Tips for boiling FRESH eggs?

[Cryss]

Yes to steaming! It works! Plunge in cold water, start peeling as soon as they are comfortable to hold. Shells slip right off!

 

[CindyinSD]

I use my instant pot to steam eggs: a cup of water in the pot, 6 minutes on high or on “steam”, quick release, place into the ice water. Peel when cool. Four min for soft-boiled, 5 min for medium.

I do not take the eggs straight from the chicken to the instant pot. Even a few hours makes a big difference.

 

[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)

 

[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.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I want my hard-cooked eggs to have a tender white, no green around the yolk, no smell of sulfur, a tender, moist yellow, yolk that is not tough and dry... does steaming 10 minutes then shocking in ice water do all that????

 

[cmom]

Yes.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yes.

Awesome. Will have to try. I usually set eggs aside for a couple of weeks, cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, cover and remove from heat, set timer for 10 minutes, then shock with ice water and they peel slick as a whistle.. they are good as a fancy restaurant's

 

[Cryss]

I steam mine for 20 minutes at the most. No green. Fresh from the chicken and they peel easily.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Yeah, of course. The green just comes from over cooking. If you're getting that just steam less.
It can help to flip the eggs over half way through. I do this at 1.5 minutes for a soft boiled egg.

 

[Jealous Gypsy]

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)
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I have that same steamer ! I never heard of steaming eggs, but im going to try it now, i thought it was difficult peeling cause i used duck eggs