1. Preparation to cook or hard boil an egg.
In order to have a successful cooking you need to prepare a certain time that you're not busy and can concentrate only on the cooking. Egg in particular among other foods has a limitation that should not be crossed in order to avoid bad test, half done or over done. Care should be taken in order to avoid that gray-green tinge when everything is ready. So we are going to look at the quick recipe on how to hard boil an egg and make them deliciously edible.
2. Egg Cooking Time.
A normal sized egg needs 25 minutes of heat to get cooked well. If you cannot just estimate 25 minutes as a cooker, you can keep an alarm clock very close to you. Anything higher or lower than 25 minutes (giving a range of 2 minutes) would not make a delicious egg.
3. Get a clean pot of a minimum size.
Pour some amount of cooking salt and add small content of water. This is to prevent lose of protein when the egg has cracks. You might place folded cheese clothes to prevent cracking, but make sure you do this on a less hot stove.
4. Placing The Eggs.
Do not place more than four steps of egg inside same pot to avoid the slight differences in cooking rate, as heating rate varies due to height. In order to hard boil an egg successfully, place them on the put carefully. Never haste, for you might spoil the whole thing.
5. Considerable Quantity of Water.
Usually, to have a great hard boiled egg you should pour the water an inch above the upper egg. This is why it is very important to hard boil egg inside a balanced pot to make things more easier and proper.
6. Close the Pot and Wait.
Find a lid with a small hole in order to avoid cracks in eggs. While this methods works in case of overtime cooking, it is also very fine to have a clear mind that your egg will not crack by any means.
7. How to know a cooked - hard boiled egg.
In order to hard boil an egg at a timely basis, you need to understand the exact "done" sign. A hard boiled egg is weightier than soft boiled egg. So in this case you can compare the weight by rolling or spinning the egg on a hard object. If it spins and stop, you have an hard boiled egg, but if it run its way to other direction, the egg might be soft boiled or half done.
8. Cooling hard boiled eggs fast. immediately after boiling.
If you're in a hurry, instant cooling would be of a great advantage after the boiling is over. Egg reacts to temperature just like a glass, so on pouring water on the egg, they would crack enough to make the peeling more easy. Consider using this kind of cooling technique on hard boiled eggs that need to be eaten at the spot. Other method of cooling include, placing the egg on a deep freezer, sorting eggs on a tray and placing it under a fan. Whatever method cooling you choose to apply, do not leave the eggs inside water to avoid liquide penetration to reduce the protein content of the egg.
9. Peeling off hard boiled eggs.
Once you've followed 25 minutes time interval with a normal heat while hard boiling your egg, you will find out that peeling off the hard part would not be a problem. But in case it stays out, peel them under cool running water. While you're peeling off the shell be sure to also grab the soft skin-like white membrane also in order to leave the white stalk fresh. Another alternative is, before you start peeling, crack the egg and roll it back and fro inside your hand applying some little pressure in order to make the white membrane lose, therefore leaving the fresh egg on its own.
Refrigerated eggs are more prone to cracking on the boiling process. Especially those that spend more than 5 days. So the quick trick on how to hard boil an egg and avoid greenish colour or cracking is letting the cool raw egg to maintain a room temperature before you can start the hard boiling process. Now you have a complete hard boiled egg.
