Brilio.net - Chicken eggs have almost become a mainstay cooking ingredient for Indonesian people. How could it not be, apart from being easy to find, eggs are also rich in benefits. Eggs are a source of animal protein which taste delicious, are easy to digest and are highly nutritious. Reporting from kemkes.go.id, eggs are rich in amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals.
Eggs can be processed into various menus, ranging from sunny side up eggs, fuyunghai, omelettes, stews and others. No less a favorite is boiled eggs. Boiling eggs seems simple, but in reality it's really easy, you know. Not a few people feel like they have failed when boiling eggs. One sign is that hard-boiled eggs are difficult to peel until they crack.
Well, usually, hard-boiled eggs that are difficult to peel make the eggs not smooth. The taste may not matter much, but the appearance becomes a little messy. Yes, the food ended up being less beautiful.
To overcome this, quite a few people use the technique of soaking it in ice water. Moving boiled eggs from boiling water to ice water is thought to make it easier to peel the eggs, so that the boiled eggs can be whole and smooth. However, apparently not everyone provides ice cubes at home all the time.
But don't worry, because it turns out there are other tricks to make boiled eggs smooth without any gradations, you know. A netizen gave this trick on Instagram.
How to boil eggs so they are easy to peel.
"Have you ever used this hack to boil eggs? The results are really smooth and glowing," wrote Instagram user @melizah21, quoted by BrilioFood , Monday (3/6).
photo: Instagram/@melizah21
The first step is to prepare the eggs that you will boil. Then, prepare water in a pan to boil the eggs. Then, turn on the stove and boil the water.
photo: Instagram/@melizah21
Before the water boils, add the chicken eggs that you have prepared. To make smooth boiled chicken eggs, you need to use two other kitchen ingredients, namely vinegar and cooking oil. Yes, when boiling the eggs, add just 3 drops of vinegar and also a few drops of cooking oil into the pan.
White vinegar or apple cider vinegar and oil are thought to make the shells of boiled eggs soft. Don't worry, the taste of the vinegar won't get into the eggs.
photo: Instagram/@melizah21
Once boiling and cooked, remove the eggs and wait until they cool. Then, try to peel the egg you just boiled. You can easily remove boiled chicken eggs from the shell. Apart from that, there are also no small pieces of shell remaining attached to the egg. This trick can certainly make it easier to peel boiled eggs.
Not only is it easy to peel egg shells, but the resulting boiled eggs also look smooth and beautiful. You can consume these boiled eggs directly or reprocess them into dishes such as balado eggs, stews, and others.
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