Peeling a hard boiled egg.

We’ve been doing them for 28 minutes in the oven but I’ll have to try the air fryer. Googling, it looks like it’s only 15 minutes in the air fryer.

sheez, ididnt realize it was that tough of a job to peel a HB egg!!!

Matt Moen wrote:

Go to Costco…they peel em for ya!

For long road trips, they are the best. Spendy, yes, but oh so convenient.

gary d wrote:

I have been doing my eggs in a instant pot. I think its not any faster but fresh eggs or old eggs peel very easily. Works for me. Chain saw thats funny!!!

My daughter just prepared 2 dozen farm fresh eggs in her instapot for deviled eggs for Christmas. She says it’s the only way to go. I forget how long, but she took them out, cracked them on both ends, and then a cold water bath. She said they peeled like a dream. She has chickens, and the eggs were fresh.

3 steps to try that has worked for me.

(1)-Boil the eggs
(2)-Shock in cold water until cooled down.
(3)-Crack and peel eggs under submerged water.

Here is the way we do em from the Iowa Egg Council.
Ice bath for 10 minutes and roll in between your hands after cracking them all over under running water.

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Coletrain27 wrote:

I’ve done them on my pellet grill so I suppose a air fryer would work pretty good too

Do they get a smoke flavor to them? How long and at what temp?

I throw them in a muffin pan and bake them in the oven. Works great, but not quite 100% on easy peeling. Close though

Ive found that older eggs are better. And no matter how you cook them, as soon as they are done put them in a bowl of very cold ice water and leave them there. The peel all immediately. The is the only way I have ever been able to peel an egg without destroying them.

I am also interested in how to hard boil an egg in an airfryer. Is this a real thing? Really, is this a real thing?

Rodwork wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Coletrain27 wrote:</div>
I’ve done them on my pellet grill so I suppose a air fryer would work pretty good too

Do they get a smoke flavor to them? How long and at what temp?

The smoke flavor was noticeable but not over powering. Honestly I cant remember what temp and for how long. I’ve only done them a few times and it’s been quite a while

robby wrote:

I am also interested in how to hard boil an egg in an airfryer. Is this a real thing? Really, is this a real thing?

Yeah, but it’s no longer hard boiled, it’s hard cooked. The egg though tastes and feels the same.

You’re all overthinking this.

How to Hard Boil an Egg:

1. Boil water in a pot that has a matching lid to a roaring boil. Careful not to over boil.

2. Add eggs. Age doesn’t matter but too cold of an egg and the shell will crack from the shock of the hot boiling water.

3. TURN OFF BURNER AND PLACE LID ON POT. Don’t remove the lid.

4. Set timer. 13 minutes for hard boiled. 8 minutes for soft boiled.

5. When the timer goes off. Remove eggs to a colander. Use tongs or a big spoon.

6. Rinse eggs in cold water until “cool” enough to handle without burning yourself. Eggs will still be mostly hot underneath the cooler shell.

How to Peel:

1. Take the “cooled” egg and smack it against the counter along its side hard enough to break the shell but soft enough to not smash it. Just pretend like your cracking a raw egg.

2. Using your palm, apply slight pressure and ROLL the egg against the countertop until the entirety of the shell is fractured. Too much pressure and you’ll tear the cooked egg white.

3. Commence peeling. The membrane that is attached to the shell holds the fragmented shell together like the sheet of film on a windshield keeping it from shattering.

4. Rinse peeled eggs in cold water and set aside for whatever you’re doing.

5. Don’t put hot eggs in the fridge.

Ryan nearly the exact same as my post.

We cook lots of these-
Vegetable steamer for 25 min. Nice thing about the steamer is you can set the timer and walk away, it just shuts off.
Cool, crack, roll 360 and peel-fast & even looks cool.
That steamer is great for rice, lentils, grains, vegies-we use ours a lot. Not a rice cooker, a vegetable steamer, very convenient.

After years of trying everything people listed here, this method is literally the best for me. I wasn’t even hoping they would be easier to peel but it was a nice surprise. This works on the freshest of eggs too.

Hard not-boiled eggs

Coletrain27 wrote:

The smoke flavor was noticeable but not over powering. Honestly I cant remember what temp and for how long. I’ve only done them a few times and it’s been quite a while

My neighbor dipped them in maple syrup or something and smoked them on his pitboss. They were disgusting. He was sure proud of them though. It wasnt the smoke flavor it was the maple syrup flavor that was gross. Id like to try a plain smoked egg however.

I always steam them in a basket over a stock pot or metal colander inside a lidded pot it will fit into. As others have said put them right into an ice bath but I also shake them around to crack the shells while they soak. This lets water get in between the inner membrane and the egg white. I still have a trouble maker here and there with Costco eggs. They seem to have very thin shells in addition to possibly being fresher. Just tapping them on the counter to fry some up can cause it to crack open.

kinda fussy Matt-imo

Found this on one of the internets:

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/we-tried-7-ways-to-hard-boil-eggs-and-found-a-clear-winner?utm_source=pocket-newtab

How to make and peel a hard boiled egg.

FW boil me some eggs and peel them. Let me know when your done.

You guys way over think things.