Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Bring 1 quart of water to a boil.
Carefully add the eggs to the boiling water.
Cover and let the eggs sit on the back of the stove for 45 minutes.
For soft-cooked eggs, 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
- Egg proteins set as they heat, firming the whites and yolks into a solid texture.
The step that matters
Timing the eggs. Egg proteins keep setting as long as they are hot, so the cooking time decides whether the yolk stays soft or turns firm and chalky. Check that the timing matches the texture you want.
“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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