Poaching an egg

[rich p]

Thanks for got many helpful replies and I may even get round to reading them one day. @User14044 , I'll have you know that we have bistros and deli's round here.

 

[theclaud]

Thanks for got many helpful replies and I may even get round to reading them one day. @User14044 , I'll have you know that we have bistros and deli's round here.

And greengrocer's?

 

[theclaud]

did I do summink wrong?
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You post that picture, and you have to ask?

 

[Norry1]

I have 2 poached egg on toast most mornings. Small saucepan half filled with salted water, bring to bubbling, break 2 eggs gently into pan - go away and butter the toast, just checking pan doesn't boil too hard, remove eggs when they look done.

90% of the time the eggs are great. No idea why the other 10% of the time they seem to disintegrate.

 

[nickyboy]

Look you useless lot. The Swirl is a great way to make poached eggs. But what you mustn't do is have the water boiling when you do it. If you do the bubbles will cause the egg to disintegrate when you put it in.

Get your water up to simmer/boiling.....then turn it down. Swirl then pop the egg in the middle. Let it set a bit for say, 30 seconds, then start turning the heat back up. But don't get a ferocious boil going or it'll wreck the egg

 

[Keith Oates]

Does that mean you'll then get a 'wrecked egg' breakfast.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cuchilo]

Crack an egg into a pan
Boil kettle
Pour boiling water onto the egg in the pan .

let me know how it turns out .

 

[User482]

Do you give your guests a tedious torch-lit tour of the henhouse between courses?

It would be particularly tedious, seeing as I don't have any hens.

 

[Archie_tect]

+ a dollop of fresh hollandaise Reg?

 

[Archie_tect]

I had the best Eggs Benedict I've ever tasted in a breakfast cafe in Southwark a couple of years ago.

....the alternative is a runny fried egg and chips with tomato sauce.

 

[stephec]

Look you useless lot. The Swirl is a great way to make poached eggs. But what you mustn't do is have the water boiling when you do it. If you do the bubbles will cause the egg to disintegrate when you put it in.

Get your water up to simmer/boiling.....then turn it down. Swirl then pop the egg in the middle. Let it set a bit for say, 30 seconds, then start turning the heat back up. But don't get a ferocious boil going or it'll wreck the egg

This is the way, always works for me

 

[Kestevan]

I'm a big fan of poached eggs.
My neighbour however is always complaining that someone keeps breaking into his hen house and stealing his eggs......

 

[Paulus]

I'm with User on this topic. Get the water boiling then reduce heat and add the eggs. Turn the heat down to a gentle simmer. Once the egg has turned white all over it is done.

 

[Fnaar]

Why, I say why do French people only have one poached* egg for breakfast?
Because one egg is un oeuf**


*could be any type of egg, of course
**poached from the Old Jokes Home

 

[Crackle]

I was tempted to try this hot water tosh again, to prove it's tosh. My results are better than Rich's but hey, that's no target but really. If you believe that's a poached egg, you probably make your own baked beans and hummus. A fair percentage of the egg travels loosely around the pan and makes a right old mess. Tasted nice though