To Boil Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Place eggs in a tin dish.
Pour boiling water over the eggs.
Cover the dish tightly.
Set aside where the water will stay hot.
Let stand
Let it stand for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on egg size and desired doneness.
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
- Set from liquid to solid as their proteins firm up with gentle heat, giving the cooked texture.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the heat source, cooking the eggs gently and evenly through the shell without direct boiling.
The step that matters
Let the eggs stand for the full time. The hot water keeps transferring heat to the eggs after it is poured, so the yolk keeps setting gradually. Standing time decides whether the yolk is runny or firm, and larger eggs need the longer end of the range.
“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.
More boiled eggs recipes
You might also like
Tomato Soup526 recipes
Brown Bread461 recipes
Mutton Broth292 recipes
Yorkshire Pudding264 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.