How to Boil Hard-boiled Eggs

Hard-boiled eggs are great for breakfast. This dish cooks quite quickly, is delicious when eaten with toast, and contains a lot of protein that is retained in the body all day. You can easily boil a soft-boiled egg by boiling water and letting the egg boil with the water. Or you can start with pre-cooked boiling water to close the eggs. Once you’ve boiled the eggs to your liking, serve the poached eggs with toast, soy sauce, or with your favorite breakfast.

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Start boiling eggs with cold water

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Poke a hole in the large end of the egg. To avoid cracking the egg and make it easier to peel, you can gently prick the top of the egg. Carefully poke a very small indent through the large end of the eggshell with a pin or flat-headed nail. Be careful not to poke too deep, or the whites will melt. ^{[1] X Research Source}

You can also use an object with a slightly rounded nose to poke the egg, such as a wooden pestle. If you use this, just tap the larger end of the egg.

Pour cold water into the egg pot. Place the eggs in a small saucepan and pour cold water enough to cover the eggs by about 3cm. ^{[2] X Research Source}

If you want to boil more than 4 fruits, you should use a larger pot or boil in batches. That way, you can get the eggs out quickly so they don’t overheat.
Usually people use a saucepan to boil eggs, but if you don’t have a stove, you can use an electric kettle.

Turn off the stove when the water is just boiling. Turn on medium-high heat and leave the lid open. When the water starts to boil (sparkling vigorously), you turn off the heat and start the timer right away. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

If you continue to boil the eggs at high heat, they may bounce around the pot and crack when they hit each other. That’s why it’s so important to turn off the heat (or bring it to a boil if you’re starting with hot water).

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Boil the poached eggs to your liking. You’ll need to keep an eye on the stopwatch, as every minute makes a difference when it comes to boiling an egg. Place eggs in hot water to get the desired consistency. Try Boiling Eggs in: ^{[4] X Research Source}

2 minutes to get raw yolks and really soft whites.
4 minutes for the yolks to be slightly liquid, thick and the whites to thicken.
6 minutes for the yolks to thicken and the whites to thicken.
8 minutes for soft but thick yolks and fully solid whites

Start with hot water

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Boil water in the pot. Put the pot on the stove and pour cold water into the pot to the water level about 5-8 cm. Turn on high heat to bring the water to a boil. Lower the heat a little so that the water bubbles up quickly. ^{[5] X Research Sources}

As it nears a boil, the water should bubble slightly, but not large bubbles all over the surface.

Put the eggs in the pot. Place the eggs in a spatula with holes in them and slowly place the eggs into the near-boiling water. If you are boiling a lot of hard-boiled eggs, put them in the pot one by one. You can cook 4 eggs at once. ^{[6] X Research Sources}

If you want to boil more than 4 peaches, you should boil them in batches.

Boil eggs gently. Start timing so you can boil your eggs perfectly. If you are boiling an egg or two, you can follow the following cooking times. But if boiling 3 or 4 eggs, add about 30 seconds. Boil eggs in: ^{[7] X Research Source}

5 minutes to get a liquid yolk with a medium thick white
6 minutes to have a thick enough yolk with a thick white
7 minutes for slightly thickened yolks and thick whites

Use poached eggs

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Eat eggs placed in egg bowls. Use a slotted spoon or metal rack to remove the egg yolks from the hot water. Place the eggs in the egg bowl. You can put the big end or the small end of the egg on top. The egg bowl will keep the eggs from rolling around on the plate and make them easier to eat. ^{[8] X Research Sources}

If you don’t have an egg bowl, you can place the cooked eggs in a small cup, cup, or teacup.

Tap to peel the egg. You can use a teaspoon and knock around the top of the egg. Use a spoon or butter knife to cut and remove the top of the eggshell. You can also smack the top of the egg, but doing so can cause the shell to mix into the yolk if you apply too much force. ^{[9] X Research Source}

You can also use specialized tools to peel eggs. They can be small scissors, suction cups, bottle openers or cigar cutters. They are designed to easily cut off the top of the eggshell.

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Use poached eggs in Malaysian style. Eggs and Malaysian toast is a popular breakfast in Malaysia and Singapore. Crack the egg yolk into the small mold so that the egg yolk stays in the mold. Use soft-boiled eggs with the whites still quite soft. Pour some soy sauce over the eggs and serve with toast. ^{[10] X Research Source}

You can also sprinkle some white pepper over the eggs and serve with toast with coconut jam.

Advice

To make it easier to peel, you can put the hard-boiled eggs in cold water after taking them out of the hot water.
If you put the eggs in cold water to boil, the boiling time will be reduced to 4 minutes.

Things you need

Spoon with hole or metal racket
Egg bowl, optional
Spoon and knife
Small mold, optional
Small pot
Stopwatch
Pins or flat-headed nails

Steps

Start boiling eggs with cold water

Start with hot water

Use poached eggs

Advice

Things you need

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