Chicken eggs

[sharonmmarshall]

Everytime I boil my chicken eggs to make deviled eggs the shell sticks like crazy. My eggs look like the surface of the moon. The eggs are not newly laid. They are over a month old. And I've tried every trick there is to not get the shell to stick onto the egg. What is going on?

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

The age is probably your problem. Do you put them in an ice bath before you peel them?

 

[DobieLover]

I boil a dozen eggs every week. Sometimes more often. Here is what I've learned after boiling literally hundreds of eggs.
Make sure all the eggs are about the same size. Don't combine huge hen eggs with little pullet eggs.
I leave the eggs to warm to room temperature before boiling.
I add enough water to the pot so that it will completely cover the eggs when I add them and then slosh in about 1/3 cup of white vinegar.
Bring the water up to a good rippin' boil.
Lower the eggs into the water with a pasta ladle one at a time.
Set the timer for 14 minutes.
When the water returns to a rippin' boil again, turn it down enough to keep it just boiling well.
Have a large tumbler of ice cubes ready.
When the timer goes off, drain off the hot water and flush the eggs and pot with cold water. Just cover the eggs with cold water and dump the ice in.
Let them chill for at least 15 minutes.
This procedure is about 92% successful for having the eggs pretty much roll right out of their shells. The eggs I boil are anywhere from one day to one week old.
You will occasionally get a blow hole in an egg shell but the egg inside is fine.

 

[SueT]

Put a tiny pin prick in fat end of egg. Then steam them. An egg steamer makes it easier but you can do it in whatever type of steamer you have. You won't believe how easily they peel!

 

[MountainWoman73]

My friend pressure cooked hard-boiled eggs in my insta-pot, then ice bathed them. They peeled so easily! I haven't tried it myself yet, so I'm not sure how long they pressure cooked them for or anything, but I can attest that it worked! These were fairly fresh eggs. A week or two, tops.