Making a perfect hard boiled egg is more of a science than you may realize. With that perfect hard boiled egg, you can create, among other things, delicious egg salad. Here’s how!
Shortly after I returned home from San Francisco, having completed cooking school, my dad asked me to boil him an egg.
“I don’t know how to boil an egg”, I replied. “How about if I make you an omelet?” To which my dad replied,
“I just sent you to cooking school for 16 months and you don’t know how to boil an egg?” “I know! How about a souffle!?”
You can imagine how the conversation continued. I learned how to boil an egg pretty darn quickly! That’s a funny, yet true story, but hard boiling an egg IS a science. There is nothing worse than a hard boiled egg with that greyish-green cast surrounding the yolk. A perfect hard boiled egg will have a yolk that’s just cooked and pale yellow all the way through.
From there, you can make egg salad for sandwiches or deviled eggs.
So here is how to make the perfect hard boiled egg.
Making the Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
In a saucepan, cover eggs with about 1 inch of water. Bring to the boil, then turn off the heat and remove pan from heat. Cover and let stand between 12 and 15 minutes, depending on the size of your eggs. I cooked these large eggs for exactly 15 minutes.
Drain and run ice cold water over eggs to stop the cooking process. Allow to cool completely before peeling.
From there, you can use the hard boiled eggs to make a delicious batch of egg salad.
Another recipe using egg salad is this Egg Salad with Bacon and Avocado.
Egg Salad with Bacon
Scotch Eggs are a delicious and traditional Scottish treat!
Classic Egg Salad
Ingredients
- 4 eggs hard boiled
- 1 tsp. dry mustard I use Coleman's
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tsp. fresh or dried dill (or 1 Tablespoon fresh chives)
- 1/4 tsp Kosher salt or to taste
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Use pastry blender (or 2 forks) to cut the eggs into small pieces.
- Add all ingredients. Mix well. Season to taste.
Nutrition
Steph @ Steph in Thyme says
Thanks for the tips, what an omelet! Mine usually end up as scrambled eggs, I’m too impatient!
Brandon @ Kitchen Konfidence says
I love making hard-boiled eggs in my pressure cooker now. So simple and the shells come off easily. That egg salad looks reeeeeal good!
Megan Keno {Country Cleaver} says
Yum!!
christina conte says
That’s pretty funny, Cynthia! I remember when one of my suite mates in college wanted to make mac and cheese (from a box) to impress her boyfriend, and she came to ask me how to boil the water! Ugh~
I don’t think I’ve ever made a proper omelette as I’ve just always made frittatas, which are much different. I suppose I should try one-one day!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
I feel like this is a life post everyone needs to bookmark! There really isn’t anything worse than an overcooked hard boiled egg!
Cynthia says
I agree!
william says
great–I added chopped radish, red onion yellow onion and fresh mustard.. What I was really interested in was advice about boiling the eggs.and organic mayo, of course
that worked fine
Cynthia says
Thank you William! Radish sounds like a wonderful addition!