Although they seem simple, a hard-boiled egg can be one of the hardest things to cook—or to cook right, anyway. Think about the “bad” hard-boiled eggs you’ve had: too hard to peel, too rubbery, too exploding-from-the shell, and even too ugly (with that gray-green ring around the yolk). Here are our top tips for great hard-boiled eggs:
—Stacy Fraser, Test Kitchen Manager