How to boil an egg

Overview:

A delicious & nutritious meal boiled eggs are hard to go past.

Weather you want a perfectly cooked egg with a runny yolk to serve with buttered toast soldiers or perfectly hard boiled eggs to serve in a salad or other recipe these step by step instructions will guarantee a perfectly cooked egg every time.

Ingredients:

• Eggs (2 per person)

• Buttered toast but into soldiers to serve.

• Pinch of salt.

Method:

• Using a spoon to avoid cracking the egg, gently place into a saucepan of salted, cold water. The eggs should be completely immersed.

• Bring  boil & then turn down the heat to a simmer.

• Continue to simmer for 3.5 minutes for runny yolks.

• Continue to simmer for 8 minutes for hard yolks.

• Once cooked, quickly run under cold tap & cut off the top. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.

Tips & tricks for perfect boiled eggs:

• Eggs should be at room temperature. Cold eggs from the fridge are more likely to crack.

• Don't overcook the eggs. If the shell sticks to the egg when you peel it, it has been cooked for too long.

• Use the smallest saucepan possible to avoid the eggs rolling around in the pan & possibly cracking.

• If you plunge the boiled eggs immediately into cold water (iced water is even better) will halt the cooking process & cause the egg to shrink slightly, making it easier to peel. 

• If you spin the egg once it's been placed in the pan, it will help centre the yolk.

• A teaspoon of vinegar added to the water will help prevent the shell from cracking.

Other egg recipes:

Boiled eggs, egg fried rice, egg sandwich, French toast, omelette, poached eggs, scrambled eggs