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How To Cook Lots Of Hard Boiled Eggs At Once
Slices Of Hard Boiled Eggs
Here’s a tip sent in by Barb for making big batches of hard boiled eggs at once. Actually, they’re not boiled at all so maybe “hard-cooked” eggs is a more appropriate title 
. Here’s Barb’s tip:
Here’s a way to cook lots of hard boiled eggs without having to work with big pots of boiling water, cook them right in the oven!
Put a baking sheet on the bottom of the oven then place all the eggs you need cooked directly on the oven rack, the baking sheet will catch any broken eggs for easy cleanup. I’ve never had an egg break yet but this is just in case.
Bake the eggs at 325°F. for half an hour (do not preheat).
Take the eggs out of the oven then put them directly into a big bowl of very cold water (with ice added). This will stop the eggs from cooking and make them easier to peel too.
I must try this the next time I need lots of hard boiled eggs, thanks a bunch Barb!
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Update: Now that you’ve cooked a lot of hard boiled eggs at once, how to shell them all easily? Here’s a tip sent in by Pat:
For easy shelling of lots of hard boiled (or baked) eggs, crack it all over. Pull off a tiny bit of the shell AND skin. Insert a small spoon under the skin and shell and push it all around the egg. This will get all the egg shell off easily.
Rinse and start preparing it for a treat!!
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Interesting. Eager to hear from others who have tried this method…
I cooked a lot of eggs using the message Barb suggests and it really worked. I got only one broken egg but since my eggs were home grown and very fresh, could also have been previously cracked, they all went to the bottom of the bowl when I placed them in the cold water which is a sign that they are all hard cooked. Thanks – so much easier than boiling
I have a question. Do you preheat the oven prior to putting the eggs in or do you put them in a cold oven?
Thanks
No you don’t need to preheat the oven at all first.
No, do not preheat the oven Sara. I missed that when I was formatting the tip for the post–sorry (corrected now).
Half an hour?!
It takes 3 minutes boiling them. What a waste of time, and more importantly, a waste of electricity. Water is just much better and more efficient at conducting heat than air. Be nice to your environment, boil them.
3 minutes does not a hard-cooked egg make. Takes longer!
I used to cook 600 eggs in 15 minutes in a steamer. Obviously it was not at home. However I wonder how something like a bamboo steamer would work.
I agree with the person who says it’s a waste of energy to cook in the oven but my beef is with using a large amount of ice to cool them down. Using cool water running over the eggs while submerged will be more effective and energy efficient.
Dale
Bulk cooking eggs by boiling them is a much better way. Here is the correct way to hard boil eggs perfectly every time(and you won’t get that nasty green ring around the yolk)
1. Put eggs in a pot and cover just above the tops with water
2. Bring to boil
3. Remove from heat and cover
4. Let sit for 19 Minutes, then remove the eggs
Works for any quantity, limited by pot size.
This would be really cool if it wasnt put as your own idea and didnt come from Alton Brown’s own cookbook… sorry… just saying… plagiarism…
This can be found in Alton Brown’s “I’m Just Here for the Food”…
Dustin Barb didn’t say it was something she came up with herself. Sharing methods and ideas isn’t plagiarism. I always prefer giving credit to sources here on Tipnut and in this case (for this tip) it was Barb and not Alton.