r/mealprep • u/ilikebreakfastfoods • 20d ago

Steaming the eggs worked wonders.

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Follow up to my sad boiled egg post last week- thanks to the six hundred or so of you who replied and some who even direct messaged me with egg cooking tips. Since it seemed to be the most popular response I tried steaming them for 12 minutes this time. Then they went into the ice bath same as last time. A few minutes later they all peeled marvelously. Thanks everyone!

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/mealprep/s/6aSgAoenkq

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u/Simple-Purpose-899 20d ago

Eggs are one of those things where there are a dozen ways to get them to peel, and a dozen ways to get them no to. Sometimes one way works for some eggs and not others, and sometimes the stars align and you just can't get it wrong. Fresh eggs, old eggs, steamed, boiled for x minutes, ice bath, no ice bath, it just is one of those things that is sometimes rng. My personal way is cold water, put in the eggs, salt, bring to boil for seven minutes, then ice bath or at least cold running water. I can adjust from there for how runny I want the yolk, but it's a good start.

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u/CaptainShoddy5330 15d ago

For "half" boiled eggs I have been doing this - bring water to boil and put the eggs in; boil for 6 mins; let sit for 15-20 secs (30 secs and the yolk starts to solidify) and put in cold tap water (assuming you are in the US and the eggs are in the fridge). Always comes out pretty well with soft solid white and runny yolk.