Folks have turned to this reliable recipe again and again for over a decade.
Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Wanda Abraham / Sally Vargas
Boiling eggs should be easy right?
Only two ingredients are required and one of them is water.
Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Wanda Abraham / Sally Vargas
Boil the eggs in water, cool them down, and peel.
It isn’t rocket science, and yet…
The mind-boggling number of clicks on Simply Recipes’hard boiled egg recipesuggests otherwise.
Coco Morante
Boiling eggs is harder than it sounds and our readers want the guidance.
(Its actually the second most popular recipe on Simply Recipes afterbanana bread.)
So why are so many people returning to these particular instructions for hard boiled eggs again and again?
The yolks can easily go from runny to perfectly yellow to green and overcooked within minutes.
Hard boiled eggs are also difficult to peel.
As soon as the water boils, you turn off the heat and add a lid.
In 10 to 12 minutes, you drain the pot and spin up the eggs under cool water.
Or, you slide the eggs into a large bowl of ice water.
Once the eggs have fully cooled, theyre easy to peel.
Its difficult to overcook the eggs using this method.
Did you know, for example, that older eggs are easier to peel than new eggs?
(Try steaming them!)
Another reader even offered a smart hack for peeling eggs thats as fun and satisfying as it is useful.
Shake the jar for about 10 seconds.
When you remove the egg, the shell practically peels itself.
Ive tried this a few times and its delightful!
I love this recipe because it works, yes.
