Soft Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Place the eggs in a covered dish or tin pail.
Pour boiling water over the eggs until fully submerged.
Cover the dish and let it sit for 10 to 12 minutes.
The heat of the water will cook the eggs evenly.
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
- Egg proteins set as heat rises, firming the white while the yolk stays soft.
The step that matters
Let the eggs sit for 10 to 12 minutes, covered. The eggs keep cooking from residual heat in the water. Covering holds the heat in, and the timing decides how far the yolk sets, so too long gives a firm yolk.
“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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