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So, I've been put in charge of making some deviled eggs.
Can someone one tell me how to boil eggs?
Do I get the water boiling before I put the eggs in?
How long do I boil them?
Any tips on getting the shells off?
Thanks.
sandman76
11-22-2016, 20:16
Put them in the cold water with sea salt added. Turn on the stove. Get the water to a full boil. Shut off the stove. Let them sit for ten minutes or so. Not much longer though. Run pan in cold water. Add ice cubes to the water. When good and cold peel them right away. Because you're making deviled eggs take your time peeling them so you keep the white intact. Yolks should be perfect for deviled eggs.
Yes. I forgot to say cover them with a lid while sitting.
Madeinhb
11-22-2016, 20:21
Put them in the cold water with sea salt added. Turn on the stove. Get the water to a full boil. Shut off the stove. Let them sit for ten minutes or so. Not much longer though. Run pan in cold water. Add ice cubes to the water. When good and cold peel them right away. Because you're making deviled eggs take your time peeling them so you keep the white intact. Yolks should be perfect for deviled eggs.
Pretty much exactly this.
Put cold water in a pan. and add about 1 Tablespoon of white vinegar in the water. Put in the eggs, making sure the water covers the eggs at least about an inch. The vinegar will make it easier to peel the eggs, but the thing hat makes them peel easiest is if they are slightly old. Fresh eggs don't like to give up the shell.
Put the pan on medium-high heat, bring to a rolling boil (that's a boil where the water appears to 'roll' on the top, and it continues to boil when you give it a stir) and then put a lid on the pan and remove it from the heat source. It needs to sit for about 20 minutes for the eggs to boil.
To check and see if the egg has hard-boiled, remove one from the pan with a slotted spoon, run it under cold water until you can handle it with your fingers, and then try to spin it on its wide end like a top. A hard-boiled egg will spin. One that is not will wobble and fall over.
Scanker19
11-22-2016, 20:23
Steam them in a steamer basket for 14 minutes. Chill in an ice bath. Beautiful whites, wonderful creamy non-sulfur-bomb yolks....
Wait! Wait! You forgot about getting the proper permits, justifying the "NEED" for more than one egg, and approval from the HOA !
Man, sounds like I really did it wrong last time I tried to boil eggs. No wonder they turned out horrible.
Thank you you all for the advice. Saved me a ton of watching videos on YouTube.
SideShow Bob
11-22-2016, 21:45
Make sure your eggs are as fresh as possible, or you will have a hell of a mess when you try to peel them.
Remember, when cooking, presentation is 75% of the taste. If the boiled egg whites look like they have leprosy, no one will try them no matter how good they actually taste.
osok-308
11-22-2016, 21:51
Put them in the cold water with sea salt added. Turn on the stove. Get the water to a full boil. Shut off the stove. Let them sit for ten minutes or so. Not much longer though. Run pan in cold water. Add ice cubes to the water. When good and cold peel them right away. Because you're making deviled eggs take your time peeling them so you keep the white intact. Yolks should be perfect for deviled eggs.
Yes. I forgot to say cover them with a lid while sitting.
This. If you cook them too long, the yolk gets rubbery and sulfury.
Great-Kazoo
11-22-2016, 21:53
Make sure your eggs are as fresh as possible, or you will have a hell of a mess when you try to peel them.
Remember, when cooking, presentation is 75% of the taste. If the boiled egg whites look like they have leprosy, no one will try them no matter how good they actually taste.
Older ones boil better. Fresh eggs are harder to peel than older ones.
As seen here older ones boil nicely. 68082
SideShow Bob
11-22-2016, 22:03
Older ones boil better. Fresh eggs are harder to peel than older ones.
Well give Irving a call, he may still have some "preserved" eggs left.
All I know is that I was put in charge of peeling two dozen last year, and half were so bad that they were put aside for egg salad.. Then I was blamed & had to run out and find another dozen..... Have you ever tried to find a dozen eggs on Thanksgiving morning ?
Older ones boil better. Fresh eggs are harder to peel than older ones.
This.
colorider
11-22-2016, 22:08
Older eggs, fresher eggs, it's a crapshoot on peeling them. Sometimes you win, sometimes it is an exercise in frustration. Luck of the draw. At least that's my experience with trying all the witchcraft out there to make them easier to peel.
newracer
11-22-2016, 22:57
You can buy boiled peels eggs from the store.
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You can buy boiled peels eggs from the store.
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Seriously?
This might be more in line with my culinary skills.
Seriously?
This might be more in line with my culinary skills.
Yeah, they sell them in vending machines at offices and everything.
Great-Kazoo
11-22-2016, 23:44
Seriously?
This might be more in line with my culinary skills.
Yes. Costco has them over in the deli / cheese aisle. Yet not shown on their website.
Steam them in a steamer basket for 14 minutes. Chill in an ice bath. Beautiful whites, wonderful creamy non-sulfur-bomb yolks....
This is what we do.
Never tried this, but I read once about putting eggs in muffin tins and baking them in the oven instead of boiling them. Supposed to work well, but I don't have further details atm, like temp/time/etc.
Yeah, my wife scoffed at me too......
<edit> Found it....
Preheat oven to 350F.
Put one egg in each muffin cup (the tin muffin pan things).
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Plunge baked eggs in large bowl filled with ice water until cooled completely, about 10 minutes.
If your oven runs hot, reduce temp to 325F.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/232024/hard-boiled-eggs-in-the-oven/
SouthPaw
11-23-2016, 07:29
Never tried this, but I read once about putting eggs in muffin tins and baking them in the oven instead of boiling them. Supposed to work well, but I don't have further details atm, like temp/time/etc.
Yeah, my wife scoffed at me too......
<edit> Found it....
