Did you know you can make perfect hard-boiled eggs without boiling water? Let me show you how to hard boil eggs in the oven!
Hi Friends!
Things are super busy around here so I’m just popping in with a quick tip. I’m certainly not the first one to use this trick, but I shared it on Instagram last week and got a huge response from people who didn’t know about it, so I thought I’d share it here to spread the knowledge!
I want to show you how to hard boil eggs in the oven. Yes, you can get perfectly cooked “hard boiled” eggs without even boiling water! It couldn’t be easier!
Here’s what you do:
1. Put your eggs in a muffin tin. You don’t need to put any water in the tins or anything. Just set them in there. If you want to, you can also stand them upright using mini muffin tins.
2. Put the pan in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
3. Remove and put the eggs in a bucket of ice water for at least 10 minutes.
The only tricky part about this method is that the cooking time will vary from oven to oven. So, if your oven runs hot, you may need to cook them at 325. However, for my oven, if I cook them at 325 for 30 minutes, they don’t cook all the way. So I cook mine for 30-32 minutes at 350 degrees. So, it may take a couple test batches, but let me tell you, once you a little trial and error, this method is AMAZING. So easy and they’ll cook perfectly every time!
Just a word of advice. Do a SMALL test batch until you figure out your oven temp. Don’t, say, test 18 eggs all at once if you’re not sure what temperature to use…not that I did that or anything. Luckily eggs are cheap!
The eggs might get some brown spots as they bake:
Don’t worry, they rinse off when you put them in the ice bath!
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Happy baking.
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Christine @ Love, Life, Surf says
Wait, really?? That’s an awesome tip!
Lindsay says
hehe enjoy!
Norma Marie Love says
Hi Lindsay
I tried this today and my eggs turned out like rubber and were discolored(a brownish colour).
I cooked them at 350 for 30 minutes.
What should I change?
Lindsay says
Sounds like your oven may run hotter than mine. I would decrease the cooking time by 5 minutes and see if that helps!
Chris C says
This is really cool! Thank you for the tip. I will try this!
Mary says
Excellent! Will be a massive time saver – much less hassle than the regular way. I’ve gone off meat just lately and eggs are now my go-to for protein. Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
Lindsay says
you’re quite welcome!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama says
I had NOOOOOO idea! Trying this weekend!
Lindsay says
let me know how it goes!
Linz @ Itz Linz says
i didn’t even know this was possible!!
Lindsay says
neither did I until a few weeks ago!
Brittany @ GOtheXtraMile says
I never knew you could do this!!! Awesome!
Anne @ CandyCrazedrun.wordpress.com says
Huh, that’s so interesting. To say I eat a ton of eggs would be an understatement. This would be a really easy way to “boil” a ton a once!
Lindsay says
yep! let me know if you try it!
Kat says
Über neat!
Kierston @candyfit says
Awesome! So easy!
Holly @ EatGreatBEGreat says
Ok…this is purely genius! Amazing!
Lindsay says
right?! my mind was blown!
Amanda says
I do this all the time. I love it. It makes meal prep a lot easier.
Lindsay says
it certainly does!
Ashley says
I saw Alton Brown do this once and I keep meaning to try! I’ll add it to my Sunday food prep list for sure
Amanda @runtothefinish says
what?! you just blew my mind!
Lindsay says
haha love it!
Pamela Hernandez says
I love hard boiled eggs! I need to try this!
Lindsay says
let me know how it goes!
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef says
what a great tip! my friend does this but i’ve never tried it myself.
Presley @ Run Pretty says
This is how I do my eggs! SO much easier.
Lindsay says
yes it is!!
Jennifer F says
Wow, who knew?!
Casey @ DIY Playbook says
Lindsay I’m so happy you shared this! We’ve recently been eating a lot of hard boiled eggs, and they turn out differently every time. Sometimes they’re easy to peel..other days, not so much! I’m definitely trying this method.
Lindsay says
good luck! let me know how it works for you!
Tanya says
wow, I never knew you could hard boil eggs in the oven. Very interesting.
Lindsay says
me either until a few weeks ago!
Kim @ Hungry Healthy Girl says
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Lindsay says
anytime!
GiGi Eats Celebrities says
YOU ARE SO genius!!! 🙂
Liz @ The Girl on Fire Now says
That is an awesome idea ….
