How to Boil the Perfect Hard Boiled Egg
Makes:
As many as you need. Just add more eggs.
Total Time:
11 min
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Category:
Breakfast/Brunch
Sub Category: Other
make it
Place eggs in the saucepan, it does not matter if it is 2 or 12 eggs, this way works. Just cover them with cold water, not too deep. Do NOT salt the water.
Place on burner on HIGH heat. Once they start to boil turn on the timer to 3 minutes. When the timer goes off, quickly take off the heat, put on the lid and reset the timer to 8 minutes.
When 8 minutes are up, take to sink and run cold water over them for about a minute, let them soak a bit to cool off. They will peel best if you set them in the refrigerator for about 1/2 to 1 hour, but you can eat them now.
Notes
I've also heard you can put ice cubes in the water and this cools them down faster.
