How to Make Hard-Boiled Eggs
One of the first steps to mastering egg cookery is learning how to hard boil an egg. The tips below should help.
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- Place eggs in a single layer in a saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover the eggs by 1 inch.
Cover eggs with cold
water in saucepan. - Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Turn off the heat. Let stand 15 minutes.
- Immediately run cold water over the eggs or place them in ice water until cooled.
- Peel eggs by tapping all around the shell with a table knife to form a network of cracks. Peel shell away under cold running water.
Peel shell away under
cold running water.
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