The perfect boiled egg.

Jacques Pepin ^ | 4/8/09 | Nikos Vlachos

[unkus]

Thanks. I’m anxious give it a go.

[diamond6]

Thanks!

[Red_Devil 232]

Foodie Ping!

My wife loves boiled eggs I may have to give this a try!

[ClearCase_guy]

I’ll have to try this.

[nikos1121]

I forgot to mention too, that this post is also dedicated to my Greek friends who will making Red Eggs next week for Greek Easter, which of course is the real Easter. :-)

nikos

[billorites]

Pepin is the master of technique.

I take everything he says regarding food as Gospel.

[VR-21]

So am I. I’ve been on a quest for the perfect egg salad sandwitch.

[MHGinTN]

I make a dozen pickled eggs occasionally. Just made a jug in fact. I'll try this method ont he next batch! Thanks for posting it ... also like to listen to pepin while he's cooking.;^)

[Northern Yankee]

Outstanding.

I'll have to give it a go.

[happilymarriedmom]

I can’t imagine piercing the end of an egg without is breaking in my hand but he makes it sound so good I have to try it anyway.

[SeafoodGumbo]

Well, I had been thinking about making deviled eggs the last few days, so now I guess I need to make them tonight and try this boiling technique.

I'll report back on my results. If I'm really feeling energetic, I might try them my old way also to compare the results.

[Migraine]

I don’t eat eggs except very seldom; but I’m glad when others do, because then I can fart and nobody notices.

[Kimmers]

Thank you I will be trying this method.....and thank you for answering my question about that blue thing.....

[the lastbestlady]

I don’t have the color show up outside the yolk. I have never pierced them. I wonder what the difference is?

[unkus]

I usually put the eggs in warm water until ready to add them to the boiling water so they don’t crack. Will the pin hole solve that?

[hoe_cake]

My grocery list:

1 dozen eggs
1 thump tack

[adgirl]

If you l run them under cold water immediately after cooking or put them in an ice bath to cool them immediately after cooking you won’t get the blue thing. I never get the blue thing either and I don’t prick the shell.

[nikos1121]

THe blue color comes from over cooking. So you’re doing things right. Piercing the egg releases air from the chamber. After boiling and immersing in the cold water the sulfur is extruded.

At least that’s what Pepin says...

[thestob]

Pepin is the best