Easy to Peel Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs

This is the cooking method you need to try for easy to peel perfect hard boiled eggs. So simple to cook and even new eggs peel with ease!

Hard-boiled egg perfection! No more struggling to peel and losing half your egg in the process. Once you cook hard boiled eggs this way, you’ll be hooked!

Hard-boiled eggs are a staple at our house. My kids could eat them every day and the whole family love them as a quick breakfast, part of a healthy lunch, or even a high-protein snack.

The worst part about hard-boiled eggs is definitely peeling them. I recently found the best way to cook easy peel hard boiled eggs! I’ve cooked our eggs this way the past 3 or 4 times and they’ve turned out great! Easy peel hard boiled eggs every time!

Hard Boiled Eggs

If your family is like mine, eggs don’t last long. This easy way of hard-boiling leaves you with easy-to-peel perfect hard boiled eggs every time! Even if you’re like us and eggs don’t last long enough in your household to hard-boil older eggs – new eggs peel without a problem!

We often buy eggs 4 dozen at a time during our weekly grocery trips. We also LOVE hard-boiled eggs and typically hard boil about a dozen and a half. I’ve struggled with peeling those eggs so much in the past! Since our eggs are almost always less than a week old, I never end up with eggs old enough for hard-boiling.

Until now! Easy peel, perfect hard boiled eggs that cook perfectly and easily.

A few months ago I came across a tip that has been a life-saver! The trick to easy-to-peel hard boiled eggs. A total game-changer in our house! I no longer have to try to peel all the eggs while they’re warm and curse over how many end up missing chunks of good egg.

Easy Peel Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs are easier than you think!

The trick to getting your hard-boiled eggs perfectly cooked and easy-to-peel is probably not that much different than your normal method. The key is just to steam the eggs instead of boiling! If you have a small steamer basket, you’re all set!

I used to only have this metal basket, but I found an even better silicone steamer basket that I love! It’s flexible so it conforms to any pan, it has handles that connect in the center for easy lifting and I can fit more eggs in the pan.

Instead of filling a pot with eggs and covering with water, all you have to do is fill the bottom of the pot with water, add a steamer basket and then your eggs, cover and let them steam!

Place the eggs on the heat and as soon as the steam starts to fill the pot, set a timer for 13 minutes. Once the timer goes off, remove the eggs from the heat and transfer into an ice water bath to stop the cooking.

I’ve been so amazed with how well these eggs have turned out! Perfect for the day-to-day or your Easter Eggs!

Peeling the Easy to Peel Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

Until I got a comment on this pin about not having any peeling instructions, it never even occurred to me to include them!

The cooking process is the superstar here! No matter how you do it, this process will leave you with easy to peel and perfect hard boiled eggs.

That being said, I do have some tips for peeling hard boiled eggs.

Hard Boiled Egg Peeling Tips

First, crack at the air pocket. Almost all eggs will form an air pocket at the widest end. That is where you want to give it the first tap.

Next, peel off the bottom. It will peel easily where the air pocket is. I get rid of all of that peel as well as the little bit of “skin” you will find right next to the hard boiled egg. It really doesn’t matter if you get rid of that or not, but I find peeling a little smoother without.

Then, use your thumb instead of your fingertips. With the pad of your thumb against a smooth portion of the hard boiled egg, use the entire side to push against the peel. Using a wider area like this takes off more peel at a time.

Tips for difficult to peel hard boiled eggs

I’m telling you, with this steaming method, this won’t be a problem! But what happens when you get distracted and you forget how long the eggs were on the stove? Or, you end up boiling them instead of letting the steam do all the work? Or, someone else made the eggs without knowing about this awesome trick?

I have three tips for peeling hard boiled eggs that are not cooperating.

First, peel while the eggs are still warm. If the problem may be that you got distracted and forgot to turn off the burner or are not sure how long the eggs were in the pan, you have the chance to peel them while they’re still warm. I have much more luck when I do this. Then, place all your unpeeled eggs in an airtight container in the fridge.

Second, use water. For difficult eggs, I find it easier to peel them under a running stream of water or submerged under water. It just seems to help loosen up that shell.

Third, find the smooth portions. Remember how I mentioned that skin or membrane around the egg? That is often the culprit. I find if I can find the smooth spots against the egg, I have better luck getting the peel started.

There are so many ways – what are your favorite tricks to cooking the perfect hard-boiled egg?

Besides hard-boiled, what is your favorite way to prepare your eggs?

 

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• Ham and Asparagus Egg White Cups
• Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches
• Garlicky Shrimp and Eggs
• Egg Breakfast Muffins

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