Hard-Boiled Eggs Recipe

Eggs are a nutrition powerhouse and can be considered to be a superfood. The best thing about eggs is that they can be cooked in a number of ways. Whether poached, scrambled, boiled, cooked in a sauce or made into an omelet, eggs are great to eat. Many people love to eat boiled eggs and there are many variations of the boiled eggs as well. Boiled eggs are basically of two types. Hard-boiled eggs and soft-boiled eggs. Soft boiled eggs have a runny yolk with a set white. Hard-boiled eggs on the other hand as the name suggests are completely cooked through with firm whites and center. Many people overcook eggs, which ruins their taste as well as texture.

How to Cook Hard-Boiled Eggs

For cooking hard-boiled eggs that taste delicious, you should start with organic chicken eggs. Organic chicken eggs are the best choice since they contain the most amount of nutrition and are also taste better. Organic brown chicken eggs can be found in most supermarkets or your local farmer markets. The next step is to choose eggs that do not have any visible cracks or marks on them. This is because if there are any cracks on the eggs, the fluid from inside the eggs will ooze out and it will definitely not look pretty. More than that, water will get inside the egg which will ruin the taste of your hard-boiled egg. Always use eggs that are at least 3 to 5 days old. Older eggs are easier to peel than fresh eggs after it has been boiled.

Once you have chosen the eggs that you are going to make, the next step in hard-boiled egg recipe is to find the proper vessel for doing it. Getting the right sized vessel or container for boiling eggs is very important because if you put too many eggs together in a small container, the eggs will not cook evenly. On the other hand, if you place just one or two eggs in a very big pan, the eggs will bump on the sides of the pan and crack. So get a mid-sized container if you are boiling half a dozen eggs and a small pan if you are boiling just one or two eggs. Gently place the egg(s) in a single layer on the bottom of the pan. Fill the pan with cold water and make sure that the eggs are submerged until there is about one inch of water above the top of the eggs.

Once you have filled the pan with water, bring it to a boil. When the water in the pan comes to a rapid boil, switch off the flame and cover the pan with a lid. Allow the eggs to remain covered for around 17 to 20 minutes depending upon the size of the eggs. After this amount of time has elapsed, drain water from the pan, and place eggs in a bowl. Now pour ice-cold water on the eggs and start peeling them when they are cool enough to touch. You will find that it is so much easier peeling hard-boiled eggs when it has been submerged in cold water. Eat them with a bit of salt and pepper or make them into deviled eggs. Either way, they will be great. Follow this recipe and you would be delighted with the results.

Other things that you should remember while following this recipe is that you should never put salt in the water while boiling the eggs as this retards the cooking process. Also make sure that before cooking the eggs, you bring them to the room temperature if they had been inside the refrigerator. Shelf life of hard-boiled eggs is about one week if they are left unpeeled in the refrigerator. If they are peeled than, they have to be consumed in a couple of hours. Hard-boiled egg calories is around 211 which is considerably less than fried eggs. Hard-boiled egg nutrition value is 17 g protein, 2 g carbohydrates and 4 g saturated fat.

Who would have thought that you need to follow so many meticulous details for preparing hard-boiled eggs. But to turn out the most delectable and delicious hard-boiled eggs, you simply have to follow these steps.