The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg
It’s a age old debate, and there are likely as many methods as there are stars in the sky, but I recently tried this method from a great book I’ve started devouring that was recommended by a friend, Deep Run Roots by Vivian Howard. This book is as much a story as it is a cookbook and as much an inspiration as it is picture book. I am thoroughly enjoying it. Vivian also has a PBS Series called A Chef’s Life and a restaurant called Chef & the Farmer.
So I tried Vivian’s method and loved it. Complete simplicity and success. A hard boiled egg generously topped with more salt and pepper than seems reasonable and a dab of Cholula hot sauce served on a bed of sprouts drizzled with fresh lemon juice = the perfect quick breakfast!
Here’s how to make them:
The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg
Place two eggs in a 2-quart sauce pan. Cover with cool water to an inch above the eggs. Bring to a boil and cook for one minute. Remove from heat, cover, and let sit for 10 minutes. Drain the eggs, and run cold water over them until they are cool enough to handle.
If you are cooking more eggs, let sit 12 minutes.
That’s it! Simple! Success! The perfect food.
Enjoy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
I let mine sit 20 minutes before running under cold water, but basically the same idea. Although I don’t always get the same results each time! A friend told me different eggs react different ways…(K)
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I think I will have some hard boiled eggs for breakfast 🙂 Thanks for the idea!
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How did they turn out?! 🙂
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Excellent! 🙂
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Will try this as I always get it wrong!
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seems full-proof – let me know! 🙂
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I got Chef Howard’s book for Christmas! It will be interesting to compare notes.
We eat a lot of eggs in my house-and I also liked the recipe in there about putting them into the salad dressing
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How fun!!!
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I love deviled eggs but I absolutely hate having to peel hard boil eggs. Usually, I mess up the whites while I try to peel them. Any suggestions on how to peel them easily?
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I’ve heard that the fresher the eggs, the harder to peel unfortunately. I typically don’t have trouble – I guess I’m not getting very fresh eggs. LOL!
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I had heard that too but I didn’t know if there was truth to it because I don’t know if the eggs I get are fresh or not! LOL! I guess they are fresher than I realize.
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Very interesting! I didn’t know you could boil them for such a short amount of time.
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I didn’t either until this! 🙂
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Hmmm I will have to try this! It’s a lot faster than my way! Lol
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That’s what I learned too! 🙂
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Reblogged this on My Life as Mrs. A and commented:
Hmmm I must try this method of making hard boiled eggs…. seems a lot faster than mine! Lol
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Very nice!
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That’s the way I’ve been cooking my hard-boiled eggs for eons. The only thing I do different is put the cooked eggs into an ice bath immediately after cooking. Yummy!
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👍😉
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Eggs-cellent Jodi! 👍 I will give this a try! I love hard boiled eggs with hot sauce! 😍
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meeee tooooo! 🙂
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This Italian guy from Conneaut Lake has one that my son-in-law taught me. I guess you CAN teach old Italians new tricks. Put eggs in pan, bring water to a boil, as soon as it boils, time exactly nine minutes. Immediately cool and cover with ice. Buon Appetite The yolk is just perfect and errrrrr
THAT’S NO YOLK!!!!!!!
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When I was in college and constantly dieting I ate a hard boiled egg everyday for lunch for 2 years, and needless to say, I can’t even look at one now!
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lol! Did it work? 🙂
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I absolutely LOVE Cholula! In fact it’s on my list to buy more, I’m down to a scant 1/4 inch in the bottle. I wonder how much longer I should boil at high altitude? Water boils at a lower temp at high altitude.
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I’ve heard so many different methods for cooking a hard-boiled egg that I’ve wondered exactly what is the right way to do it. Thanks for this idea, I’m going to try it!
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I know right? this worked perfect for me 🙂
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Just the title alone made me laugh😊
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Why? 🙂
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I was putting together a company cookbook some years back and my contribution was a hard boiled egg. Not because I can’t cook. I just wanted to counter all the detailed recipes with boiling water..:)
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Lol! Now it makes sense. I’m laughing too!😝
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A picture is worth a thousand words – looks very good Jodi. 🙂
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🙂
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