Perfect Hard Boiled Quail Eggs
Quail eggs are a lot smaller than chicken eggs and there is a slightly different method to cook them. Tesco sells quail eggs in cartons of 25 eggs, and can be pricey (Tesco 52 Baht/25 eggs, vice a local vendor for when I bought them, 20 Baht/23 eggs). Buy from the local markets and the egg vendors, and will be sold for x number of eggs per money amount. The common size order you would receive at a market for cooked eggs, either hard boiled or fried is 10, so for this, let's just go with a 'carton' or rather 20 Baht worth, which right now is 23 eggs. I did verify this recipe today, the steps and time are 100% correct. For perfect hard boiled chicken or duck eggs, those links are listed in the Recipe Notes section below.
Ingredients
- 25 qual eggs, local vendor, room temperature
Instructions
- Heat a medium size pot of water to boiling. While that is heating, get a smaller pot out and fill with water and place under the tap so when you run more water in, the overflow will simply go into the sink.
- Lower eggs into the water with a large spoon, 3-4 eggs at a time but do not over crowd the pot. At 4 minutes for a hard boiled egg, at 2 1/2 minutes for a soft boiled egg, remove the eggs with a large slotted spoon.
- Place eggs the smaller pot and turn on the tap to keep water going into the smaller pot. Cool the eggs like this running the water on them for about 5 minutes or so.
- Peel and enjoy. Yes, the inside of quail shells is a light blue.
- Uses can be; enjoy as is as snack; cut in half and added to a green or pasta salad; mini deviled eggs; mini Scotch eggs; added to pasta, etc. Photo shows a chicken egg for size comparison, and a hard boiled egg that is perfect.
Notes
Low cost, quail eggs on average are 20 Baht for 23 eggs from a local vendor, and can be as high as 52 Baht for 25 eggs from Tesco (another reason to buy from local markets).
Shortcuts: Perfect Hard Boiled Chicken Eggs, Perfect Hard Boiled Duck Eggs.
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