{"id":341,"date":"2025-01-28T11:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T03:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/julia-childs-trick-for-peeling-perfect-hard-boiled-eggs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T03:44:37","slug":"julia-childs-trick-for-peeling-perfect-hard-boiled-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/julia-childs-trick-for-peeling-perfect-hard-boiled-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Child\u2019s Trick for Peeling Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Culinarily speaking, there are few things more satisfying than getting a perfect peel on a hard-boiled egg \u2014 and few things more frustrating than when the shells stick. Of course, there are endless tricks floating around the internet to make the process easier, but who has time to test out every trending technique?\u00a0 That said, I\u2019m always <\/em>willing to test a theory from one of our original food influencers: Julia Child.\n<\/p>\n

In her book, The Way to Cook<\/em>, Julia shared her simple, foolproof technique. Once her eggs are done cooking, she puts them in ice water for two minutes, then back into boiling water for 10 seconds. This extra step is supposed to make peeling a cinch. Intriguing, right? Well, I will cut right to the chase \u2014 I tried it, and it works! I peeled six eggs with total confidence, and not a speck of egg shell stuck.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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Why Julia Child\u2019s Egg-Peeling Trick Works <\/span> <\/h2>\n

Despite the source, I will admit that I was skeptical about the trick because I could not wrap my brain around the why<\/em> of it all. In the book, Julia explains that \u201cthe two-minute chilling shrinks the body of the egg from the shell,\u201d and the boiling then \u201cexpands the egg shell from the egg.\u201d I\u2019m still not sure I get it (chemistry was not my favorite subject in school), but I trust her expertise in the matter. And in the end, the results speak for themselves.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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Simply Recipes \/ Sarah Crowder<\/p>\n

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How To Peel Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs, According to Julia Child <\/span> <\/h2>\n

The next time you make hard-boiled eggs, here\u2019s how to give Julia\u2019s trick a try:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fill a pot of cold water, covering the eggs by 1 to 2 inches.<\/li>\n
  2. On the stovetop, bring the water to a boil over high heat, then remove from the heat and let the eggs sit for 8 to 12 minutes (depending on the size of the eggs and how you like your eggs cooked).<\/li>\n
  3. As the eggs are cooking, prepare an ice bath with enough water to submerge the eggs. At this point, I veered a bit from her directions. While she puts the original pot of water back on high when the eggs are in the ice bath, I wasn\u2019t sure that two minutes would be enough to bring that water back up to a boil, so I used this time to put a second pot of water on high heat to ensure I\u2019d have boiling water when I needed it again.<\/li>\n
  4. Once the eggs are done cooking, use a slotted spoon to lift them out of hot water and lower into the ice bath for two minutes, then put them into the boiling water for 10 seconds before bringing them back out for good.<\/li>\n
  5. Let the eggs cool until you\u2019re able to handle them.<\/li>\n
  6. To peel, gently tap the egg on a countertop to break the shell (including once on each end), then roll them with light pressure between the countertop and the palm of your hand to loosen the shell. From there, it should be a breeze to peel your egg!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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    Culinarily speaking, there are few things more satisfying than getting a perfect peel on a hard-boiled egg \u2014 and few things more frustrating than when the shells stick. Of course, there are endless tricks floating around the internet to make the process easier, but who has time to test out every trending technique?\u00a0 That said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[369,33,371,368,370,291,32],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","tag-childs","tag-eggs","tag-hardboiled","tag-julia","tag-peeling","tag-perfect","tag-trick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}