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I CAN peel an egg, well actually 6!

11 years ago

After all the advice I got when I started this thread, I tried a combination of things and got 6 perfectly peeled eggs.

I put about an inch of water in the bottom of the pressure cooker, put the rack and steamer basket in and added 6 eggs. Brought to high pressure, cooked for 5 1/2 minutes, brought pressure down naturally, emptied the pot, put the eggs back in the dry hot pot and shook the pot vigorously till the eggs were cracked all over. Some shell did come off during this process. I then put the cracked eggs in an icebath for 10 minutes. The shells peeled off in one piece stuck to the membrane and didn't take a single spot of white with.

Thanks every one. We eat a lot of HB eggs. This will be my go to method from now on.

Comments (5)

angelaid
11 years ago
Awesome!
ann_t
11 years ago
Congratulations Loves2cook4six.

~Ann
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annie1992
11 years ago
Hooray, I knew you could find a way that works for you.

I've tried several "fool proof" methods but somehow it seems that one way works for one person and another way for someone else.

I was sure, though, that you could do it, somehow.

Annie
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
11 years ago
1. Ã¢ÂÂI put about an inch of water in the bottom of the pressure cooker, put the rack and steamer basket in and added 6 eggs.Ã¢ÂÂ - Note: eggs are above water. The eggs are being pressure steamed.

2. Ã¢ÂÂBrought to high pressure, cooked for 5 1/2 minutes, Ã¢ÂÂ -- As pressure builds up, interior temperature rises above boiling point from 212F to 250 F.

3. Ã¢ÂÂbrought pressure down naturally, Ã¢ÂÂ - Since the eggsÃ¢ÂÂ temperature is at 250 F, water in eggs will continue to be boil away until they reach below 212F. The eggs will be dryer and smaller than if you boil them at room temperature. Also the egg white will be firmer.

4. Ã¢ÂÂemptied the pot, put the eggs back in the dry hot pot and shook the pot vigorously till the eggs were cracked all over.Ã¢ÂÂ - This also help delaminate the membrane from the white.
5. Ã¢ÂÂ-----. I then put the cracked eggs in an icebath for 10 minutes. The shells peeled off in one piece stuck to the membrane and didn't take a single spot of white with.Ã¢ÂÂ - The smaller egg has more air space, and air shrinks in ice cold water, sucking in water along the way, and the layer of water between the membrane and egg white serves as lubricant which makes the peeling very easy.

Completely understandable.

dcarch
arkansas girl
11 years ago
dcarch, I just made eggs a few days ago...did the steaming but decided to just let the eggs cool room temp and found that they DID actually peel as well as if you put them in the ice water. I did notice that if I start the cracking at the wide end, it's easiest to peel. I have yet to try the cracking THEN ice water method. I'm not having any problems peeling the eggs so I really wanted to avoid the hassle of having to get out ice just to peel eggs. Happy to have found that room temp cooling worked fine!

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