Deviled eggs??? My shells always wanna stick to the whites making an ugly mess!
First, use day old or older eggs. Older is better. There is a membrane inside the shell and another membrane outside of the white. In a fresh egg these membranes (called the outer and inner shell membrane) conspire together to make the egg impossible to peel. If you wait a few days after it’s laid, the egg will lose moisture, causing the egg white to shrink, thus relaxing and loosening these membranes. A day or two is enough.
Put your eggs in a steaming basket or an egg steaming rack in an instant pot (or similar pressure cooker) on “steam” for 6 minutes. There should always be at least a cup of liquid in the instant pot, so add a cup of water first! When the 6 pressurized minutes are over, immediately quick release.
While the pressure is releasing, prepare an ice water bath. When the cooker can be opened, take out the eggs carefully (I use tongs) and lower them into the ice bath. When cool enough, peel immediately (under running water if necessary), dry, cover and refrigerate until you’re ready to make your deviled eggs.
I use a pressure cooker, but you can also simply steam the eggs. How long you steam them depends on your altitude and the current air pressure. I don’t like my yolks green and I live at a mile high where air pressure swings are exaggerated, so I use my pressure cooker which is always consistent. It just makes things easier.
Enjoy your homegrown deviled eggs!