Preheat oven to 350F.
Put one egg in each muffin cup (the tin muffin pan things).
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Plunge baked eggs in large bowl filled with ice water until cooled completely, about 10 minutes.
If your oven runs hot, reduce temp to 325F.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/232024/hard-boiled-eggs-in-the-oven/
I've always wanted to try the oven method but use the boil method. 10 minutes in boiling water and immediate ice bath.
Steam them in a steamer basket for 14 minutes. Chill in an ice bath. Beautiful whites, wonderful creamy non-sulfur-bomb yolks....
+1
This method even allows us to easily peel our fresh chicken eggs.
There is a pressure cooker method that makes peeling even easier, but steaming is more convenient.
StagLefty
11-23-2016, 08:39
Hold an old chicken over boiling water,tickle the chicken until it drops it's eggs into water,shut off heat to water,cover and let sit until the chicken stops laughing. DONE !!!
The steaming method sounds intriguing. Unfortunately, I probably have one shot to get this right. Probably just boil the eggs this time. Unless I can find them pre-boiled at the store.
Another advantage of steaming the eggs is that you don't have the eggs bumping in the boiling water and the likelihood of getting cracked eggs in the boiling water is reduced.
If you buy the pre peeled ones rinse them off before you devil them. They always taste a little "pre packaged" to me otherwise. If you can get them in bulk that sounds like it will save you a lot of time.
Well, I'm heading to the store soon to get some eggs. Think I'm going to buy the eggs and see if I can boil and peel them myself.
BladesNBarrels
11-23-2016, 09:40
Place the eggs in the microwave oven.
Turn to High 5 minutes.
Ask your guests to clean the oven.
You will never be assigned the "Deviled Egg" task again.
[ROFL2][ROFL3] [ROFL2]
Side note Safeway had 1 dozen eggs for $.99
I really need some chickens
Get extra so if you mess up you don't have to go back.
Got extras. Ruined one already. Apparently eggs are a bit fragile. Especially if you drop one.
Starting the boiling process now. Wish me luck.
How old are you and you don't know how to boil an egg?
How old are you and you don't know how to boil an egg?
Hey, I've lived a pampered life.
Always had a woman to do this kind of stuff.
Oh, and water takes forever to boil when you stand there and watch it.
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Great-Kazoo
11-23-2016, 13:35
Hey, I've lived a pampered life.
Always had a woman to do this kind of stuff.
Oh, and water takes forever to boil when you stand there and watch it.
Hence the saying
A watched pot never boils.
Hence the saying
A watched pot never boils.
Well, it did boil. Eventually.
Frankly I'm impressed by your determination. I've always assumed you were inept around appliances and utensils.
colorider
11-23-2016, 13:54
Place the eggs in the microwave oven.
Turn to High 5 minutes.
Ask your guests to clean the oven.
You will never be assigned the "Deviled Egg" task again.
[ROFL2][ROFL3] [ROFL2]
and try to find the microwave door after it blows off across the room. Done this a few times as a payback to asshats in high school.
Frankly I'm impressed by your determination. I've always assumed you were inept around appliances and utensils.
I see what you did there.
So, they are done cooking and in the ice water cooling off. How long do I need to let them cool down before I attempt to peel them?
Good luck with the peeling and I mean that sincerely. I never let mine cool off very long because I am impatient. Try one and see how it does.
Eat the broken one for extra fortitude. It's past lunch time.
I boiled mine completely wrong last time. LOL. I let them stay boiling for 10 minutes then cool them down. Oops.
Madeinhb
11-23-2016, 15:14
So, they are done cooking and in the ice water cooling off. How long do I need to let them cool down before I attempt to peel them?
Considering you posted an hour ago - should be good ;)
Typically just cool enough to handle
Holy f**k balls.
This preparing food thing is for the birds.
I literally just got done. Well, other than cleaning up my mess.
Peeling eggs was a horrible experience.
I started off with 18. Dropped one early on so I actually boiled 17. By the time I was finished I ended up with twenty nine deviled eggs. A few of them didn't survive the peeling process and a couple didn't live through the process of cutting them in half.
I made twenty of them in the traditional way and the last nine I added green chilies and topped them off with a little chili powder and a jalapeño slice.
If they ask me to do deviled eggs again I hope I get enough advanced notice that I can find a place that sells them ready to go.
Thank you all for the tips, suggestions, helpful hints, good natured ribbing, and jokes.
Hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving spent with people you love.
Ray
Well done sir. Happy Thanksgiving.
BladesNBarrels
11-23-2016, 17:55
Happy Thanksgiving.
Your humor and good spirits will make it fun.
The oven method works well..
buffalobo
11-23-2016, 20:52
It will be easier next year.
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Great-Kazoo
11-23-2016, 20:56
Holy f**k balls.
This preparing food thing is for the birds.
I literally just got done. Well, other than cleaning up my mess.
Peeling eggs was a horrible experience.
I started off with 18. Dropped one early on so I actually boiled 17. By the time I was finished I ended up with twenty nine deviled eggs. A few of them didn't survive the peeling process and a couple didn't live through the process of cutting them in half.
I made twenty of them in the traditional way and the last nine I added green chilies and topped them off with a little chili powder and a jalapeño slice.
If they ask me to do deviled eggs again I hope I get enough advanced notice that I can find a place that sells them ready to go.
Thank you all for the tips, suggestions, helpful hints, good natured ribbing, and jokes.
Hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving spent with people you love.
Ray
You and your also.
It's the wife's first time doing deviled eggs too. She had some people who are going to be at this dinner, sample for feedback. Consensus was they were bland and needed more flavor and bite to them.
So........The final topping of the eggs will be smoked paprika with a healthy dose of ghost pepper salt.
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