How to Make Perfectly Poached Eggs

A simple trick will help you to get perfectly poached eggs right at home.

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[boboscurse]

You nailed it! Best poached egg I've ever made. Slid right out of the shell. No toweling off required. No breakage.

[WhichOrThat]

Why not show the hardest part, peeling the sous vide eggs!

[billygarfield]

When I was a child my mother would make poached eggs on toast. Wow!! I can taste them know. I'm going to make some now.

[mjchenevertful]

Excellent!! Cannot wait to try the regular way in the Le Creuset. The Sous Vide looks awesome and I like the way the egg yolk turned out with that method of cooking versus the conventional way. Thanknyou for this wonderful video.🤗🥚🍽💖

[deinemuddaisdoof]

perfect result with my joule thank you

[teresamesa]

Yum! Those look so good. They would be delicious on an avocado 🥑 toast. Thanks, Elle.

[StephenLeex]

Get a metal bowl and fill with water and place on a moderate heat, get the water to a simmer. Use a spoon to gently create a whirlpool effect in the water and drop the egg into the centre of this. I've always done it this way and if I'm cooking multiple eggs I will just cool them in a bowl of ice water and reheat for service. The reason the bowl works so well is because I believe it creates the perfect whirlpool to keep the egg together and intact, no need for vinegar or straining the eggs or balancing them on your head for 10 minutes beforehand.

[AngelGarcia-fmsu]

Thank you for the amazing trick and tip... new to get me that 7qrt plastic container for my joule sou vide tool...

[narphizoid]

Fabulous! Worked just as well in a 2-quart saucepan.

[carlgomm]

Wonderful much appreciated video!! Eggs were one of the first things my mother taught me to cook in every way imaginable, she told me once that seeing where eggs take little time to fix she couldn't understand why they come out like @$#%& so often I learned from the best but still look for tips from pro's like you folks please keep making these videos I LOVE this channel!!

[carowells]

I usually do the whirlpool method, but you can only do one egg at a time this way, so I'm gonna try the colander thing.

[SC-mqeh]

Great hack agin!! Straining the whites, brilliant!

[toddvidclack]

After removing with a slotted spoon, I always have some residual water (Making toast soggy). Did you have an additional step not shown in the video?

[jerzcnate]

Ms. Simone, I'm so doing this needed a poach egg tip

[oscarhernandez]

I like the last option im definitely trying it out

[msjkramey]

Isn't the second one just soft boiled eggs?

[tsibosp]

And because you cannot bother to make a mess for 1-2 eggs as a normal person would cook, you just half fill a microwave safe bowl with water, break an egg or 2 in it and cover it with a plate. Then you cook the eggs in short 30-45 seconds intervals until the white is set and you have the same result without all the hassle.

[DavidMFChapman]

I make mine in the microwave: 1/2 cup water, one egg, nuke for 1 minute 5 seconds, let stand for one minute, drain.

[wblaustein]

I used extra large eggs and next time I will cook for 12 and half. At 12 whites not quite set. Not sure how size of eggs effect cooking time?

[danbo]

Is it the same time and temperature if you're only doing 4 eggs in a smaller pot