A professional pastry chef's easy recipe for the perfect hard boiled egg! You'll never need to look up how long to boil eggs again with this easy hard boiled egg recipe. Learn the trick to hard boiled eggs peeling easily every single time!
2tbspDistilled white vinegarapproximately 2 Tablespoons for each quart of water
Ice
Instructions
Put the eggs in a pot, create a single layer on the bottom
Fill the pot up with cold water just until it covers the eggs
Pour in around 2 tablespoons of distilled white vinegar (this will make the eggs easy to peel, won't make the eggs taste like vinegar)
Bring water to a boil on high heat
As soon as you have a consistent boil, set a timer for 10 minutes (no more!)
Gather some ice in a big bowl (no need to add water yet)
Use a slotted spoon to gentle take the eggs out of the pot, and put them in the bowl of ice. You want the eggs to be encapsulated in the ice water so they cool down quickly.
Let them cool (about 15 minutes), and peel! Or peel them warm! They are actually easier to peel.
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Notes
For the ratio of vinegar:water do 1 quart (4 cups) : 2 Tablespoons. Extra Large eggs take 11 minutes