How To Hard Boil An Egg

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• egg (near their expiration date)
• water

Recipe

• 1 use eggs nearing their expiration date.
• 2 remove desired number of eggs from the refrigerator and let them sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.
• 3 place eggs in a small sauce pan and add just enough water to completely cover eggs. (note: the smaller the pan; the less room the eggs have to jump around and crack into each other).
• 4 bring the water to a rolling boil. covering the pan will lead to a quicker boil and is recommended.
• 5 immediately reduce heat to simmer and remove the cover from the pan.
• 6 let the eggs sit in the simmering water for 12 minutes. (11 minutes for medium eggs; 13 minutes extra-large eggs).
• 7 carefully remove the pan from the stove top and place beneath the kitchen faucet. run cool water into the pan for a minute until the water is cool to the touch. give each egg a little whack to the side of the pan, so each egg has one or two cracks. some will tell you that this lets pent-up sulphur escape. more practically, this allows a little steam to build between the cooked egg and its shell to make peeling easier. let the eggs sit in the cool water for 2 to 5 minutes.
• 8 to peel the mr breakfast way: place hard-boiled egg on a hard surface such as a cutting board. roll the egg back and forth - applying a very slight amount of pressure. remove the cracked shell beneath a faucet of cool running water.
• 9 if peeling multiple eggs, place peeled eggs in a bowl of cold water while you work the others. refrigerating peeled eggs is not recommended. hard-boiled eggs - still in their shell - can be stored in a refrigerator for 5 days.