Hard Boiled Eggs-How to and recipes

Hard Boiled Eggs-How to and recipes

This is an easy sandwich to make, and it sure is good. Sometimes the simplest things often are. Don’t you think?

I often have hard boiled eggs in the fridge as my family loves them, well some of them like the whites only, I think they are crazy. I like the yolks just as much.

It’s great having hard boiled eggs in the fridge when you are hungry, just peel, slice and place the egg on a piece of crusty bread with some salt and pepper and a few leaves of spinach. Makes a great quick lunch as I’m heading out the door!

To make hard boiled eggs, place eggs (beginning with room temperature eggs they say prevents cracking) into a saucepan and cover the eggs with an inch of water, two tablespoons of white vinegar and a teaspoon salt. Bring it to boil, cover with a lid and cook for 12-15 minutes until desired doneness, the longer you cook the eggs the “dryer” the yolk will be.

Remove the pot from the stove, with a slotted spoon or tongs place eggs in an ice water bath for 10 minutes. Peel them under cool running water, or refrigerate to use later.

There are two great options to making deviled eggs, use mayo or nonfat yogurt or a combination of both..

I most often use Greek ypgurt, it’s rich tasting and thick and not as sweet as other yogurt, other great items to replace mayo in are potato salad  and tunafish.

Cut the hard boiled eggs in half length wise and scoop out the yolks.

With a fork or pastry cutter, or food processor mix the egg yolks until desired smoothness. The less lumps the better for deviled eggs. 

For six hard boiled eggs I add 1/4 cup nonfat yogurt (or 2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon brown mustard, salt and pepper.

Mix it until it’s smooth and creamy.

Fill a piping Bag with egg mixture.

I used a 2D closed star tip and pastry bag to easily fill the egg whites

 

Pipe onto eggs white halves and sprinkle with paprika.

Okay….now get those eggs boiled 🙂

 

BOIL eggs in a Pot

Place eggs into a pot of water, cover with 1/4″ of water, place on burner over high heat. Bring to a boil, turn to medium low temperature, cover with lid for 12 minutes. Remove from the stove, place in water bath to cool eggs.

STEAM EGGS: (I use this method most often now)

In a pan with a steamer basket/vegetable steamer placed in the bottom bring an inch of water to a boil, place eggs on steamer basket. Steam eggs for 12 minutes. Remove from stove, place eggs into a ice water bath for 10 minutes. I ususlay peel them all then place them in a container with an inch of water with a lid on top. 

How to cook hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot

Place the eggs on the rack in the instant pot, with one cup of water, time eggs for 5 minutes. Allow the eggs to come down to normal pressure by themselves for 5 minutes after the cooking time is done, then quick release the total time will be about 15 minutes including the time it takes to come to pressure before cooking starts. Then place the eggs in an ice-water bath to cool, then you’ll be able to easily peel the eggs.

Hard boiled eggs can be placed in the fridge in the shell or with the shells removed. Add some water either way, so they stay moist, it makes them easier to peel, reducing frustration when peeling. Or peel them before you put them in the fridge which is the easiest way to peel them running or dunking in cold water.

 

Hard boiled eggs: so many recipes and uses…

• Beet Dyed Deviled Eggs
• Green Eggs and Ham Deviled Eggs
• Egg Salad Spring Rolls
• Colored Deviled Eggs: July 4th, Christmas
• Coloring Eggs (Easter)
• Deviled Egg Dip
• Egg Salad