Soft or Hard Boiled Eggs Made Easy

 

Welcome to COOKING IN PLAIN ENGLISH VIDEOS! In this video I've shown how to make soft or hard boiled eggs as easily, quickly and safely as possible that only requires the following ingredients and pieces of equipment:

 

Ingredients :

1-2 Eggs Per Person
Salt & Pepper (optional)

 

Equipment :

Smallest Sized Cooking Pot with Top that can hold the number of eggs you want to cook without crowding Cooking Timer

 

1. Put the eggs straight from the refrigerator into the pot. Fill the pot with enough water to cover the eggs with about 1/2 inch of water.

2. Put the pot on the stove over high heat. As soon as the water comes to a boil, turn off the heat, transfer the pot to a cool burner, cover the pot with the top and cook as follows according to desired doneness:

Doneness	Egg Consistency	Cooking Time
Very Soft Boiled	Slightly Runny Egg White, Liquid Yolk	3 Minutes
Soft Boiled	Just Set Egg White, Creamy Yolk	4 Minutes
Firmer Soft Boiled	Egg White Set, Yolk Still Wet In Middle	5 Minutes
Hard Boiled	Firm Egg White and Yolk	15 Minutes

3. When the timer sounds, use the pot top as a dam to keep the eggs in the pot, pour out the hot water and add ice and cold water to the pot and eggs. Cooling the eggs like this is particularly important for hard boiled eggs to avoid an unsightly green egg yolk and ensure a bright yellow yolk. Let the eggs sit in the ice water until they are cool enough to touch comfortably.

4. Eat the eggs either as is or topped with salt and pepper to taste.

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