I tried making hard-boiled eggs in the oven, and the easy method doesn't require peeling
- I tried a no-peel hard-boil-egg hack from a popular TikTok, and it couldn't have been simpler.
- The method calls for making the eggs in the oven, and all I needed was two baking dishes.
If you love hard-boiled eggs but hate going through all the effort of peeling them, baking them in the oven may be the perfect solution.
A popular TikTok video from @jamiefielding_, which had over 729,000 likes as of Wednesday, advertises a "no-peel" method for hard-boiled eggs. I decided to see if it was really as easy as it sounds.
All you need are eggs and 2 baking dishes
I started off by using a napkin to grease a loaf pan with a little bit of oil before cracking in seven eggs to line the bottom of the pan.
The video showed a metal loaf pan being used, but I used a glass one because it's what I had.
I placed my egg dish into a larger glass pan for baking
To ensure the eggs cooked evenly, I placed the loaf pan with the eggs into a larger glass baking pan. I then filled the larger dish with water up to the level of the eggs.
The instructions in the TikTok said to bake the eggs for 30 minutes. But perhaps because I used a glass pan, which takes longer to heat up in the oven, mine needed more time.
I ended up baking my eggs for a little under an hour until the yolks were completely cooked through.
This method was extremely easy, and I'd definitely use it again for certain recipes
This recipe worked perfectly and completely avoided the need to peel anything.
The only caveat to baking eggs like this is that they don't retain their cylindrical shape. But it's the perfect method for egg salad or any recipe where you'd chop up the hard-boiled eggs anyway.