Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Ensure the eggs are fresh.
Boil water in a stew-pan.
Cook the eggs
Carefully add the eggs using a tablespoon to avoid cracking.
For soft eggs, boil for 3 minutes; for hard eggs, boil for 8 to 10 minutes.
Alternatively, place eggs in a dish, pour boiling water over them, cover, and let sit for 15 minutes.
Another method is to start with cold water, bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
Immediately place hard-boiled eggs in cold water to prevent discoloration.
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 with heat, giving the cooked white and yolk their firm texture.
The step that matters
Carefully add the eggs using a tablespoon to avoid cracking.. Dropping cold eggs into boiling water can shock and crack the shell, letting white leak out. Lowering them gently with a spoon reduces that thermal shock.
“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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