How To Hard-Boil Eggs With No Green Ring For Easter In VA

 

Here are foolproof tips for VA cooks to make hard-boiled eggs to color for Easter 2023, or to use for deviled eggs, without that green ring.

Here are tips for Virginia cooks for a foolproof way to hard boil your Easter eggs. And we can help you avoid that weird green ring that can form in them. (Shutterstock)

VIRGINIA — The Easter holiday calls for more hard-boiled eggs — both for coloring eggs and to eat — than any other time of the year. The American Egg Board says the average person consumes one-and-a-half dozen eggs at Easter. That's a lot of time in the kitchen for busy VIrginia cooks.

Your mom or grandmother likely showed you how to hard boil an egg by bringing a whole stock pot of water to boil. To reduce the time you spend in the kitchen, the egg experts have an easier, faster way to hard boil your Easter eggs. And we can help you avoid that weird green ring that can form in hard-boiled eggs.

Easy-Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs

Total time: 17 minutes
Ingredients: 12 eggs
Directions

1. HEAT 1/2- to 1-inch of water in a large saucepan to boiling over high heat. Carefully PLACE steamer insert into pan over boiling water OR PROCEED to Step 2, if not using a steamer insert.
2. Carefully ADD eggs using a large spoon or tongs. COVER. CONTINUE cooking 12 minutes for large eggs (13 minutes for extra-large eggs).
3. DRAIN eggs under cold running water to help the shell ease off the hard-boiled eggs.
4. Gently TAP the large end of the egg onto a hard surface until shell is slightly cracked and PEEL the egg.