Poached Eggs in Silicone Cups

Perfectly poached eggs in silicone cups makes the intimidating process of poaching eggs super easy and foolproof. You’ll have just the right shape, with tender whites and yolks exactly how you like them.

(Look for silicone cups that have 3 corners with holes in them which makes them really convenient to pick up.)

[amyOMNOMNOM]

Such a relief to find a video like this 😅 Im trying my new silicone cups today and had no idea what to do

[stephenborg]

Thank you for a fabulous post, I now cook poached eggs confidently

[sniperpd]

I have has the silicon cups for ages and wasn't sure how to use them. I now know and will try them soon. Thank you.

[hollaatthekid]

It worked for me today perfectly fine the first try. Within 10 min in a sauce pot. I floated only 3. They cooked GREAT. and my eggs didn’t stick.

[JohnSmith-zsbf]

Cmon the whole reason to poach is to avoid the oil lol

[dfertefwergwergrfgwr]

If the eggs stick use a tie cord. Inert the pointed part on the edge and just work it around the egg.

[laurenceellis]

Thanks for the video, I was having no end of trouble, I wasn't oiling them...

[Sharkie]

mine didn't work so pretty! LOL, it'll be a learning curve, got water in it, lost maybe half my whites, but the yolk is nice and runny!

[pecan]

Wow this should have been invented EONS ago! Thanks

[booch]

It takes forever to poach an egg in water this way. I oiled the cups but the egg still stuck. I think it's a lot easier and just as good to poach them the traditional way. I don't care if they are perfectly shaped or not. I haven't tried these in the microwave yet.

[Sherry-ctlz]

Can I make an omelette in these? Like egg bites?

[Rainwatercolor]

Yea but what are the holes in each point for? LOL I used mine in the Instant Pot this morning. High Pressure, 1 C tap water in bottom of liner, oil the silicon cup a bit, crack in an egg and set in a holder or pan that can be pressure cooked. 3 min and 3 wait time after gave me perfect hard cooked one. Want runny? 1 min and quick release after it signals the end of cooking time. So easy :D. I put them in a small pan so they stay standing up while in my sling.

[paulamunoz]

I have tried a few times already but it takes very long to cook the white and the yolk gets hard. If I take them out when the yolk is still runny then the white isn't completely cooked...

[floridahomeandgardeningwit]

Do you have these cups of your Amazon?

[jerryyyyyy]

At this point, you might as well leave them in the shell and call them boiled eggs

[adamchurvis]

This isn't poaching. For it to be poaching, the eggs would have to be submerged in a heated liquid medium.

You're making what are called Shirred Eggs. While many people make shirred eggs in the oven, you are using a water bath that is not in direct contact with the egg, so you are using Heating By Conduction rather than the combination of Heating By Radiation and Heating By Convection one would have baking them in the oven.

Nonetheless, you are making shirred eggs, not poached eggs.

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[iaidoman]

NOT FFS.
poach verb (COOK)
[ T ] to cook something such as a fish, or an egg with its shell removed, by putting it in gently boiling water or other liquid: We had poached eggs for breakfast.