Cooking eggs is the basis of all the culinary knowledge, which, unfortunately, is not familiar to every mistress. Surely with you there was a situation where the hard-boiled egg that you cooked for a salad turned out to be too liquid, or vice versa, you planned to eat a soft-boiled egg, but received a hard yolk. So, now you will be able to avoid such situations 100%, because we decided to create an ultimatum article dedicated to all possible ways of cooking eggs.
How to boil an egg poached ?
Let's start with the fastest, but not the easiest way for beginners to cook eggs. Eggs poached prepared without shell in boiling salted water for a few minutes. Correctly boiled egg poached has a liquid yolk and well-grasped protein. Such an egg is a classic companion of English or French breakfast.
Before you can quickly boil a liquid poached egg, bring the boiled salted water and pour into it half a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice. Acidified water will accelerate the process of protein folding and the egg will have a more accurate shape. Fresh eggs are broken into a plate without damaging the yolk. Intensively mix the water in a circle so that a funnel is formed. In the center of the funnel pour the egg, immediately reduce the heat to a minimum, so that the water does not boil, and cook the egg 3-3 1/2 minutes. We remove the finished egg with a noise or spoon and lay out a little on the towel.
Now in the shops you can find hermetic forms for cooking eggs, with their help, the egg can be cooked for a similar period of time, without worrying about its neat form.
How to boil an egg soft-boiled?
Eggs are soft for the second time in cooking. Cook them much easier than eggs poached.
So, put the washed eggs in a saucepan, pour cold water and put it on the fire. Cook the eggs for 2 minutes after boiling the liquid (this rule applies to large eggs, small eggs are cooked faster). After cooking, transfer the eggs into a bowl of ice water and leave for a couple of minutes. Using a spoon, we insinuate the shell so as not to damage the tender and liquid yolk, and then we clean the eggs and use them as necessary.
Eggs soft-boiled with liquid yolk and creamy protein are cooked even easier. The egg is put into boiling water, the container is removed from the fire, covered with a lid and left for 5 minutes. After the time has elapsed, it can be taken out of the water and counted to 8, if during this time the shell is completely dry, then its contents are cooked sufficiently to be used for food.
If you do not know how to boil soft-boiled eggs in a multivariate, then do not worry, it's not at all more difficult. Fill eggs with water so as to cover, set the "Steam cooking" mode and time - 5 minutes. For eggs "in a bag" and hard-boiled it will take 8-10 and 12 minutes respectively.
How to boil an egg in a bag?
"Egg in the pouch" has a yolk, which gripped the edges, but remained liquid in the center. Such an egg is a favorite of most eaters. "Egg in a bag" cook for 5 minutes after boiling water. Then it should be lowered into ice water and left for 5-6 minutes, so that the shell is easier to clean.
How to boil an egg in a steep?
Hard-boiled eggs are most often used for making cold snacks : they are stuffed, added to salads and jellied. The main difficulty in preparing such eggs is not to digest the yolk, otherwise it will get an unpleasant cyanotic color.
We put washed eggs in a bowl with cold water so that it covers them, then put the bowl on fire and cook the eggs 10-12 minutes after boiling (depending on the size). Cleaning hard-boiled eggs is easier than soft-boiled eggs or "in a bag", but after cooking, for greater convenience, they should also be placed in a container of cold water.