How to peel hard boiled duck eggs

If you have ever tried to boil a freshly laid egg….. then tried to peel it? You know the struggle of carefully picking off shells only to leave huge chunks of white stuck to the shell. The resultant boiled egg is ugly, missing half its nutrition and certainly not suitable for deviled eggs.

After decades of doing it ‘wrong’ I finally have a REAL FOOLPROOF method of ‘boiling’ fresh eggs. Seriously. For real. No really: for REAL.

The eggs boiled in this post were under a week old, had been washed and were refrigerated. If you buy eggs from us, this is how you’ll usually get them.

LOOK AT THAT MAGIC!! The peel practically leaps off the shell. No more ugly chunks missing on the egg. No more shells fused with precious egg white. Just beautiful, smooth ‘boiled’ eggs and no waste. Beautiful deviled eggs using FRESH duck eggs ARE in your future! Read on for step by step directions:

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STEAMING your eggs is the secret to this fool proof method for 'boiling' perfect, easily peeled eggs. Here at Birdsong Farm we eat and sell duck eggs, so this post includes the times appropriate for duck eggs which are similar to jumbo chicken eggs. No fancy appliances needed: All you need is a simple steaming rack and a pot (with lid) large enough to fit your eggs.

Ingredients

• dozen Duck Eggs washed and refrigerated

Ingredients dozen Duck Eggs washed and refrigerated

Instructions

1. Steaming your 'boiled eggs' is SO easy: First place the steaming rack into a pot and fill with hot water up to the bottom of the rack.

   

2. Heat to boil on high heat then turn the temp down and place your eggs in the rack.

   

3. Place your lid on the pot and turn the heat back up to medium high. Start your timer as soon as you see steam building up under the lid. This may be almost right away depending on how long it took you to add the eggs to the pot.

   

4. For 'hard boiled' duck eggs i steam mine for 15 minutes. If you prefer a softer boiled yolk for ramen eggs or are steaming chicken eggs experiment with shorter times until you find the perfect number for you.

   

5. When your timer is up carefully move the hot eggs into an ice water bath with a slotted spoon and allow to cool. Now you can peel your eggs beautifully! Keep your boiled eggs in the fridge for a week or 2 and enjoy as breakfast, lunch or snacks..... or make a batch of devilled eggs and wow your guests with how picture perfect they look!

   

Egg Salad Hack

1. Easily chop a boil full of eggs into a perfect dice ready for egg salad by using a pastry cutter! No more eggs rolling all about or awkward large chunks of white left un-chopped. This handy tool makes prepping egg salad a breeze.

   

2. My favorite egg salad recipe: 4 boiled eggs, chopped. 1 spoonful pepper relish. 2 heaping spoons mayo and a dab of dijon mustard. Add a little salt and some paprika and poof: egg salad! Duck eggs REALLY shine in egg salad, so give it a go! PS, since your eggs are so pretty and you'll want to make devilled eggs: use the same recipe with just the yolks and use a pastry bag or ziplock with a corner cut off for easy filling 🙂