How to peel soft-boiled eggs without destroying the egg
Learn 3 different methods to peeling soft-boiled eggs without squirting out the runny yolk or wrecking the egg white. There's an easy method and a method to peel stubborn eggs. Get ready for a steamy bowl of ramen!
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Instructions
Method 1: Crack the shell and peel
Use the back of a spoon to hit the eggshells until it has cracked all around the egg. It should look like a mosaic of eggshells.
Peel back the cracked eggshell. Gently unravel the shell from the egg white.
Peel until all of the eggshell is removed.
Dunk the egg in water to remove any remaining bits of shell that's stuck to the egg white.
Method 2: Open the shell with a spoon
Begin by cracking the eggshell with the back of a teaspoon until it turns into a mosaic. (If you can find an air bubble, dig your spoon into the air bubble.)
Create a gap between the shell and egg white. Dig your spoon into a gap and pry the shell off the egg using the spoon as leverage.
Push the spoon deeper into the egg and move it around the circumference of your egg to separate the shell from the egg white. Remove the shell as you go along.
When you've pushed the shell off the egg, dunk it in water to remove stray shell bits.
Method 3: Cut the egg and scoop out
Tap the back of your spoon around the center circumference of your egg to crack the shell.
Cut the egg in half with a knife (or pull apart if the egg is already broken).
Use a spoon to scoop out the 2 halves of the egg. If the egg yolk runs, drain it over your plate of food.
Don't rinse the egg in water. Add the egg directly to your plate to serve.