Hard Boiled Eggs that Peel Easily Every Time

It has taken me years to learn how to make hard boiled eggs that peel easily every time. If you’re like I was, these hard boiled egg tips are for you!

 

I am not crazy enough to believe that I am the only one who knows how to hard boil eggs. But I do know I have struggled over the years with eggs that don’t peel easily and the egg white peels off with the shell. I now have a system for boiling eggs that works great every time.

Why You Should Prepare Boiled Eggs

1. Boiling eggs is easy. I usually boil a half dozen eggs at a time on a weekday morning when I notice we are low on boiled eggs in the refrigerator. There is very little hands-on time, so I will boil eggs while I am fixing breakfast for my family and getting ready for the day.
2. Boiled eggs make a great snack or addition to a meal. I like to dice boiled eggs to put on salads. My husband has a breakfast-style casserole that he makes using chopped boiled eggs. My kids like to eat boiled eggs as a side with lunch.
3. An egg contain about 6 grams of protein. I like to get some protein at every meal, especially in the morning, and eggs provide a quality source of protein.

How to Hard Boil Eggs

Here are my best tips for how to make hard boiled eggs that peel easily every time:

1. Put eggs in a single layer in a pan and cover with cold water. The cold water makes the eggs less likely to crack while boiling because there isn’t an extreme temperature shock.
2. Cook over high heat. Once water starts to boil, set timer for 10 minutes.
3. After 10 minutes, remove pan from heat and drain the water.
4. In the same pan, cover eggs with cold water to reduce temperature of the eggs. The water will warm up quickly from the hot pan and cooked eggs. Drain water again.
5. Cover eggs with cold water a second time. Add about a dozen ice cubes to the pan with the eggs and cold water. Let the eggs sit in the pan until all of the ice has melted.
6. Remove the cooled eggs from the pan and put in a bowl in the refrigerator.

How to Easily Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

Once the eggs are cooked, cooling them down quickly with ice water helps make them easier to peel. But even when you cook eggs this way, they still might not peel easily when you first take them out of the refrigerator.

When I know I will need boiled eggs for a meal I am working on, I will let them sit out on the counter for about 10 minutes before peeling. If I don’t plan ahead and I need to peel an egg right now (which happens often!), I will run the egg under warm water first to make it easier to peel.

How to Get More Protein at Breakfast

In my house, we tend to eat most of our protein at our evening dinner, but many nutrition experts now recommend getting 25-30 grams of protein at every meal.

Protein is a nutrient that helps us feel full longer. Think less day-time snacking!

Looking at breakfast, I did some calculating and figured out one slice of whole wheat toast with two tablespoons of peanut butter equals about 11 grams of protein. When I pair that with an 8-ounce glass of milk (8 grams protein) and a boiled egg (6 grams protein), that puts me up to 25 grams of protein with very little effort.

That is just one possible breakfast combination. You can also combine breakfast with your morning snack to get up to 25-30 grams of protein. Adding Greek yogurt or cottage cheese as a morning snack will pack a big protein punch.

Visit Milk Life for more tips and recipes to get you closer to your morning protein goal each day.

Printable Recipe for Hard Boiled Eggs

You can use boiled eggs as an easy way to meal prep for the week. Plus, I enjoyed boiled eggs when I completed a Whole30.

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