Recipe: Yummy Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

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Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs. They're great for deviled eggs, egg salad, or just eating plain with a sprinkle of salt. Used to be that people were scared of eating eggs because of the cholesterol in the egg yolks. Not only has research found that eggs also raise the good cholesterol that bodies need, but the latest.

My hard boiled eggs recipe is super easy and allows you to cook a variety of eggs for the entire family - all in one pot.

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Place eggs in a saucepan or pot and cover with cold water.

You can cook Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs using 2 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

1. It’s 6 of Eggs.

2. You need 1/2 tbsp of Vegetable oil.

Note: Very fresh eggs are delicious fried or scrambled, but older eggs are actually easier to peel.

Your best bet for hard-boiled eggs is to choose eggs you've had in the refrigerator for a week.

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It's all in the timing – plus a few other tricks to keep in mind.

Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs step by step

1. Fill a medium size pot with cold water approximately 2/3 full. Water level should be enough to almost cover the eggs.

2. Pour vegetable oil into water to make it easier to peel the eggs afterwards. (Adjust oil measurements according to number of eggs).

3. Cover pot and turn stove on high.

4. Bring water to a boil. Lower temp to medium high and continue to boil eggs. (Cook eggs for a TOTAL of 9-10 minutes from beginning to end of this step..

5. Turn off heat and place pot on a cool burner.

6. Let the pot sit with the cover on for 15 mins.

7. Meanwhile, fill a large bowl halfway with cold water.

8. Transfer eggs from pot to cold water. Add ice..

9. After about a minute, move them into a new bowl filled halfway with new water and new ice. Leave them there for about 10-15 mins to cool off. If not completely cooled, repeat this step as needed..

10. Chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour before peeling.

11. Crack the egg all over with the dull side of a knife and peel off the outer shell. Repeat with every egg.

12. Leftovers last about a week in the fridge.

No matter the doneness you are after, this step is the same.

One of my eggs cracked while boiling.

Every once in a while an egg cracks while boiling and may leak some of the interior white and even yolk.

The egg is technically still edible as it has been cooked, albeit a slightly different method.

Usually I simply discard these eggs.