Tips for boiling FRESH eggs?

[workindog]

So yeah i found out how true it is about how hard it is to peel them.. anyone have any tried and true methods?? Ty

 

[workindog]

Ty ty ty everyone, i tried it tonight and wow muchhhh easier!!!!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Yeah, don't boil them, steam them.
5-6min for soft, more for harder. Dunk in cold water immediately after removing.
The steamed eggs peel WAY easier and are basically the same thing.

 

[Kris5902]

Yeah, don't boil them, steam them.
5-6min for soft, more for harder. Dunk in cold water immediately after removing.
The steamed eggs peel WAY easier and are basically the same thing.

^^ X2
I just tried steaming eggs for the first time yesterday and it was the easiest peeling I’ve ever had! Get the water going, put the eggs into the basket and 10-12 minutes later into an ice water bath. Easier to peel than store bought eggs even... and one was literally only a few hours old!

 

[Kris5902]

According to my parental unit, who I gave 4 of the eggs to for her little dorm fridge (long story, we are building house, and she has no means of cooking where she’s staying ATM) and they peeled just fine after a full day and a half refrigerated in shell as well!

@Muscovy Wunda just get a cheap dollar sore steamer basket and a pot! It works fine! This is one of my favorite kitchen tools... I will cook harder veggies like chopped up carrots in the water at the bottom while steaming another veggie like broccoli or green beans (just start the carrots first and pop the broccoli etc in for the last few minutes until desired doneness, you quickly pick up a knack for how long you like each cooked for)

 

[ValerieJ]

So yeah i found out how true it is about how hard it is to peel them.. anyone have any tried and true methods?? Ty

The only tried and true method that has worked for me was to leave them in the refrigerator for a few weeks before boiling them.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Yeah, don't boil them, steam them.
5-6min for soft, more for harder. Dunk in cold water immediately after removing.
The steamed eggs peel WAY easier and are basically the same thing.

x2 I put mine into a vegetable steamer too! I thought that was my inventive solution! I set my steamer's timer at 18 minutes for jumbo (straight from the chicken) eggs or hundreds of quail eggs at a time, and they're perfect every time. When the timer say's they're ready, I dump the whole batch of chicken eggs (I don't bother peeling quail eggs) into a sink or tub of ice water (I just store the quail eggs cooked and in the shell in the fridge). The hot, cooked egg constricts away from the shell making them MUCH easier to peel when they hit that ice cold water. I store my boiled eggs in repurposed gallon sized pickle jars for storing in the fridge after they've been peeled. I store my quail eggs in quart jars in the fridge still with the shell, as I feed these to my dogs and chickens, whole (for the dogs), or mashed shell and all for the chickens.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I found that cracking them and popping them in the microwave for a few seconds can help separate the shell. Also, the green/blue/olive ones are easier to peel than the rest! Wonder if this holds true for anyone else?

 

[cmom]

I boil my eggs and then immediately when they are cooked, put them in ice cold water and let them sit in the cold water for awhile. I just boiled a dozen eggs for potato salad. Once in awhile one egg might stick to the shell but most come out good.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

A little baking soda in the water helps but it is still a nightmare. I'll have to try that steaming thing.