The 4-8-10 Method: Boil Easter Eggs Without a Single Crack

13.04.2023 20:25

It is not always possible to boil eggs so that the shell remains intact.

However, there is a reliable way. We tell you how to boil eggs for Easter without a single crack.

Method 4-8-10

Place the eggs in a saucepan, fill with water, and be sure to add salt.

Let the water boil, turn off the burner, but do not remove the pan from the stove.

If you want soft-boiled eggs, you need to take them out of the water after 4 minutes.

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If you want soft-boiled eggs, wait 8 minutes; for hard-boiled eggs, wait 10 minutes.

It is also important to remove the eggs from the pan correctly: do not drain the water, but transfer them with a spoon, and not into cold, but into warm water.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor