Hard-boiling Eggs

After peeling many dozens of eggs to perfect my Thit Kho recipe, here are my tips for getting the quickest and cleanest hard boiled eggs. Following these steps got me under 5 minutes for peeling a dozen hard boiled eggs.

1. Place eggs in a steam basket or trivet.
2. Boil water FIRST and then place the basket/trivet into the water. The eggs don’t need to be fully submerged. Apparently steaming eggs is just as effective.
3. Submerge in ice cold water after cooking.
4. When peeling, crack the egg all around first but start peeling from the bottom where there’s usually a little air pocket.

If you have a minute and half, this video from Kenji Lopez-Alt is really informative.