How Do You Time A Perfectly Cooked Hard Boiled Egg?
Everyone has their own special way to boil an egg, but this method of making perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs is essentially foolproof, once you know the time required. It really is all about timing and the size of the egg. Place eggs in bottom of cooking pot and add enough cold water to cover at least 1 inch above eggs. Cover pot with lid and bring rapidly to boiling. Once pot has come to a full boil, remove pot from heat to prevent further boiling. DO NOT REMOVE LID! Use any quality kitchen timer or the timer on your cooking stove to start timing the eggs now. Let eggs steep in hot water in the cooking pot; 12 minutes for medium size eggs, 15 minutes for large, 18 minutes for extra large and 21 minutes for jumbo eggs. (Remember this is the most important part to time a perfectly cooked hard boiled egg.) Cool eggs IMMEDIATELY in cold water. Note that cooling eggs immediately prevents darkening around the yolks and makes eggs much easier to peel. To remove eggshell, crackle the egg by
