Poached Eggs

Mr_Raoul

What is the best tool to buy for poaching eggs?

dont like them when just done is a pan of boiling water. i have looked on Amazon and there are lots of them, and the prices are quite varied!

HelzBelz

What about them done in a pan of boiling water you don't like?

nickcardwell

I usually do them in the microwave...

Heres a link (i tend to do the alternative method in the link) http://www.wikihow.com/Poach-an-Egg-Using-a-Microwave

Mr_Raoul

HelzBelz wrote: »

What about them done in a pan of boiling water you don't like?

too messy, can never get it right.

bennygod

I prefer eggs done in pan of boiling water, except for the mess. Now for the easy mess free way is to get a sheet of clingfilm and line a ramikin or even mug/cug. Then crack the egg into it and draw the top of the clingfilm together and wind it round itself to close it. Then bang into the boiling water for about 3 1/2 mins and hey presto, cute, nice eggies without the mess, just tip the water away, or use it to make a cup of tea, or use it as washing up water as it's clean!

mixu

Can't go wrong with Delia's method:

https://www.deliaonline.com/cookery-school/how-to/how-to-poach-an-egg,12,AR.html

cmrule

mixu wrote: »

Can't go wrong with Delia's method:

www.deliaonline.com/cookery-school/how-to/how-to-poach-an-egg,12,AR.html

it takes 11 minutes - you can hard boil an egg quicker than that! :-)
Looks good though

celyn90

I'd second the cling film method - its is great and works brillantly. Someone on the Old Style board posted a while back that you can pour beaten egg (plus other bits if you want) into a ziplock bag and boil that to give a sort of scrambled egg - that works brillantly too! cel x

asea

bennygod wrote: »

I prefer eggs done in pan of boiling water, except for the mess. Now for the easy mess free way is to get a sheet of clingfilm and line a ramikin or even mug/cug. Then crack the egg into it and draw the top of the clingfilm together and wind it round itself to close it. Then bang into the boiling water for about 3 1/2 mins and hey presto, cute, nice eggies without the mess, just tip the water away, or use it to make a cup of tea, or use it as washing up water as it's clean!

this is what i do & the eggs always turn out perfectly!! the only problem i have is slightly overestimating the time it takes to do the eggs!

Garnet_Gem

Don't buy the thing that hooks over the side of a pan. Doesn't work.