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How to Cook a Perfect Boiled Egg

Let this post be your ultimate guide to cooking the perfect boiled egg every single time. Whether you like them soft, medium or hard, I’ve covered timings and methods that you can easily follow to get them just how you like them.

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How I Cook My Boiled Eggs

For this experiment I used 7 eggs, taking one out every minute starting from 4 minutes so you can see what timings achieved what results.

There are a few important notes that will be important for you to know to get the same results

  • My eggs were slightly on the smaller side (600g carton), so if yours are bigger, maybe add 30 seconds on to my timings to get the same result.
  • I took my eggs straight from the fridge so they were cold going into the water.
  • I put my eggs into the water once it was boiling, as opposed to lowering them in while the water is still cold and bringing it to a boil. I find this method is much easier and a lot more consistent.

5 Steps to Pefectly Boiled Eggs

STEP 1

Fill a bowl with ice cold water and bring a pot of water to the boil.

Boiling water
Water in a bowl

STEP 2

Lower your egg straight from the fridge into the boiling water. Set your timer immediately to your desired doneness.

Boiling eggs
Cow timer

STEP 3

 

As soon as the timer goes off, remove the egg, plunge it in the icy water and leave it for about a minute to completely stop the cooking process.

Boiled egg in iced water

STEP 4

Give the egg a gentle tap all around and begin peeling off the shell. Be extra careful if your egg is on the softer-cooked side (6 minutes and under).

Peeling a boiled egg
Peeling a boiled egg

STEP 5

Once it’s peeled, give it a rinse to remove any remaining fragments of shell and enjoy.

Peeling a boiled egg

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Boiled egg collage

Perfect Boiled Eggs

Let this post be your ultimate guide to cooking the perfect boiled egg every single time. Whether you like them soft, medium or hard, I've covered timings and methods that you can easily follow to get them just how you like them.
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Ingredients
  

  • Eggs

Instructions
 

  • Fill a bowl with ice cold water and bring a pot of water to the boil.
  • Lower your egg straight from the fridge into the boiling water. Set your timer immediately to your desired doneness. (See note for timings)
  • As soon as the timer goes off, remove the egg, plunge it in the icy water and leave it for about a minute to completely stop the cooking process.
  • Give the egg a gentle tap all around and begin peeling off the shell. Be extra careful if your egg is on the softer-cooked side (6 minutes and under).
  • Once it's peeled, give it a rinse to remove any remaining fragments of shell and enjoy.

Notes

Very soft where the white only just sets - 4 minutes
Soft boiled egg - 5-6 minutes
Medium boiled egg - 7-8 minutes
Hard boiled egg - 9+ minutes
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