HOW TO PEEL FRESH BOILED EGGS| Easy Peel Hacks

Hi friends, it is Kim from Blue Moon Home and Garden. Thanks so much for stopping in. I am back in the farmhouse kitchen but today we are going to be cooking. I'm going to be bringing you along to show you how I boil my farm fresh eggs to get an easy peel every single time. With it being Easter right around the corner you are going to be boiling a lot of eggs for in the Easter baskets and for dinner and then right after that we have Memorial Day and we have graduations and weddings on the 4th of July so this is seriously the boiled egg eating season. Comment down below with your favorite egg recipe. Is it just plain boiled eggs, deviled eggs, potato salad, egg salad? Let me know down below what is your favorite egg recipe and let's get started and make some easy peel boiled farm fresh eggs. So the first step is to start with room temperature eggs. Now being that we have chickens I love to keep a bowl of eggs on the counter. They are so pretty. A lot of my clients like to get their eggs unwashed as well because you can leave them on the counter because when a chicken lays an egg it is laid with a surface coating called a bloom and that covers the egg and protects it and keeps it from spoiling because if you remember that mama has to sit on that egg for about 28 days and the eggs never spoil. How does that happen? It is because they have that bloom protection on them and therefore unwashed those eggs can sit on your counter as well. Now some of the eggs are pretty dirty and they have to be washed and go in the refrigerator but if they're not too bad I keep them on the counter because I love the pretty color of the eggs sitting on the counter and they are room temperature for baking and boiling and all the things that I want to do. So when I cook with an egg I always make sure I start it at room temperature. Now I did say that they are unwashed because they are sitting on the counter. Well the first step then is going to be to wash them and wash them really well. I start with a nice clean sink and I just start adding in some water and then I'm going to add in a little bit of white vinegar. I would say that's about three tablespoons just to make sure that it helps disinfect the eggs and make sure that they come very clean. When I'm done with that I'm going to put the eggs in and I'm going to stir them around and just kind of loosen off the debris and any kind of stuff that's on them. Kind of give them a quick wash and then I'm going to use this cloth. I really like this cloth because it has the scrubbies on one side so if they're not too bad I could just use the cloth and wipe them off and if they need scrubbed I have the scratchy on the other side. I really like it. Once they're all clean I go ahead and I start filling a pan with water. I usually use warm to hot water just to get them warmed up. I put them all in the pan and it doesn't matter the size of the pan as long as all the eggs are completely covered with water. That's the really important thing. You can put as many eggs in as you need to but they need to be covered through the entire boiling process. If it's too much water too close to the top it'll boil right out. Now I'm going to go back and while I wait for them to boil. It's a really good idea to get in there and clean your sink really well from washing the eggs and make sure that it's nice and sterile. Once they come to a rolling boil I'm going to go ahead and set my timer for nine minutes. This is the perfect time I have found that gets them to the right boil so that they are completely done all the way through. I get a nice yolk and they come off the shell easily. When it's finished I go ahead and immediately drain the hot water out and fill it with as cold water as possible. You could totally put some ice in there too. If you get it completely full and you realize the water is still kind of warm from the heat of the eggs you can dump it out and put that in again. I want to show you one of my tricks. The egg is rounder at the bottom than it is at the top. The top is a little more pointy than the bottom. If you turn upside down you can see it better. At the top there is a little more space between the egg and the shell. If you crack it there it helps pull it away a little better. It helps break up that membrane that's sticking to the egg. That's where a lot of people have problems. That membrane doesn't break and then you're trying to peel the egg off the membrane. This is what I'm talking about. That little thin piece. Once you get that to pull away you do a really good job of getting the peel to come off. The other trick is to peel them under this cold running water. Remember a couple years ago they had that little gadget that you stuck on your faucet and the cold water peeled the egg for you? There's a lot of truth in that because that cold water shrinks the egg back away from the shell and then the water goes in through the shell and it pulls the shell away from the egg and it helps peel the egg. Here they are all peeled no damaged eggs and this is the inside. That yolk is the perfect color yellow for all of your dishes for your deviled eggs and egg salad. I want to show you the peels. See how big they are. I know you really couldn't see well when I was peeling but they did come off in nice big chunks and this is it. You can make a beautiful dish for all of your holiday and picnic needs. Boiling farm fresh eggs with this technique. Well that is it guys. I hope you are able to continue to use your farm fresh eggs throughout the holiday seasons through the boil egg eating season. You all be blessed and be safe and I'll see you next time. Thanks so much for stopping by.