Here’s an easy hard boiled eggs recipe to make the perfect hard boiled eggs that are super easy to peel! For years I tried every method known to man. Then I found out the secret!
How To Make The Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs That You Can Actually Peel
If you’re planning to hard boil eggs for Easter this year, be sure to buy them early! For years, I tried every method under the sun to get perfectly peelable hard boiled eggs—and nothing worked. Then I learned the secret.
The kids and I lived in the country for a while with our own chickens (That was a hoot. We were all afraid to touch them!) But we managed to gather eggs from under the hens, and of course, one of the first things I tried was hard boiling them.
What a disaster! I could not get those shells off to save my life.
After weeks of fighting with egg shells, I mentioned it to an older woman, and she told me, “The fresher the egg is, the harder it is to peel.” Sure enough, she was right.
Since then, I’ve tested it again and again—boiling both fresh eggs and slightly older ones. Every single time, the older eggs peel easily while the fresh ones end up a crumbly mess, no matter what trick I try: cold start, hot start, ice bath, vinegar—you name it.
So make your life easier on Easter morning and buy your eggs now!
Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe
Ingredients
eggs
water
Instructions
- Place eggs in a saucepan; cover at least one inch over eggs with water. Bring to a boil.
- Turn down the heat to a medium boil; Boil for 7 minutes.
- Place in a bowl with ice water to cool quickly and help them peel easier.
Notes
- Hard boiled eggs peel easier if you start with eggs that are 5-7 days old.
From: Terri
Hello! Love your site. I have a tip for making hard boiled eggs. After your eggs have come to a boil, wait five minutes. Then turn the burner off and put a lid on it. In 20 minutes, you will have perfectly boiled eggs. Works every time!
The BEST EVER Deviled Eggs Recipe!
Ingredients
6 hard boiled eggs
1 tsp. vinegar (optional)
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. prepared mustard
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. bacon grease (optional)
Paprika
Parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Shell the hard boiled eggs.
- Cut each one in half.
- Remove yolks and mash.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Mix until smooth.
- Heap into egg white halves.
- Sprinkle with paprika or chopped parsley.
For Garlic Deviled Eggs:
Notes
You can sprinkle bits of bacon on top along with the parsley for extra color if you like!
This easy egg salad recipe is another tasty recipe to help use up all those colored hard boiled eggs after Easter. You can make up a big batch and have it for several lunches. You can add lettuce leaves or celery for extra crunch. This recipe can be found in our Dining On a Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.
Easy Egg Salad Recipe
- Yield: 4 sandwiches
Ingredients
6 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 tsp. mustard (optional)
1 small stalk celery, chopped (optional)
1 small onion, chopped, or 1 tsp. onion powder (optional)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Chill. This recipe is best if chilled for 1-2 hours.
This egg salad recipe makes enough for 4 egg salad sandwiches.
This golden morning sunshine recipe is a great recipe that you can use to make Easter morning or a few days after Easter. It’s a great way to use up all those colored eggs and have a tasty breakfast or dinner.
Golden Morning Sunshine Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups white sauce
4 eggs, hard boiled and chopped
Instructions
- Make the white sauce.
- Once the white sauce has thickened, add eggs.
- Serve on toast.
(You can use more or less white sauce and eggs to taste.)
This homemade white sauce recipe is super easy to make and is useful for enhancing all kinds of meals. It is easily adaptable for various recipes. White sauce and white gravy are essentially the same thing, so you can use it for biscuits and gravy or as a sauce for many main dish and breakfast recipes.
Easy White Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
dash salt
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
Instructions
- In a covered jar, combine the milk, flour and salt. Shake well until fully dissolved.
- Melt the butter in a 1-quart saucepan over low heat
- Stir in the flour-milk mixture.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and starts to bubble. Continue stirring until smooth and fully thickened.
This recipe makes 1 cup (equivalent to 1 can of cream soup) and can easily be doubled or tripled as needed.
Notes
This is the same white sauce recipe that Grandma used when she made biscuits and sausage gravy or classic hamburger gravy on toast.
You can find this recipe in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.
White Sauce Variations:
Chicken Sauce
- Omit the salt.
- Substitute cold chicken stock in place of the milk.
Cheese Sauce
- Add ½ cup of processed cheese cubes (Velveeta) or shredded Cheddar cheese to the white sauce.
- Heat over low heat, stirring until all the cheese is melted.
This hard boiled egg chicken supreme recipe makes a hearty casserole that is a great way to use leftover chicken or hard boiled eggs. It’s a nice variation that will please your family or guests!
Easy Chicken Supreme Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups chicken, cooked and diced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 cup rice, cooked
1 (4 oz.) can mushrooms
1 cup celery, diced
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. onion, chopped
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1 cup white sauce
1 cup Ritz crackers or corn flakes, crumbled
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Mix everything but the cracker crumbs and butter.
- Pour into a 2 quart greased baking dish.
- Mix cracker crumbs and butter and sprinkle on top of casserole.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until heated through and bubbly.
More Tips for using Leftover Hard Boiled Eggs
You can use chopped up leftover hard boiled eggs and use them in so many ways:
- Sprinkle chopped hard boiled eggs on salads (especially good on spinach salads).
- Spread them on top of cream soups (like potato soup).
- Use leftover hard boiled eggs in tuna salad, chicken salad or ham salad.
- You can add almost anything to meatloaf too and that includes hard boiled eggs.
- Leftover hard boiled eggs also make great breakfast burritos. I know we usually use scrambled eggs but once the eggs are mixed with everything else, no will know or care that the eggs are not scrambled.
- Don’t freeze leftover hard boiled eggs. They can become very rubbery and taste nasty.
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