Healthy Perfect Boiled Eggs Recipe

Prep: 2 min
Cook: 5 min
Servings: 1

Ingredients

Cook Mode Prevent your screen from going dark

Gently place the egg in the saucepan. Pour cold water over the top until it is covered by about 1cm of water.
Place pan over high heat and watch until the water boils (you will see it rapidly bubble with steam rising).
As soon as the water boils, turn the heat down to a simmer (you will see only little bubbles form on the bottom and sides of pan).
Leave the egg to simmer for:
3 minutes if you like a really soft-boiled egg.
4 minutes for a white that is just set and a yolk that is creamy.
5 minutes for a white and yolk perfectly set but still soft.
7 minutes for hard boiled and cooked through.
Turn off the heat, and remove egg with a large spoon. To stop the egg from cooking further, either put the egg in a bowl of iced water or run it under cold water for a couple of minutes.

Healthy tip!

Love sweet coffee? Try reducing the amount of sugar you have a quarter of a teaspoon at a time to trick your taste buds!

Great questions Kari! Based on my experience I would say that is timing for a fridge-cold egg that is then run under cold water after simmering to stop the cooking (I'll amend the recipe to include that step) . Other factors that will affect the timing include the size of the egg and the size/ shape of the pot! Hope you figure out the perfect timing for your favourite eggs 😊AF
LiveLighter
Posted on: 12 May 25
Missing info: 1: eggs from fridge or room temp? 2: rinse with cold water to stop boiling or just rest?
Kari Amalie Pettersen
Posted on: 10 May 25
I've been having a no fail result for years by placing egg/s into rapidly boiling water, set the timer for 5 mins soft boiled, turn off the heat and let sit in the hot water for an extra minute for that just set 'coddled' egg yolk. We shell the eggs and have them as cheats poached eggs with no mess.
Anonymous
Posted on: 03 Jan 16
2 eggs no toast
Anonymous
Posted on: 28 Oct 15