Boiling eggs for deviled eggs - Page 3

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@spumoni99 wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
Steamed eggs will peel easily. Whether you steam them in a pot on top of the stove, in an egg cooker, or a pressure cooker--steam them and they will peel easily.

Lots of instructions from reliable sources can be found if you do a search. No need ever to struggle peeling eggs.
I wonder why that is? I will never boil another egg! Just curious why they peel so easy when they are steamed?

@spumoni99 Not sure, but I do know steam has different properties than boiling water. We've been steaming eggs old and new, in pressure cookers, egg cookers and stovetop steaming and they are just easy to peel. All of them.

And I even just take the lid off the steamer sometimes and don't bother to cool them and they peel fine. I also sometimes just put them in a bowl right out of the steamer and put some ice on top of them and that works to cool them as it melts.

just wonder · ‎03-09-2010

WOW, thank you EVERY ONE for great tips and for confirming most of you do this all the time. Now I am actually looking forward to making and serving deviled eggs for my family Sunday!! Happy Easter to all of you!

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I steam my eggs, plunge in ice water and peel. When cool, I cut in half, scrape out the yolk and mix up the devil yolks. I store the white halves seperate from the deviled yolks in the fridge.

Right before serving, I pipe the yolk mixture into the white halves.

Sometimes, when serving to a crowd or a party, I just stuff the eggs whites the night before. I store them in the fridge in a covered egg container. They are fine. They get devoured immediately the next day and it doesn't hurt to make the completely the night before you will serve them.

I usually make red beet eggs at the same time. They have to sit in the juice at least overnight to turn red.

SaveTheTurtles · ‎10-09-2023

Yes, for sure you can do this a day or two before, no problem and probably better.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@spumoni99 wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
Steamed eggs will peel easily. Whether you steam them in a pot on top of the stove, in an egg cooker, or a pressure cooker--steam them and they will peel easily.

Lots of instructions from reliable sources can be found if you do a search. No need ever to struggle peeling eggs.
I wonder why that is? I will never boil another egg! Just curious why they peel so easy when they are steamed?

@spumoni99

According to a blog, the membrane inside the shell effects the peeling of a boiled egg.

The method I posted is from a farmer's wife who had just taken eggs from the chicken coop since fresh eggs are a major complaint.

I looked at about 5 different farmer's blogs with identical answers.

Catch71 · ‎03-09-2010

@spumoni99 wrote:
I cook my eggs in the instapot and they peel like a dream. For sure you can boil them the day before.

My daughter hard boils her eggs in an air fryer!

spumoni99 · ‎02-16-2019

@Catch71 wrote:
@spumoni99 wrote:
I cook my eggs in the instapot and they peel like a dream. For sure you can boil them the day before.
My daughter hard boils her eggs in an air fryer!

I have heard of that method also, I wonder how they peel?

RespectLife · ‎02-27-2012

@just wonder

I never have trouble peeling anymore...and never a mess.

I make them in the IP now

1 cup water
Set manual time for
5 mins only
Natural release for 5 mins, then release all
5 mins in ice bath

HLP · ‎04-02-2015

@just wonder wrote:
The worst part of serving deviled eggs for a group on Easter is the peeling of same IMO. Does anyone peel their eggs the day before so they can toss the shells, clean up the mess, and then refrigerate the peeled eggs in frig overnight to cut and stuff on Easter? Would think this would be ok but hoping others have ideas. Thks!!

This is completely off your subject, but I crush the shells in a bag and sprinkle them out around my bird feeders, helps the Spring birds make harder shells for their new ones. If you've ever obsrved a bird pecking along the curb of your street it is getting the grit, also I take the lint from my dryer and ball it up and then take it out for their nests.Been doing this for years, have lots of nests around in my trees. Read this years ago from an elderly man who wrote wonderful stories in the local paper. Happt Easter

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Shelbelle wrote:
I buy peeled hard boiled eggs in a pkg from my grocery store, they last a good week in the fridge.

@Shelbelle

I think I may do that, too. Thanks for the reminder that this is the easy option. I don't want to make more than 6 eggs and I'm always looking for "easy". lol