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    Help Keep Shells From Sticking To Hard Boiled Eggs

    Modified: Nov 23, 2019 · Published: Mar 9, 2013 by Ashley

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    Hard Boiled Egg Tip

    For some reason, lately I've been having trouble hard boiling eggs. I never used to have any issues with it. My old method was to add salt and white vinegar to the water. That's how my grandma did it. But last week, I ran into trouble a few separate times when trying to peel the eggs, so I decided to try out something that I had read online a while back - I added some baking soda. It worked out great! I had a little bit of stick-age still, but not bad at all. So my new method will be:

    -Place eggs in the bottom of a saucepan and cover with cold water. Make sure the eggs are completely submerged.
    -Add 1 teaspoon baking soda.
    -Bring to a rolling boil.
    -Cover the saucepan with a tight-fitting lid and turn off the heat. Let sit for 10 minutes.
    -Run cold water over the eggs to cool them off.
    -Peel, rinse, dry and enjoy!

    This egg was destined for a salad that had baby arugula, sliced mushrooms, sliced red bell pepper, halved grape tomatoes, thinly sliced sweet onion and Homemade Ranch Dressing. I cracked some black pepper over top, added my sliced hard boiled eggs and enjoyed!

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    1. Anonymous

      March 16, 2013 at 10:39 am

      Your suggestion to use baking soda makes sense. However, you may want to change the ingredients list from baking powder to the soda.

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    2. Ashley

      March 16, 2013 at 10:43 am

      Ooh! Great catch - thank you! It's hard keeping things straight sometimes with a toddler running around 🙂

      Reply
    3. Margo fortune

      April 01, 2021 at 9:59 am

      Very helpful about the eggs

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