Soft-boiled eggs - this is a very healthy and tasty dish, which is recommended for eating just for breakfast. Why exactly for breakfast? Yes, because all the substances that are contained in this dish, and the calorie content of soft-boiled eggs, are able to give the necessary supply of energy for the whole working day. It is not superfluous to mention that even the English kings and queens have always consumed this particular dish for breakfast. But how to cook soft-boiled eggs correctly so that they do not burst during the cooking process, and the consistency of the yolk was exactly what it needs to be?
Traditional soft-boiled egg recipe
If you do not know how to cook soft-boiled eggs, then the simplest method for preparing this dish will be given below specifically for you. To cook a soft-boiled egg, you will need to boil water in a saucepan and dip the raw egg in boiling water. This can be done using a spoon or pouring. After 4 minutes, remove the egg and rinse it in cold water. After which the soft-boiled egg can be served to the table. If you doubt that you can correctly determine the cooking time, then purchase a special timer for cooking eggs, which will greatly simplify the whole procedure.
Some subtleties of soft-boiled egg cooking
The above recipe for boiling soft-boiled eggs can rightfully be considered traditional.
However, there are other methods of cooking this dish, more sophisticated, complex or, conversely, simpler. In general, soft-boiled eggs need not be cooked in boiling water. To carry out this procedure, you will need to put the required number of eggs in a saucepan and pour them with cold water so that the liquid covers all the eggs. Water in this case cannot be brought to a boil. Here you just need to heat it until it starts to evaporate, and then turn down the heat and cook the eggs for 10-15 minutes. Next, you will need to remove them from the pan and rinse with cold running water. Another recipe for a dish such as soft-boiled eggs is simpler. To cook them, you need to fill in the
raw eggs with freshly boiled water and let them stand for 10-15 minutes, then you need to drain the cooled water and again pour the eggs with boiling water. So they need to stand for 2-3 minutes, after which again they will need to drain the water, rinse the eggs with cold water and serve.
Respect for tradition
As mentioned above, soft-boiled eggs are a dish that many English kings used to eat. In this regard, it is necessary to know not only how to boil soft-boiled eggs, but also how to properly serve this dish. As a rule, the dish is served hot and in a special holder, which is somewhat reminiscent of a glass for wine. In addition, together with the holder, the serving includes a special small spoon and a very sharp knife, which need to remove the upper part of the shell from the egg in one hit. You can salt or pepper the egg. This dish is allowed to serve white bread toast.