Boiled eggs

[Dr.GarryTTucker]

so I just boiled some eggs for potato salad and some of my smaller eggs, newly layer eggs, are a little mushy.just on the outside. Are they ok to eat? The shells stick to the outer layer, which is kind of mushy. Is there something wrong? Or am I just over analyzing it?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

It sounds like the eggs are very fresh. Boiling very fresh eggs often leaves them hard to peel and with a mushy texture.

Leave the eggs a few days after they have been laid before boiling and they should be fine.

 

[TheDirtyLawyer]

You have to steam them to have the shells peel easily. Its bc they are fresh. Steam like you would broccoli for 20-25 mins. It's the only thing we found works .

 

[LaketownChick]

I had the same thing happen to my new eggs too.

 

[adstowe]

TheDirtyLawyer is spot on. Steaming is absolutely the way to go with fresh eggs.

 

[ronott1]

A pressure cooker--instant pot is a pressure cooker-- is a great way to hard boil eggs.

Set a rack into the cooker
add 1.5 to 2 cups of water
Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes
Turn off cooker and wait 5 minutes
Release pressure
Take out eggs and put them into ice water until completely cooled

The eggs will peal nicely!

Add a minute to the cook time for bigger eggs

 

[springvalley123]

I agree with the pressure cooker and the steamer. I no longer have a pressure cooker, but I did them for 15 total counting getting up to pressure, 5 at pressure and 5 to release pressure. Now I use the rice steamer for 25 minutes with 2 cups of water. I put a dozen eggs in the basket. Both ways are great for our farm fresh eggs! They are easy to peal that way.

 

[Ra_]

Before I got my Dixie Rainbow birds, I was buying eggs to feed my Serama.
That sounds so crazy.
I give them crumbled hard boiled eggs every day.
The method I use is to just barely cover them with water.
Cover pot and as soon as it begins to lightly boil. Turn off the heat and leave them there for a few hours.

To serve, I slice the eggs in half lengthwise and scoop it out of the shell with a teaspoon.
Much easier than peeling.
I then put 3 eggs through the food processor and sprinkle it on top of their individual food dishes.
You want them to eat the eggs first and they will, because eggs can draw ants if left in the dish.

 

[aart]

Take out eggs and put them into ice water until completely cooled

I also steam....but think this is really key:

Take out eggs and put them into ice water until completely cooled

Even then really fresh eggs don't always peel easily, especially those with thick shells and membranes. Cracking the air cell end before putting in ice water will help too.

 

[ChickyNicky05]

I just stumbled onto this post and had the same issue today! I couldn’t figure out why they were so hard to peel! I will have to try steaming them. They were still delicious even though so much white came off while trying to peel.