How to Make Perfect Soft Boiled Eggs

Boiling eggs may seem like an easy task, but it is not always the case. Making hard boiled eggs is, comparatively, still easy.

However, making luscious, perfect soft-boiled eggs is not that easy. If you don’t know how to soft-boil an egg perfectly, then keep scrolling.

Herein, we’ve mentioned various methods using which you can cook soft-boiled eggs to perfection.

Method 1

Fill a pot with water. Keep the water level at a point where it can cover the eggs entirely. Bring the pot of water to boil.

Once the water begins to boil (forming bubbles), put the burner on low. Then, lower the eggs gently into the water using a skimmer.

After about 20 seconds, you can put the burner back on high. Bringing the burner to low initially prevents the eggs from bouncing around in the pot and getting cracked.

Turn off the burner after six minutes. You’ll get those perfect half-boiled eggs that you’ve been craving for.

Just make sure that you transfer the boiled eggs into a bowl of iced water the moment you turn the burner off.

Keep the eggs in the icy water for about 2 minutes. This way, the eggs would stop getting cooked further.

Method 2

This is another method you can use to cook half-boiled eggs perfectly. It uses more steam than water to boil the eggs.  

Put an inch of water into a saucepan. Cover the saucepan with a lid. Put the stove on high and bring the water to boil.

Once the water starts to boil, take the eggs out of the fridge and put them straight into the boiling water.

Put the lid back on the saucepan and boil the eggs for six minutes. After exactly six minute, remove the half-boiled eggs from the saucepan.

Then immediately, place them in a bowl of icy water or under running cool water until they are cool enough to be held.

Your perfectly soft-boiled eggs are ready for consumption. Peel the eggs and enjoy the yumminess!

Method 3

This particular recipe is to make soft boiled eggs out of eggs that were not kept in a fridge.

To begin with, take a few eggs and prick a hole in each one of them with an egg piercer. If you don’t have an egg piercer, you can use the eggs as they are.

First, bring a large pan of water to boil. Then, put the stove on simmer and gently lower the eggs into the water.

Make sure that the eggs are in a single layer. No egg should be placed on top of another.

If you want soft boiled eggs with a runny yolk, then boil them for only five minutes.

If you want the egg yolks to remain liquid but not runny, then boil the eggs for six minutes.

And if you’re trying to make perfectly soft boiled eggs with a sticky, almost-set yolk, then you would need to boil them for seven whole minutes.

Once the eggs are done, take them out of the pan and put them in a bowl of ice-water. After a minute, the soft boiled eggs will be cool enough for you to feast on.

FAQs

How long should you boil an egg for it to be soft-boiled?

If you want somewhat firm yolks to use in salads, then boil the eggs for 6-7 minutes. If you want runny yolks that you can serve with toasts, then boiling them for 4-5 minutes should suffice.

Do you boil the water first for soft-boiled eggs?

While making soft-boiled eggs, it is best to boil the water first, then put the eggs in the water. However, make sure that you put the flame on low while lowering the eggs into the water.

How to peel soft-boiled eggs?

The best way to peel soft-boiled eggs is underwater. Take a bowl of ice-water and peel the eggs while keeping them submerged in the water. The water seeps under the thin film that covers the egg whites and the shell comes off smoothly.

How healthy are soft-boiled eggs?

Soft-boiled eggs are considered to be healthier than other forms of cooked eggs. That is because soft-boiled eggs are cooked for a shorter time compared to other types of cooked eggs. Hence, the eggs are able to better retain their nutritional value.

What to eat with soft boiled eggs?

Soft boiled eggs is something that goes really well with a variety of different foods. You can have soft boiled egg and bread. You can make soft boiled egg salad. You can even add soft boiled eggs to noodle or rice bowls and make them more delicious. You can also use soft boiled eggs as toppings on waffles.

How long do soft boiled eggs last?

When kept in a fridge, soft-boiled eggs in the shell would stay edible for about two days. So, you can easily boil eggs in large batches and store them for consumption.

Why is my egg yolk pink?

When eggs get ruined by Pseudomonas bacteria, the yolks get a pinkish tint. Some of these microorganisms are harmful to humans. So, it is best to avoid eggs with a pink yolk.

Why is my egg yolk red?

The colour of an egg yolk is determined by the food that a hen eats. Hens who eat feed with yellow-orange pigments end up laying eggs with darker yolks. When red bell peppers are added to poultry feed, the hens lay eggs with red yolks.

Why is my egg yolk orange?

The pigment in the ingredients of poultry feed affects the colour of egg yolks. When a hen eats feed with a lot of yellow-orange pigments, then her eggs would contain dark orange yolks.

What colour eggs are healthiest?

People often believe that eggs with brown shells are healthier than eggs with white shells. But that is not true. Most eggs have similar nutritional value, no matter what their size or colour is.