Plain Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Cook
Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with water.
Bring the water to a boil over medium heat.
Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 9-12 minutes depending on desired doneness.
Cool and serve
Remove eggs and place them in cold water to stop cooking.
Peel and serve.
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 coagulate with heat, setting the white and firming the yolk as they cook.
The step that matters
Simmer for the right time. Egg proteins keep setting as long as they are heated, so even a few extra minutes firms the yolk from creamy to chalky. Timing the simmer to the desired doneness controls the texture.
“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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