I agree with the rest on cooking 12-15 minutes and than right into cold water, plus I add ice to that water. Shells slip right off. I also keep a carton of eggs in the back of the fridge for those deviled eggs which everyone in my family loves!!

"I wouldn't want to eat an egg that someone else peeled this way and breathed all over it. If it really works."



I have to try it just to see if it does ;-)

I never have any trouble peeling any eggs, no matter how fresh.

a. Boil them until they're hard, or until they're the way you like them.

b. Take the pan directly from the stove to the sink and immediately and continuously run cold water over them until they're cold, ~ 10 minutes.

c. Peel comes off easily, usually in one piece.

No more complicated than that

I learned to peel hardboiled eggs from Martha Stewart years ago and it still works great for me.
1. The older the eggs the better
2. Put room temp eggs in cold water, bring to boil and boil 12-15 min.only. Longer boiling is NOT necessary.
3. While the eggs are boiling, put ice cubes in a bowl large enough to hold all the eggs, Add water to make ice water.
4. When the eggs are done, dunk immediately into ice water and let them stay until they are cool
IT WORKS! I praise Martha every time I peel eggs now.

I used to get so mad peeling eggs....just add about half a cup of salt while they are boiling and no problem peeling them. Make sure you use enough salt...you don't even taste any of the salt. I crack them all good first.

I am over 60 years old and it took me all of this time to learn how to make a perfect boiled egg and peel with ease on an internet site a few years ago. First, to boil them {andit doesn't matter if it is 2 eggs or 10, cover eggs with water and add NOTHING {no salt, vinegar or anything}. Bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes. Then take eggs off the heat and keep the pan covered and set your timer for 8 minutes and then they are done! Perfect eggs with no black {rim around the yolk}! So to peel them, hit the egg shell {with a knife or on a sharp surface} around the middle of the egg all the way around. Then the egg shell should come off fairly easy for you! :D

thanks, everyone, for all your help. I do put them in cold water from the stove. I think my problem is I use fresh eggs. But I will try all your other hints.

boil in cold water and soon as you take off rinse in cold water...

I just peeled a dozen eggs yesterday, I hate that job too.

I buy my fresh eggs from a lady at work. I was doing the devil eggs for today so bought my eggs two weeks ago, so they wouldn't be so fresh. I boiled them and ran them under cold water. I decided to peel them last night so I could make the eggs after church today. They didn't peel easy, and took 45 minutes to peel 18 eggs.