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says
This is seriously awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing :). This process sounds much easier than boiling them.
Lindsay says
i think so too!
misszippy says
That’s crazy! Did you try this all on your own or did you hear of it somewhere also? I’ve gotta try now!
Lindsay says
i definitely didn’t think of it all on my own! just sharing the idea with others 🙂
Alexis {Diva on a Diet} says
Yeah, wow. I had no idea! Although it makes sense. I have an appliance that basically heats up the eggs with hardly any water… the water is really there to steam up the mechanism I think?!? I got it for free, but it does take up extra space, so this might be my replacement for extra things I don’t need! Thanks!
Lindsay says
you’re quite welcome!
JW says
well, your small appliance probably uses a lot less energy than running your oven for half hour, so keep that in mind.
I too have this little egg steamer from the 1970s or something, and I love it!! 🙂
sara @ Fitcupcaker says
I love this method, so much easier and nothing to monitor!
Lindsay says
exactly!!
calee says
GENIUS. why didn’t I think of that??
Becky @ Olives n Wine says
Oh my gosh, Lindsay, you’re a genius!! I’m totally going to try this out on Sunday for my food prep! Thanks chica 🙂
Lindsay says
you’re welcome! enjoy!
Jessica says
Lindsey:
I recall you have mentioned baking eggs before (or perhaps it could have been another blogger) but I’m just curious – what are the benefits/advantages of doing it this way as opposed to boiling them as I generally do? I’d love to try it – but not really sure what makes this way better?
BTW – have been following you for about 6 months now. Love the blog – you are a very sharp gal for sure! Keep it up!
Thanks – have a great weekend! Jessica
Lindsay says
Nothing makes it better. It’s just another option. For me, it’s easier than having to wait for water to boil. Totally up to you. No nutritional benefit or anything.
Tess says
… several of us were concerned that they might explode… but I haven’t seen anything where anyone else is concerned. Why not? do they, have they, is it a concern at all? or are we all missing something?
Lindsay says
I haven’t heard about that from anyone who has tried it. Perhaps it’s not a concern because they’re not baking at a super high temperature?
Victoria @ Reluctantly Skinny says
Umm, how have I never thought of doing this before – totally never using boiling water again!
Lindsay says
right?! way less of a hassle!
Jody - Fit at 55 says
I saw this before on another blog a year or so ago & last the link. Thx for sharing so now I can try again!!!!
Lindsay says
you’re welcome!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
How cool! The oven is one way I can combat putting them on the stove and FORGETTING about them…it’s not that I’ve done that before. 😉
Lindsay says
haha been there!
Jan @ Sprouts n Squats says
I’m going to have to give this a try! It looks so easy but very worthwhile to do and a great food prep technique for the week 🙂
Lindsay says
definitely! enjoy!
Nicole D says
Do you preheat the oven first or put them in when you first turn it on?
Denise S. says
Beautiful! Just finished making my first batch this way and they turned out perfect. Thanks for sharing, Lindsay!
Lindsay says
so glad to hear that!!
Nutmeg Nanny says
This is my favorite way to hard boil eggs, so simple 🙂
Cheryl M says
Does this work with the really fresh eggs?
Lindsay says
i try not to use really fresh eggs for hardboiled. they’re too hard to peel no matter how you make them!
Jeanne says
Just an FYI … this page on your site took so long to load that I was a nano-second away from clicking away. However, I’m glad the page finally loaded, because I’m 73 years old and this is my “learn one new thing each day” for today. Trust that I will be trying this tomorrow! Thank you.
Sara says
I love how easy they are to peel this way!! Bonus!! I did mine at 325 for 1/2 hour, made egg salad and tada! Lunch! 😉
Lindsay says
Woohoo! Glad you liked them!
Nicole says
How do they peel? Any tips for that? Sometimes that can be a huge pain…
Lindsay says
put them in ice cold water right after they come out of the over. or if you boil them on the stove you can add some vinegar to the water!
Martha Hagler says
Should the eggs be brought to room temp before putting them into the oven? I always put cold eggs into cold water.
Now, with arthritis, and my cookware is heavy, even with the double handle on the sauce pan, it is painful to lift.
Lindsay says
i usually just start with cold eggs.