This is definitly a stupid question… but when you hard boil eggs, how long do you boil them for?
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
This is definitly a stupid question… but when you hard boil eggs, how long do you boil them for?[/quote]
depending on things like the quality of your pans, how much water, how many eggs, how cold the eggs are etc. it takes as long or as little as it takes to cook the yoke through without creating that grey/green ring of sulpher that forms and gives the eggy smell.
i boil eggs for 11 minutes.
[quote]swivel wrote:
rrjc5488 wrote:
This is definitly a stupid question… but when you hard boil eggs, how long do you boil them for?
depending on things like the quality of your pans, how much water, how many eggs, how cold the eggs are etc. it takes as long or as little as it takes to cook the yoke through without creating that grey/green ring of sulpher that forms and gives the eggy smell.
i boil eggs for 11 minutes. [/quote]
So, you let the water come to a complete boil… then put them in [11 minutes late] you take them out?
Sorry for being so stupid.
I put my eggs in a pot of water and bring them to a boil. As soon as they are boiling, remove them from the heat, cover them and let them sit for 11 minutes. After 11 min., drain the pot and cool the eggs with cold water. Perfect yolks with no green spots.
I got this method from my wife’s Martha Stewart cookbook.
I boil them for 5-6 minutes (depending on the heat of your stove burners- less time for gas, five minutes is perfect for my burners, and timing starts once the egg water reaches a boil), then quickly remove them from the heat, dump out the hot water and quickly throw in ice cubes and cold tap water. The reason for timing the five to six minutes is I feel the eggs taste much better when they are JUST cooked, and overcooking them imparts a more sulfur-like flavor and more rubbery texture. They’re more tender textured and delicate tasting when they’re juuuust done- same principle applies to cooking fish. After around a minute, they can be peeled or stored in the fridge.
My secret to peeling: Usually on one end is an air bubble, usually the wider bottom side. I hit that bubble side against the counter, and then gently administer 2 to 3 more cracks around the rest of the egg so the shells are cracked but not into tiny bits. Start by peeling the shell where the air bubble is…this releases the pressure between the egg shell, that semi transparent membrane and the boiled egg. The rest of the shell will come off very easily with the pressure gone. Also, cooling the eggs right away will keep the shells from really sticking to the egg. Then rinse any remaining bits of shell in the water bath or under a faucet.
Details, details…can you tell I’ve lived off these things quite a bit!!!
I usually eat the whites only and plain, but sometimes I make a dipping sauce out of a mixture of Louisiana Hot Sauce, Soy sauce and Lemon juice.
[quote]jhomich wrote:
I got this method from my wife’s Martha Stewart cookbook.[/quote]
Cute…hehe…
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
swivel wrote:
rrjc5488 wrote:
This is definitly a stupid question… but when you hard boil eggs, how long do you boil them for?
depending on things like the quality of your pans, how much water, how many eggs, how cold the eggs are etc. it takes as long or as little as it takes to cook the yoke through without creating that grey/green ring of sulpher that forms and gives the eggy smell.
i boil eggs for 11 minutes.
So, you let the water come to a complete boil… then put them in [11 minutes late] you take them out?
Sorry for being so stupid.
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yes that’s how i do it. i also put a pinhole in the fat end so they sink. i also try to use enough water so it doesn’t cool and stop boiling when the eggs go in.
dude it’s not stupidity that’s holding you back it’s fear. they’re just eggs. if you make a shitty batch so frickn what. eat up and try again. if you can’t get it by the third try then i’d say you’re stupid as well. but let’s wait 'til then shall we ?