How To Tell If An Egg Is Hard Boiled

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1

Carefully remove your egg from the boiling water

Use a tablespoon to scoop the egg out of the boiling water.

2

Place the egg on the table and spin it

The egg will be hot, so don’t hold on to it for long.

  • Spin the egg.
  • Abruptly stop the spinning.

If the egg continues to spin, then it’s not completely cooked. In the GIF above, you can see that the egg still spins after I stop it. It’s not done yet.

If it stops fully, then you have yourself a fully cooked hard-boiled egg!

In case you’re interested…what’s actually happening is that you’re causing the yolk inside to spin. When you stop the egg, the yolk continues to spin (if uncooked), creating a centripetal force that causes the whole egg to start spinning again.

Want help peeling it? We’ve got a great trick for perfectly peeled hard-boiled eggs!