Perfect Soft-boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Place the eggs in a deep dish.
Pour boiling water over the eggs.
Set the dish back on the stove where it won't boil.
Leave the eggs in the water for ten 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Protein that sets as the whites cook, giving the soft-boiled egg its structure.
The step that matters
Keep the water from boiling after the eggs go in. Water kept just below a boil cooks the eggs gently, so the whites set while the yolks stay runny. A rolling boil would overcook the eggs and firm the yolks.
“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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