April 11, 2012 is our 9-year anniversary on the road! To celebrate, here’s a non-RV-specific video. lol OK…. so this video isn’t just for RVers, but it is a truly egg-cellent tip (sorry). :-P
Hard-boiled eggs are one of our favorite quick & healthy snacks, especially during a break from cruising down the highway. We also include them in our dinner salads on a regular basis, so we always keep them in the fridge. The only nuisance is how difficult it can sometimes be to remove the shell without removing a lot of the egg too.
Since we hard-boil so many eggs, we’ve been searching for a trick to making them easy to peel. There are almost as many tips about this online as there are “sure-fire” methods for curing hiccoughs… and all of them about as worthwhile.
We’ve read about, and tried, an awful lot of techniques… “Use eggs that are near their expiration date”… “Use really fresh eggs”… “Let the eggs warm to room temperature before putting them in the boiling water”… “Put the eggs into cold water, then heat them to a boil slowly”… “Add vinegar to the water”…and variations on these themes, and others. None of them seem to work consistently.
About three months ago, we tried another method on our own that we hadn’t read about anywhere, and it’s turned out to be the most consistent technique we’ve ever used for making easy-to-peel hard-boiled eggs. It doesn’t matter how old or new the eggs are. Just follow the simple steps in this video and see how you make out.
A few notes: First, we always buy extra-large eggs. If you use large eggs instead, our guess is that it might only take 12 minutes instead of 13. Or maybe not… try it out and let us know! Second, try to avoid hard-boiling any egg that has an obvious hairline crack in it, since it will be more likely to break when putting the cold egg into boiling water (you’re not trying to make poached eggs here, right?). Third, we never make hard-boiled eggs while boondocking due to the water it uses (although EATING them while boondocking is the best)! ;-)
One last quick trick: the absolute easiest way to peel the eggs is immediately after removing them from the ice. They will still peel nicely a day (or a week) later, but the shells will practically fall off if you peel them right after making them.
Pat
Wednesday 21st of November 2018
Thank you! Finally,a perfect way to cook eggs and peel beautifully.
gidget
Wednesday 11th of May 2016
My mom only made deviled eggs for special occasions, like picnics, Thanksgiving and so on, but I love just plain old boiled eggs with salt and pepper. She hasn't boiled eggs in years after they started to sale the already cooked and peeled in the grocery store. After all she didn't care to pay the higher price once or twice a year. She has forgotten her method for cooking the eggs. So I was left to my own way. WHAT A DISASTER!!! I have tried every tip I could locate for easy- to-peel eggs. The one that worked best was to add 3Tbsps of salt to the water, put in eggs, bring to a boil, cover and remove from heat, let sit for 15 minutes, move eggs to ice water for 10 minutes, drain and peel. A few perfect, a few a little sticky, a few a headache to peel. I've been experimenting with changing times to make it better when I saw RVGEEK boiled egg video. I'm still grinning has I write this!!!! I tried only two eggs first (wasted a lot of eggs early on) worked perfectly. I has standing in the kitchen giggling and looking at the perfectly peeled egg, when my husband came in and said " Did you finally find it?" No.... could it be this simple? Next day the same. And the next..... thank you so very much for taking the time to making and posting the video. IT REALLY DOES WORK!!!!!
TheRVgeeks
Wednesday 11th of May 2016
Hooray! Your story is similar to ours. We use hard-boiled eggs in chef salad several times a week and got sick of fighting with the shells and ruining the eggs. Thanks for sharing!