how to boil eggs how long
Depending on how cooked you like your hard boiled eggs, the eggs should be done perfectly in 10-12 minutes. That said, depending on your altitude, the shape of the pan, the size of the eggs, the ratio of water to eggs, it can take a few minutes more.
Hard boiled eggs - cold water to boiling. 1  1. Choose the eggs. 2  2. Place the eggs into the empty pot. 3  3. Fill the pot with enough cold tap water to cover the eggs.  4. Add just enough salt to make the water taste 1  salty. 5. Put on the 2  lid. 6. Stop the cooking process.