I have just come across this tip, well actually I had heard of this trick for quite a while but never really thought much of it. That is till I finally got sick of having peeled eggs that look like they had come back from playing with a wood chipper… chunks missing, bits of shell that refuse to separate from the body, just mangled messes of boiled eggs.
So what’s the magic trick to getting a perfectly peeled hard boiled egg? Baking soda… it’s life changing!
For me I always keep my eggs in the fridge and generally don’t think of taking them out to warm up till I actually need them, so this ‘recipe’ is for eggs straight from the fridge into boiling water – I like to live life on the edge! I can’t recall any egg casualties from doing it this way.
Ingredients
eggs, pierced
boiling water
1 heaped tsp baking soda
Method
Cooking time 10 minutes
Bring a saucepan of water to a boil then add the baking soda. make sure there is enough water to completely cover the eggs.
Carefully add the eggs to the water and set a kitchen timer to 10 mins.
Remove the eggs immediately once cooked and place in a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process.
Now the amazing part, peel the eggs… simple, clean and easy.
- 4 eggs, pierced
- boiling water
- 1 heaped tsp baking soda
- Bring a saucepan of water to a boil then add the baking soda. make sure there is enough water to completely cover the eggs.
- Carefully add the eggs to the water and set a kitchen timer to 10 mins.
- Remove the eggs immediately once cooked and place in a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Now the amazing part, peel the eggs… simple, clean and easy
What is meant by eggs that are “pierced”?
Hi Jim, By pierced I mean using a pin to place a small hole at the top of the egg. This stops the cold egg from cracking once it hits the boiling water. If you don’t have a pin on hand, then, using a slotted spoon let the eggs warm up for a few seconds at the top of the water before gently placing them on the bottom of the saucepan… Blondie 🙂
the cold eggs cracked in the hot boiling water. bummer