I have a difficult time peeling the shell off a hard-boiled egg by hand without damaging the egg. Peeling the egg also irritating and takes longer than I'd like.
I have tried rolling the egg, so the shell cracks and then peeling, but getting the last bits of with my nails often damages it.
Can somebody provide advice as to how I can more quickly peel the shell of a hard-boiled egg without damaging the egg?
The best trick I've come across is to put the egg(s) in some water in a closed container and shake it around. The water prevents the eggs from getting completely destroyed but the banging around knocks the shell right off.
This works with plastic containers as well as a pot or bowl with a plate as a lid.
Salt! Toss about a tablespoon of salt in the water used for boiling the eggs. The shells will peel really easy while leaving the insides pristine.
A few taps around the egg and the shell usually just comes off in a single piece like removing a garment leaving the interior unscathed. Works for me with about 95% eggs. (Very rarely I have seen an egg's interior that still sticks to the shell even with this. Must be those tuff ones we hear about!)
Well, my foolproof method is somewhat a party-trick of sorts. It involves propelling the egg out of its shell...
First, you crack the egg at the top and the bottom, and on both sides you gently peel a circle of shell off the egg with a diameter of about 1cm. On the bottom this is easy, on the top... be gentle...
After this is done, put the egg in your closed hand with the exposed top to your mouth and blow hard (make sure you keep hold of the egg).
The video below explains it in visuals, though the bottom hole is a lot bigger:
I've found a brilliant trick in a Japanese cookbook (Japanese Soul Cooking): Before boiling the eggs, make a tiny hole on the bottom using a needle. While cooking the air in the egg will come out and the water will separate the skin from the egg.
They then peel in a few secs.
Once the egg is boiled enough, pour a lot of cold water over it (about 30 seconds under the tap stream would do). Then grab the egg and gently smash it with a teaspoon all over around until it looks reasonably beaten up. Now place it on a flat surface and press gently with your opened palm; move your hand back and forth to roll the egg on the surface to crack the shell even more(about 10 seconds is enough). Now start peeling - I made the egg peel in one continuous piece using this method.
Good luck!
When I need to peel freshly boiled egg, but still want the egg to be warm, I do the following:
In short, giving the egg a shock of cold water, makes the peeling much easier, whilst the egg still is warm inside.
You have to boil it correctly first - otherwise the egg will stick to the shell.
Lower the egg(s) directly into boiling water instead of putting the eggs in while the water is still warming up.
This loosens the shell and lets you peel by hand afterwards - no problem.
The freshest eggs are the hardest to peel, but when I got my 2 pet chickens I learned how to peel even soft boiled eggs that are fresh out of the chicken. Since it isn't necessary to refrigerate newly laid eggs, I can drop them directly into boiling water without them breaking and experimented with the timing until I found that 4 1/2 minutes was the perfect length of time for the way I like them. Have a bowl of ICE water ready and immediately drop them in it for just a few seconds. Gently tap the egg all over and it peels easily. It takes only a few seconds in the ice water and the egg will still be hot enough inside that you may need to hold it with a towel to peel it. Best eggs ever!
I have found eggs easier to peel when
I know the original question was about hard-boiled eggs. Now, I don't eat hard-boiled eggs, but I do often eat soft-boiled eggs. I don't have any proof that my method works for hard, but it definitely does for soft.
Others have mentioned rinsing with cold water. I take this a small step further and prepare a bowl of ice water. Then, you just need to dunk an egg in the ice bath and roll it around for a couple seconds before peeling it. The idea is to take advantage of the different rates of shrinkage experienced by the shell and the inside egg upon getting hit with the ice water. The effect is basically instant, so there is no point in keeping the egg in the ice bath any longer than a couple seconds.
Hope this trick helps for the hard-boiled variety!
Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda in the water and the shell will peel right off. Works everytime.
You can try using egglettes. You crack an egg into a silicone oval container and boil the egg like that. Then, all you would need to do is squeeze the boiled egg out of the container and enjoy! I've been using these for a while now, and they work very well. No problems so far. The only peeve is the final product doesn't exactly look like a full oval, but what matters is how it tastes though, right?
You can get some here. https://www.getegglettes.com/
Worth every penny...
The best way to remove the shell from a hardboiled egg is to crack the shells of the entire egg. The shells should be shattered then start peeling off the shells carefully. The shattered shells will allow it to peel easily.
If you have leftover eggs, keep them in the water (put it in a bowl and refrigerate, and it will be easier to peel). If they are fresh, put them under cold water. If you need them to be warm, I would honestly suggest cold water, and then microwaving, as weird as that sounds.
Yes the easy way to peel an egg it's with the tip of ur thumb crack the egg and gentenly with the thumb peel the skin it would come out easy
