold water.
3. Add a significant amount of oil (good way to use up bad oil that you have laying around). I probably added 1/4 of a cup.
4. Boil eggs for 7-8 minutes. While you are waiting get a bowl and fill it with ice water (a LOT of ice).
5. Remove eggs 1 by 1 from the boiling water and place into the ice water.
6. Happily peel your eggs.

I'm not sure if it is the ice water or the oil that does the trick - I'm sure I'll test this at some point in the future. Let me know if you try it!

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Last year I learned how to boil eggs so the yolks weren't dry and crumbly. If you like dry and crumbly yolks you probably just want to move right along.

I always thought hard boiled eggs were a bit hard to get down. They are filled with a lot of nutrients, but I could barely choke down the yolk.

When I first started making hard boiled eggs, I followed Betty Crocker's recipe (something like boil the eggs for 25 minutes). My yolks were always green (and dry and crumbly).

Then I read that you should put the eggs in cold water, bring to a boil, boil for 15 minutes and then put them in cold water. My yolks were yellow (and dry and crumbly).

When started buying my eggs locally, one of the men suggested making hard boiled eggs this way:

1. Buy Happy Chicken eggs.
2. Place eggs in cold water and bring to a boil.
3. Boil the eggs for 5 minutes.
4. Turn off the burner and let sit for 3 minutes.
5. Carefully dump out hot water and replace with cold water.

With a LOT of doubt that this would work, I figured I would try it.

Did you know that you can have yellow yolks that aren't dry and crumbly??? Seriously, I had no idea. They were absolutely delicious. Since that time the chickens have gotten bigger and the eggs are bigger. I now cook for 7 minutes and let them sit for 5 minutes before I put them in cold water.

Delicious!

This recipe has been linked to:
 Grocery Cart Challenge.
 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven