Hard-Boiled Eggs

Scavenger hunts, egg salad, practical jokes … what do they all have in common? Hard-boiled eggs! But, boiling an egg takes more than just water and heat, it takes finesse and science.

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Hard-Boiled Eggs

Course Breakfast, lunch, Side Dish

Cuisine Multicultural

Keyword eggs, hard-boiled

Resting 17 minutes

Author The Hungry Physicist (hungryphysicist.com)

Ingredients

• Eggs
• Water
• Bowl of Ice Water

Instructions

• Place eggs in a pot, in a single layer.
• Cover eggs with cold water up to one inch above the eggs, and then cover the pot with a lid.
• Move pot to the stove, cooking on High until the water boils.
• Boil for one minute and remove from heat, keeping the pot covered for 12 minutes.
• Immediately remove the eggs and place them into a bowl of ice water for 5 minutes.
• Using one bowl for shells and one for eggs, crack the eggshells and remove.

Notes

Source: Personal experience, and some pointers from His Majesty, Alton Brown.

Some Hungry Physicists may have experienced a green or gray ring forming around the yolks of their eggs.  This discoloration results from overcooking the eggs; sulfur from the egg whites bonds with iron from the yolks to form gray ferrous sulfide.  Steps 4 and 6 prevent this unsightly occurrence.

Store these eggs in their shells, in the refrigerator, for up to a week.  In fact … if you have a roommate, such as a Hungry Humanitarian, have some fun by replacing the raw eggs in their carton with your hard-boiled ones!