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August 29, 2020

How To Boil Eggs So They Peel Easily | NO ICE BATH

 

how to boil eggs so they peel easily
Oh we tried them ALL out.

How To Boil Eggs So They Peel Easily WITHOUT An Ice Bath

They say that if you want a job done efficiently, find someone lazy to do the job. Ladies and gentlemen, I have arrived. I can’t believe that it took me nearly 29 years to figure out how to boil eggs so they peel easily, but I’ve finally figured it out. I’ve searched the internet for how to boil eggs so they peel easily in the past, but unfortunately, nothing I read worked. Either that, or it involved preparing an ice bath. In our 95% ice-free home (no, the water line still isn’t hooked up to the ice maker), that’s a no-go.

I can’t say I’ve tried the egg boiling method with an ice bath, but upon reading some articles using this method, comments revealed that success is mixed, anyway. Some people had success with this hard-boiled egg method, while others still found the shell-peeling process extremely frustrating. Even after putting all that work into an ice bath. Can you imagine?? (I do realize that for many of you, creating an ice bath isn’t nearly as frustrating for you as it is for me.)

The Secret To Easy-Peel Boiled Eggs Is ROOM TEMPERATURE

At the risk of sounding click-baity, I’ll get straight to the point. In my experience, figuring out how to boil eggs so they peel easily means utilizing room temperature eggs. We made a YouTube video putting this theory to the test. I’ve found that when I boil cold eggs straight out of the refrigerator, I often get crumbly-peel shells. However, if I boil room temperature eggs, the shells slide right off with minimal effort.

hard boiled eggs with easy peel shells

Here’s My Technique For How To Boil Eggs So They Peel Easily

  1. Put a pot of water on to boil. Make sure there’s enough to cover all eggs.
  2. Collect room temperature eggs. (More on why we always have room temperature eggs available below.)
  3. Once water comes to a rolling boil, gently add room temperature eggs.
  4. For hard boiled eggs, I boil for 10-12 minutes.
  5. Dump out hot water, and run cold water over eggs to stop the cooking process.
  6. Once cool, peel the shells, and enjoy!

Does Age Of The Egg Matter?

Somewhere along the way, I heard that older eggs peel more easily, while fresher eggs are more difficult to peel. In my experience, this is not necessarily true, although it does seem to have some factor. I do find that hard-boiled eggs are more difficult to peel if they were just collected that day, but otherwise, eggs older than a day or two haven’t performed very differently in my experience.

Why We Don’t Refrigerate Most Of Our Eggs

Look, I’m not a food safety expert. But it’s common knowledge in the backyard chicken world that unwashed eggs don’t need to be refrigerated. This is because the process of washing removes a protective layer that prevents the egg from spoiling for a long time. Therefore, we keep most of our eggs unwashed, out at room temperature, all the time. This is how I learned that room temperature eggs peel more easily than refrigerated eggs, much of the time.

easy peel hard boiled eggs trick
Now THAT’s what I’m talking about!

Is This Method Failsafe?

In case you haven’t already seen our YouTube video where we test out different methods for boiling eggs, this method doesn’t work for me 100% of the time. I’d say it works for us about 90% of the time. I have no idea what guarantees an easy-peel egg for sure, but this is the closest method we’ve found without using an ice bath every time. For higher accuracy, we use older eggs. Simple as that.

What methods do you use for how to boil eggs so they peel easily? Is there such thing as a 100% failsafe method?

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