How to Know When Hard Boiled Eggs Are Ready
- 1). Simmer the eggs in boiling water for the time allotted for size. Medium size eggs typically simmer for 12 minutes, large eggs for 17 minutes and extra large eggs for 19 minutes, according to What's Cooking America.
- 2). Remove the pot from the heat source, and use a slotted spoon to scoop up one egg. Move the spoon away from the pot to avoid resting the egg in steam. Count to eight. If the egg is completely dry at the end of eight seconds, it is hard boiled.
- 3). Spin the egg, like a toy spinning top, on a flat, level surface to determine if the egg is hard-boiled throughout. If the egg spins quickly and does not roll away, it is hard boiled. If the egg starts to roll or wobble instead of spinning quickly, it is not hard boiled.
