How to Make Scrambled Hard-Boiled Eggs Inside the Shell

Scrambled hard-boiled eggs? What is this sorcery?! This is a video tutorial explaining the witchcraft steps on how to make eggs that are scrambled AND THEN hard-boiled. Without even cracking the shell first. WHAT KIND OF BREAKFAST WIZARDRY IS THIS?

The info is brought to us by YouTube user NightHawkInLight (NOT to be confused with MorningBirdInDarkness, who made a vid showing how to make undercooked eggs that give you salmonella poisoning). The trick is to scramble the egg while it’s still inside its shell, then cook it like a regular hard-boiled egg. The result is a solid, golden-colored egg instead of the usual separate white and yellow parts.

How to Scramble an Egg Inside Its Shell

To scramble the egg within its shell, you just need a long-sleeved T-shirt, a couple of rubber bands or pieces of string, and some serious spinning. Jk jk, I bet some mediocre spinning skills would do the trick. That’s what I’m hoping for anyway!

First, slip a raw egg into the middle of one sleeve. Secure it tightly on either side with rubber bands or string so it can’t slide around. Hold both ends of the sleeve, twist it up, and then pull the ends apart so the egg spins rapidly as the fabric unwinds.

Repeat the process several times, around a dozen according to the original demonstration. The rapid spinning is supposed to mix the yolk and white together without breaking the shell. Which is impressive, considering I usually can’t even get an egg out of the carton without dropping something.

How Do You Know If the Egg Is Scrambled?

Here’s another little trick from NightHawkInLight: hold the egg up to a bright flashlight before cooking it. An ordinary raw egg should let through a noticeable yellowish light, while a successfully scrambled egg will appear much darker, sometimes showing only a little reddish light.

If it still looks bright, you might need another round of spinning. Great. Even my breakfast is demanding extra effort now.

Cooking Your Scrambled Hard-Boiled Egg

Once you’ve sufficiently scrambled the poor thing, it’s time to cook it. NightHawkInLight recommends avoiding a rolling boil because all that spinning can weaken the shell and make it more likely to crack.

In the original tutorial, the egg goes into water that’s heated until bubbles begin forming on the shell. Then the heat is turned off, and the egg sits in the hot water for about 15 minutes before being transferred to cold water. That’s the creator’s method, not a guarantee that every egg will be fully cooked. Make sure the finished egg is completely firm before eating it.

Crack open the cooled egg, peel away the shell, and, if everything worked, you’ll have a scrambled hard-boiled egg that’s golden all the way through. It’s like a normal hard-boiled egg, except somebody went through an absurd amount of trouble to make it look different.

I’ve spent my whole life half-assing it. You think I’m gonna finally put in the effort when it comes to making scrambled hard-boiled eggs? I might consider making these things for about a minute, warm up a pizza in the microwave, and go back to bed.

Breakfast of champions! Lazy, lazy champions.