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Perfect boiled eggs

Name: Perfect boiled eggs
Total time: 5 min
Yield: serves 1
Ingredients: eggs 2; bread toasted to make soldiers (optional)

5 minutes
serves 1
Easy

Go to work on an egg and make sure it's perfectly cooked. Whether it's for dunking your soldiers or to add to a salad, find out how to boil an egg perfectly every time.

March 25, 2015 at 4:07 pm

Ingredients

eggs 2
bread toasted to make soldiers (optional)

Method

Step 1

Put room temperature eggs in boiling water, bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer. Cook for 3 minutes for very soft, 4 for just-set white and creamy yolk, 5 for set white and just-set yolk.