What are some ways to boil eggs without them cracking?

Eggs are a very popular delicacy among people. They have very high nutritional value and taste very delicious. They are an ingredient that people often eat in the morning. The most common way to eat eggs is to cook them directly. However, many people use the wrong method when boiling eggs, causing the eggs to crack in the boiling water, affecting the taste. Let’s take a look at some ways to boil eggs without them cracking.

1. Why do boiled eggs crack?

1. The raw eggs themselves have cracks during transportation or storage, so the cracked raw eggs will also crack after being cooked.

2. When putting the raw eggs into the pot, they are too high from the bottom of the pot. When the raw eggs hit the bottom of the pot, small cracks will appear on the eggshells. The cracked raw eggs will also crack after being cooked.

3. When boiling eggs, the water boils too high, and the raw eggs vibrate violently in the boiling water and collide violently with the bottom of the pot, causing cracks.

4. Because the storage environment temperature is low, the temperature of the raw eggs is also low. If you boil the eggs in boiling water immediately at this time, the eggshells will crack due to thermal expansion and contraction.

2. How to cook eggs well:

1. Steel needle puncture treatment

Use a small steel needle to poke some tiny holes in the egg shell, and then put it into boiling water to boil while ensuring that the egg will not leak out. Since the egg shell has large pores, the egg will not crack even if it is heated and cooked in a short time. However, this method cannot guarantee that every egg will not crack.

2. Boil eggs in cold water

To boil eggs in cold water, put the eggs and water into a pot together, turn on high heat, slowly increase the water temperature, and then continue to boil for 3 minutes after the water boils. This method heats the eggs and water relatively slowly, from the outside to the inside, and slowly matures until they are fully cooked, without sudden thermal expansion and contraction causing cracking.

3. Cook the eggs over medium heat

Whether you are boiling eggs in boiling water or cold water, you need to lower the heat after the water boils. Medium heat is best for boiling eggs. Medium heat can keep the water temperature stable at the boiling point, and will not cause the temperature of the eggs to be too high when they contact the bottom of the pot. It can also prevent the eggs from boiling and cracking.

Soak eggs in room temperature water for half an hour.