Soft Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Place eggs in a bowl or pan.
Pour boiling water over the eggs until they are fully covered.
Let them stand for 10 minutes.
Pour off the water and cover the eggs again with boiling water.
For soft eggs, eat immediately; for harder eggs, leave them in longer.
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
- Provide the main structure and protein that set gently as the heat penetrates the shell.
The step that matters
Letting the eggs stand in hot water. The eggs keep cooking from residual heat after the water is poured over them, so the timing decides whether the yolk is soft or firm. Starting with eggs at room temperature helps the heat reach the center evenly.
“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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