I'm Ashamed I've Been Eating Eggs This Long, And I Had No Idea About These 15 Egg Hacks

    Go ahead and take a crack at these.

    I love a good food hack, and since there are a million ways to cook eggs, I thought to myself, "I wish I had a collection solely of egg hacks." Being the change I want to see in the world, I searched the internet for 15 brilliant new egg hacks that'll definitely up my game in the kitchen.

    1. "Use a whisk to easily remove hardboiled eggs."

    A whisk on an egg

    2. "If you find that your eggs are sticking to your lightly oiled pan, instead of adding more oil, try waiting for your pan to cool down before trying to remove the eggs."

    u/kinnoth

    3. "Fun way to distinguish the hardboiled eggs."

    Drawing on eggs

    4. "When you crack an egg into a bowl and a piece of eggshell falls in, wet your finger and the egg shell will stick to your finger so that you can get it out with no mess."

    u/Smigg_e

    5. If you drop an egg straight down on the skillet, the shell will easily separate from the yolk.

    6. You can easily remove the yolk from a hardboiled egg with this simple knife technique:

    7. "I use a mason jar lid ring to make my egg round for my breakfast sandwich! Totally works."

    A jar lid in a skillet with an egg inside of it

    8. "Did you know that you can check if an egg is properly hardboiled by spinning it? That's because hard boiled eggs spin easily and raw eggs do not."

    u/klaraclarkk

    9. "Use a protein shaker for the fluffiest scrambled eggs and minimal cleanup."

    Someone holding a protein shaker in front of eggs on the stove

    10. "For the perfect scrambled eggs, whisk in a small dollop of sour cream (makes them creamy) and season the eggs with salt and pepper AFTER they’ve been cooked (prevents the eggs from turning grayish)."

    u/midfield38

    11. Here's a simple explainer if you, like me, stress out when people ask how you want your eggs because all you know is "scrambled."

    A diagram for different kinds of eggs

    12. "To prevent a cracked egg from spilling out during boil, add a tablespoon of salt to the water."

    "Normally, you wouldn't try to boil an egg with a visible crack, but sometimes, you'll discover a crack presenting itself/opening while the egg is warming up. Adding salt will greatly reduce or completely prevent the contents from spilling out and forming an ugly blob in the water."

    u/didzisk

    13. Crack your eggs and mix them, then transfer them to an empty water bottle to save room in the cooler when camping.

    Eggs in water bottles

    14. "When cracking eggs for cooking/baking, hit two of them together, and only one will crack every time."

    u/precose

    15. Finally, "An ice cream scooper can be used to drop eggs into boiling water, without splashing."

    Someone cupping an egg with an ice cream scooper

    Do you have an egg hack? Or even just a general cooking hack? Share your knowledge in the comments below!