Marbled Hard Boiled Eggs

You could make really cool looking deviled eggs with these.

Marbled hard boiled eggs. 12 hard boiled eggs in shell small plastic container bowl cold water nail polish various pastel colors toothpick wire egg dipper or wire whisk wax paper directions. I just made hard boiled eggs for the first time using this recipe with only 3 eggs and in a 1 5 quart pan. Because the eggs cook in water that s not actually boiling some people prefer the term hard cooked eggs to hard boiled eggs. Recipe in two versions provided.

You probably have to make sure your water is at top boil when you take it off the heat then put on the lid. Hardboil your eggs normally. The simple science of oil and vinegar dyed eggs. To make chinese tea eggs we start with lightly hard boiled eggs.

How long you let the eggs stay in the hot hot water depends on how big. Develop a nice overall cracked look. Turning hard boiled eggs into chinese marbled eggs. If this is the case just lightly press on the areas with water and work the water out toward the edge of the marbling.

Try not to break the membrane. Choose the number of eggs you want to decorate and hard boil. Indonesian marbled hard boiled eggs or telur pindang. The eggs with their golden color and design symbolize gold nuggets.

How to make hard boiled eggs that look like marble. Actually there s something else to think about when considering how long to boil eggs. Feel free to change or substitute ingredients depending on what is available and on desired intensity of color. Let the eggs stand in the hot water for 14 17 minutes.

You may need to gently massage out any water droplets that got caught under the nail polish. Probably the best way to enjoy hard boiled eggs. Then re boil in water with food coloring of your choice. They came out great.

Once your eggs are marbled set them on an egg carton or paper towel to dry. The science behind these colorful marbled oil and vinegar eggs is in the dyeing process. Chinese tea eggs are packed with flavour and have a beautiful marble look. Fill a small plastic container with 1 cup of cold water.

Pour about 10 to 20 drops of each shade of nail polish into water. Swirl the colors with a toothpick. Marble hard boiled eggs are becoming increasingly popular with each passing year and we have the step by step guide to help you achieve the wonderful look of these almost too good to eat treats. If you don t i doubt the water would stay hot enough to cook the eggs properly.

When they are cool enough to handle roll them around on a hard surface to crack them. Your good old food coloring from the grocery is an acid base dye and the vinegar traditionally used to dye eggs helps the food coloring to bond to the eggshell.