The trick is to “shock” the eggs. Whenever they are done boiling, place them in cold water. Some people use an ice bath, but I’ve always seen that as overkill. What I do is run the cold tap, get my pot and drain it while keeping the eggs under the stream of cold water. It only takes a few seconds, after which you can take out the eggs and they will dry right away because the inside is still hot.
The idea is to rapidly cool the hard outer shell, which causes it to contract. This releases the inside of the shell from the egg white.
Very fresh eggs are harder to peel when they are hard boiled. Boil eggs closer to the expiration date for an easier time. Older eggs also have one end filled with air, and you can crack that end to get a good starting place to peel from.
Try not to use a bowl, but a running tap. With a bowl a small layer of warm water might form around and in between the eggs, preventing the egg from cooling down fast enough. Which is probably why people tend to use ice baths, to get that initial shock as big as possible. In my experience a running tap for 10 secs does the trick.
But sometimes eggs are just cursed, not much you can do about those.
The trick is to “shock” the eggs. Whenever they are done boiling, place them in cold water. Some people use an ice bath, but I’ve always seen that as overkill. What I do is run the cold tap, get my pot and drain it while keeping the eggs under the stream of cold water. It only takes a few seconds, after which you can take out the eggs and they will dry right away because the inside is still hot.
The idea is to rapidly cool the hard outer shell, which causes it to contract. This releases the inside of the shell from the egg white.
Yeah this shit doesnt work lmao (pls halp 😭)
Srs tho, ive done this and still have tons of problems peeling them. I don’t get it.
Very fresh eggs are harder to peel when they are hard boiled. Boil eggs closer to the expiration date for an easier time. Older eggs also have one end filled with air, and you can crack that end to get a good starting place to peel from.
Last time i did it, the eggs were legit past their best-by date lol I did the bowl of cold water method and still struggled.
Try not to use a bowl, but a running tap. With a bowl a small layer of warm water might form around and in between the eggs, preventing the egg from cooling down fast enough. Which is probably why people tend to use ice baths, to get that initial shock as big as possible. In my experience a running tap for 10 secs does the trick.
But sometimes eggs are just cursed, not much you can do about those.