The Perfect Soft Boiled Egg
I love soft boiled eggs; especially with ramen and other noodles soups. They are extremely easy to make. But for some reason so many people struggle with this very simple concept. So I’m here to go over it again so you can continue with the struggle. I recommend using a timer, especially if you happen to be a stoner. It will save your life in the kitchen. If you own a microwave, use the timer on that. All you have to do is set it for 8 minutes. Nothing more or less. Carefully drop the eggs in the boiling water. Don’t forget to push start on your timer, you high ass. No that isn’t a ringing in your ear. That’s the timer beeping. Your eggs are done. Run them under cold water and give them an ice bath for at least 10 minutes. The shocking of the ice bath allows the eggs to stop cooking. If also helps the shell separate from the egg’s membrane on the inside.A lot of people have a hard time peeling eggs. In the last year I learned possibly the best technique for peeling eggs. After they’re cooled, shake them for 10 seconds in the same pot you boiled them in. For some reason, the eggs cracking against each other allows them to peel easier. You can take the eggs out perfectly while the shell is still in one piece. It works because of science, or something like that. Once you slice the egg in half, the yolk will be firm but still runny. A runny firm, we’ll say. If you want your eggs to be hard boiled, boil them for 10 minutes instead of 8. It’s all that easy.
Ingredients
- boiling water
- eggs
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil. Make sure there is enough water to have the eggs completely submerged.
- Carefully add the eggs one at a time.
- Boil the eggs for 8 minutes.
- Once the 8 minutes are up, bring the pot of water to the sink and run cold water over the eggs for 5 minutes.
- Crack a tray of ice cubes to give the eggs an ice bath. Let them sit in the cold water for 10 minutes.
- Pour all of the water out of the pot. Shake the eggs in the pot for 10 seconds, allowing the eggs to crack into one another.
- This allows the eggs to peel perfectly out of their shells in one piece.
