To Boil Eggs Hard
Ingredients
Directions
Place the eggs in a pot of boiling water.
Boil steadily for 15 minutes, ensuring the eggs are fully submerged and the water continues to boil.
Remove the eggs and transfer them to a basin of cold water until they are cool.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Egg proteins set firmly when heated, turning the whites and yolks solid.
The step that matters
Boil steadily for 15 minutes. The eggs must stay fully submerged while the water keeps boiling, so the heat is even and the yolks cook through. Uneven heat or exposed eggs can leave patchy texture or uneven setting.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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