Energy Saving method of Hard Cooking Eggs

Beautifully Cooked Egg

I read someplace a long time ago that you should not boil your eggs for hard boiled eggs and that they really should be called hard cooked eggs.  Whatever.  Sometimes I do boil them but lately I’ve switched to a new method to save some electricity. 

You may question this method at first but give it a try with a couple eggs to see what you think.  Supposedly eggs are less rubbery this way and don’t have that green ring around the yolk that signifies over-cooking.  I can definitely say that they are much more tender and I’ve never had a green ring.

1. Put eggs in saucepan and fill with cold water to cover.
2. Bring water to a boil uncovered.
3. As soon as water boils, cover the pot and turn off the heat.
4. Allow pot to sit on the same burner for 20 minutes.
5. After 20 minutes the eggs will be cooked perfectly.

Now some sources say to do it for only 15 minutes but I have had some undercooked eggs that way so I do 20 minutes.  This works for medium and large eggs.

In case you don’t believe the egg will be done, the picture at the beginning of this post is a large egg done this way.