How to Peel a Difficult Hard Boiled Egg

If you are having trouble peeling your hard-boiled eggs, you can easily use water to help remove the shell. Try storing your eggs in cold water for about 1 hour, and hold your egg under running water when you peel it. To prevent shells from sticking in the future, try using either vinegar and salt or baking soda when boiling your eggs.

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With a bit of lubrication, you can easily remove even the most stubborn egg shells.

1 Fill 2/3 of a plastic container with cold water. Turn on your faucet and make sure your water is cool. Place a plastic container under the faucet until it is about ⅔ of the way full. Then, turn off your water.^[1]
- Eggs peel easily when they are cold because the whites of the eggs constrict away from the shell.
2 Place your eggs in the water so they are totally submerged. After you boil your eggs and let them cool for about 30 minutes – 1 hour, you can store them in water so the shell easily peels off. You can fill your plastic container up with your eggs, or grab another if you have too many eggs for 1 container. No need to put a lid on the eggs! They will cool fine without a lid.^[2]
- You can pour out some of water if it is close to overflowing.
3 Store your eggs in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. The cool temperature of the refrigerator will chill your water, making it easy to peel even difficult eggs. They should easily peel off after about 1…