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Gallery Foolproof Hard-Cooked Eggs Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 15 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 4 large eggs

Cook’s Notes Unpeeled eggs can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Gallery Foolproof Hard-Cooked Eggs

Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 15 mins Servings: 4

Foolproof Hard-Cooked Eggs

Foolproof Hard-Cooked Eggs

Foolproof Hard-Cooked Eggs

Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 15 mins Servings: 4

Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins total: 15 mins

Servings: 4

prep: 15 mins

total: 15 mins

prep:

15 mins

total:

Servings: 4

4

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs

Directions

Place eggs in a deep saucepan; cover with cold water by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 14 minutes. Transfer to an iced water bath; let cool completely.

Cook’s Notes Unpeeled eggs can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Cook’s Notes

Unpeeled eggs can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Reviews (9)

 Add Rating & Review     130 Ratings   5 star values:        38    4 star values:        23    3 star values:        41    2 star values:        19    1 star values:        9

Reviews (9)

Add Rating & Review     130 Ratings   5 star values:        38    4 star values:        23    3 star values:        41    2 star values:        19    1 star values:        9

Add Rating & Review

130 Ratings 5 star values: 38 4 star values: 23 3 star values: 41 2 star values: 19 1 star values: 9

130 Ratings 5 star values: 38 4 star values: 23 3 star values: 41 2 star values: 19 1 star values: 9

130 Ratings 5 star values: 38 4 star values: 23 3 star values: 41 2 star values: 19 1 star values: 9

  • 5 star values: 38 4 star values: 23 3 star values: 41 2 star values: 19 1 star values: 9

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5.0 stars       02/10/2020   Fantastic and so easy to use! Also peeling was so easy the eggs were perfect!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/16/2017   As you set eggs over covered 10 minutes add a tsp of vinegar to hot water before covering makes membranes shells slip right off when peeling.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       07/06/2014   Love these Eggs, they are perfect! I have tried both ways 14-15 mins covered and resting as well as the 10 mins and then ice bath. Both are good. I prefer my yolk tender so I like the ice bath best.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       01/16/2013   Works like a charm!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/24/2012   I think 14 or 15 minutes is much too long for a "large" egg. Once at a boil, I cover and time them for 10 minutes then transfer to an ice bath. Perfect results every time. I agree with the comment that eggs cannot be hardboiled if they are "fresh" they need time in order to work properly.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/12/2012   Important Note: Farm fresh eggs do not peel well, regardless of the recipe you use. You need to let the eggs age for about a week. I couldn't figure out why my chickens' eggs wouldn't peel properly when hard cooked. It has something to do with the membrane between the shell and the white not separating. With that figured out: This recipe is great. I find that 15 minutes is slightly better than 14. I like the texture better when the eggs are cooked for 15 min, but that's a personal preference.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       08/19/2011   Perfect hard boiled eggs every time! Thanks for the instructions! No cracking or egg sticking to shells.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/19/2008   This does work, for years I had problems with eggs cracking or not peeling easily. I tried this for the first time last year and they were great!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/15/2007   That is 1/4 tsp ranch dressing, not 14  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       11/15/2007   My favorite deviled eggs: per egg, use 1T. lite mayo, 2 tsp yellow mustard, 1tsp. sweet pickle relish, 14 tsp. powdered Ranch Dressing mix, 1/8 tsp popcornsalt and sprinkle top with smoked paprika

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5.0 stars 02/10/2020

Fantastic and so easy to use! Also peeling was so easy the eggs were perfect!

Rating: 5.0 stars

Rating: Unrated 04/16/2017

As you set eggs over covered 10 minutes add a tsp of vinegar to hot water before covering makes membranes shells slip right off when peeling.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: 5 stars 07/06/2014

Love these Eggs, they are perfect! I have tried both ways 14-15 mins covered and resting as well as the 10 mins and then ice bath. Both are good. I prefer my yolk tender so I like the ice bath best.

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: Unrated 01/16/2013

Works like a charm!

Rating: Unrated 06/24/2012

I think 14 or 15 minutes is much too long for a “large” egg. Once at a boil, I cover and time them for 10 minutes then transfer to an ice bath. Perfect results every time. I agree with the comment that eggs cannot be hardboiled if they are “fresh” they need time in order to work properly.

Rating: Unrated 05/12/2012

Important Note: Farm fresh eggs do not peel well, regardless of the recipe you use. You need to let the eggs age for about a week. I couldn’t figure out why my chickens’ eggs wouldn’t peel properly when hard cooked. It has something to do with the membrane between the shell and the white not separating. With that figured out: This recipe is great. I find that 15 minutes is slightly better than 14. I like the texture better when the eggs are cooked for 15 min, but that’s a personal preference.

Rating: Unrated 08/19/2011

Perfect hard boiled eggs every time! Thanks for the instructions! No cracking or egg sticking to shells.

Rating: Unrated 02/19/2008

This does work, for years I had problems with eggs cracking or not peeling easily. I tried this for the first time last year and they were great!

Rating: Unrated 11/15/2007

That is 1/4 tsp ranch dressing, not 14

My favorite deviled eggs: per egg, use 1T. lite mayo, 2 tsp yellow mustard, 1tsp. sweet pickle relish, 14 tsp. powdered Ranch Dressing mix, 1/8 tsp popcornsalt and sprinkle top with smoked paprika

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