Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Bring 1 pint of water to a boil for each egg.
Carefully add the eggs to the boiling water.
Cover the pot and let the eggs sit on the back of the stove for 45 minutes for hard-cooked eggs.
For soft-cooked eggs, allow them to boil for 6 minutes.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Protein that sets with heat, giving the cooked egg its firm or soft texture.
The step that matters
Carefully add the eggs to the boiling water. Lowering cold eggs into boiling water can crack the shells and let white leak out. Gentle handling keeps the egg intact and the cooking even.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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