How to cook hard-boiled eggs properly (Slideshow version)

How to cook hard-boiled eggs properly  : Photo of step #26

Stage 1/14 : 1 hour

First problem: how to prevent shell from breaking (as in this photo) and white spilling out into the water while cooking?

Egg shells break during cooking for two reasons:

1) Temperature difference, if they go straight from the fridge to boiling water, the shell always (or nearly always) breaks.

Solution: remove your eggs from the fridge at least one hour before cooking.

Note : Eggs don't need to be kept in the fridge.

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