No. I have a egg shaped thing similar to the one she uses, but I decided I wanted to try the one she uses. The trouble with mine is that the eggs aren't done unless I let them sit in the steam for an hour or so. This egg pod she's using is a nine minute altogether thing. So then if I need more eggs, I could immediately make more. And the baking in the muffin tin seemed interesting, but I haven't done it. I'll probably try it. What do you think about it?
I tried the Instant Pot for hard boiled eggs, but I'm not sure it works that well. For one thing, when I used the first technique, 2 minutes high pressure, then 15 minutes of natural release, the eggs were way way overcooked. A lot of people said theirs turned out perfect. Mine weren't at all perfect. So then I tried 2 minutes and 9 minute natural release. That was a lot better. I don't know why there is so much difference between results of people. It's not just "preference." No one wants the funny looking rubbery things I got. Part of it is probably something like altitude. But I'm not sure if the Instant Pot is going to be how I do hard boiled eggs. I have my doubts.
Oh, besides that. I wanted to be able to not have to worry about being right there to stop the eggs from continuing to cook, but the Instant Pot method has to be watched for the moment you plan to take the eggs out. I got a phone call while I was doing the second attempt, and the next thing you know, the eggs had ruined. BTW, I bought a hard boiled egg cooker about three years ago. Mrs. Billingsley tossed it out.
Instant pot secrets... The manual setting doesn't measure pressure, so, two minutes on manual is not two minutes of pressure. The multigrain/rice cycle waits until the pot has achieved pressure before the countdown. I would test with one egg at a time in the instant pot. Why? Because the goal is being able to check back an hour later and everything is fine.
Yes, I can see that pressure doesn't happen instantly. Eventually the number 2 comes up. Then the letter L. This means "lapsed time." Then after nine minutes I stop it. One problem with figuring out when you can leave it and come back an hour later is that I was hoping to save time. So I would need to actually figure out when the eggs were ready. It seems to me that if I put the pressure on more than zero I wouldn't be able to set it and forget it, and probably not even then. I have been using one egg after I saw what happened to my first attempt. But the first attempt was eggs that had been sitting on the counter for about four weeks, and I was pretty sure some of them had gone bad. So it was possibly a lost cause to start with. Just an experiment.
One possibility is the slow cook cycle for 2.5 to 3 hours. https://thelazyslowcooker.com/lazy-slow-cooker-hard-boiled-eggs/
There is an adjust setting that allows you to switch any setting to low, default, or high. The keep warm setting is 145-167. The slow cook setting is 170-210.
I managed to go to this link. It's very interesting. Thanks! I think part of the problem I've had with hard boiled eggs is that I want to do around 20. My little egg shaped microwave thing does about four and hour. So it winds up being what I did today. I'd like to do around 20 in some way that I can have a reliable outcome but not have to keep dealing with it for a long time. I didn't know the magic of the adjust setting. Thanks for that too <3
Have you tried this?
ReplyDeleteNo. I have a egg shaped thing similar to the one she uses, but I decided I wanted to try the one she uses. The trouble with mine is that the eggs aren't done unless I let them sit in the steam for an hour or so. This egg pod she's using is a nine minute altogether thing. So then if I need more eggs, I could immediately make more. And the baking in the muffin tin seemed interesting, but I haven't done it. I'll probably try it. What do you think about it?
DeleteI tried the Instant Pot for hard boiled eggs, but I'm not sure it works that well. For one thing, when I used the first technique, 2 minutes high pressure, then 15 minutes of natural release, the eggs were way way overcooked. A lot of people said theirs turned out perfect. Mine weren't at all perfect. So then I tried 2 minutes and 9 minute natural release. That was a lot better. I don't know why there is so much difference between results of people. It's not just "preference." No one wants the funny looking rubbery things I got. Part of it is probably something like altitude. But I'm not sure if the Instant Pot is going to be how I do hard boiled eggs. I have my doubts.
DeleteOh, besides that. I wanted to be able to not have to worry about being right there to stop the eggs from continuing to cook, but the Instant Pot method has to be watched for the moment you plan to take the eggs out. I got a phone call while I was doing the second attempt, and the next thing you know, the eggs had ruined. BTW, I bought a hard boiled egg cooker about three years ago. Mrs. Billingsley tossed it out.
DeleteInstant pot secrets... The manual setting doesn't measure pressure, so, two minutes on manual is not two minutes of pressure. The multigrain/rice cycle waits until the pot has achieved pressure before the countdown. I would test with one egg at a time in the instant pot. Why? Because the goal is being able to check back an hour later and everything is fine.
DeleteYes, I can see that pressure doesn't happen instantly. Eventually the number 2 comes up. Then the letter L. This means "lapsed time." Then after nine minutes I stop it. One problem with figuring out when you can leave it and come back an hour later is that I was hoping to save time. So I would need to actually figure out when the eggs were ready. It seems to me that if I put the pressure on more than zero I wouldn't be able to set it and forget it, and probably not even then. I have been using one egg after I saw what happened to my first attempt. But the first attempt was eggs that had been sitting on the counter for about four weeks, and I was pretty sure some of them had gone bad. So it was possibly a lost cause to start with. Just an experiment.
DeleteOne possibility is the slow cook cycle for 2.5 to 3 hours. https://thelazyslowcooker.com/lazy-slow-cooker-hard-boiled-eggs/
DeleteThere is an adjust setting that allows you to switch any setting to low, default, or high. The keep warm setting is 145-167. The slow cook setting is 170-210.
I managed to go to this link. It's very interesting. Thanks! I think part of the problem I've had with hard boiled eggs is that I want to do around 20. My little egg shaped microwave thing does about four and hour. So it winds up being what I did today. I'd like to do around 20 in some way that I can have a reliable outcome but not have to keep dealing with it for a long time. I didn't know the magic of the adjust setting. Thanks for that too <3
DeleteI think you'll figure it out.
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