Deviled egg advice

@shaggin (74988)
United States
June 2, 2011 7:02pm CST
I am making deviled eggs for my daughters birthday party on Sunday. Usually I make them right before her party so they are nice and fresh. This year I have house guests as well as so much else to do that I want to try to make what I can the night before and refridgerate it until the time of the party. I dont know if the deviled eggs will taste different after being made at around noon on Saturday and eaten around 3:30 on Sunday. Also I cant remember how long eggs should boil to be hard boiled. I think I usually wait until they reach boiling them boil them for 15-30 minutes with vinegar added to the water. I dont really remember though.
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@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
3 Jun 11
Put the eggs in the water, bring to boiling, take off of the burner and keep covered, set timer for 20 minutes......viola!!! They're ready to peel. You'll never have another egg boiled too long again. Yellows are perfect with no dark rings! They will be fine to make and refrigerate until the next day. You might have to use a little extra mayo in the filling as the yellows will absorb the most of it and appear too dry after that length of time. Make sure you cover tightly with plastic wrap before you refrigerate. (Spray the plastic wrap with a light coating of cooking spray before covering the eggs to keep it from sticking to fillings.)
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@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
3 Jun 11
A teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of salt added to the water is to make them easier to peel. Especially if they are fresh eggs, you will need to do this.
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@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
3 Jun 11
To add to yoyo's perfect directions...once you take them off the stove, pour off the hot water and run cold water over them. (Hot eggs do not peel well.) Let them sit for about 5 minutes in the cold water to cool down, then if you stick them in the fridge for about 10 to 15 minutes, they'll further cool down, and the shell won't stick at all doing it that way. If they're not cooled down, the shell doesn't come off as easily, and this way the white part will look perfect. When I make mine, I add a little squirt of hidden valley ranch dressing to give it some zing, and do a little shake of paprika over top to give them a little color and flavor. Personally, if I'm doing it a day ahead, I put the egg white parts in a zip lock, mix the filling in another zip lock to store overnight. The day I'm going to serve them, I snip off a little corner of the ziplock bag and use that to squirt it into the white hollows. I find it stays fresher that way, and I don't have to add extra mayo because the whites soaked it up.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
8 Jun 11
That is so neat I have never poured cold water on them. That will be cool to try and see if it really works to help them shrink away from the shell to keep them from sticking to the shell when I peel them. I usually add vinegar to the water when I boil the eggs and I dont usually have a problem with them sticking.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
3 Jun 11
May i ask if you can share with me how to prepare a Deviled Egg? I guess, i am not en expert in boiling egg but , yoyo has answered you on how to boil them already. I learned from yoyo's response on how to boil egg nicely.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
8 Jun 11
I see that yoyo1198 added a sote fpr everything deviled eggs. Hope that his link helped. Mylot does not allow recipes so I cannot tell you how to make deviled eggs on here. If you do a search online you can find lots of recipes. Deviled eggs are so yummy. They were eaten up really fast at my daughers birthday party.
@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
3 Jun 11
Here's site for 'everything deviled eggs'. http://www.deviledeggs.com/