Hard boiled eggs at 5,000 ft
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Hard-boiled eggs altitude chart.
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High altitude affects more than just baking, it affects the rate at which water boils, thus impacting how eggs turn out when boiled.
My family loves hard-boiled eggs and I wanted to experiment with the best way to get perfect eggs at high altitudes, without the green hue around the yolk.
I’ve always added eggs to cool water and brought the water to a boil, then removed them from the heat to let them steam in a covered pot without any attention to how long they sit in the pot, and inevitably they end up with the greenish yolk.
I tested three methods of cooking the eggs at high altitude to see which yielded the best result. I’m located in the foothills of Colorado at 5,800 feet but the methods also work at 7,000 feet and above.
The first I’ll call a boil and steam method, the second a rolling boil method and the third the instant pot method.
Tips for Cooking Eggs at High Altitude
No matter which method you use, to get perfect eggs, you must use older eggs (1 week old or longer) and let the eggs come to room temperatur
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