How To Boil Eggs Perfectly: Hard, Medium, And Soft Boiled Eggs

Boil the eggs seem trivial. In fact many people are not successful when boiling eggs. It could be cracked, too hard or too mushy texture. In fact, if done with a little careful, tasty boiled eggs as you wish easily made. 

Although it only takes a pan, water and a little salt, boil eggs and accuracy requires its own tricks. Some of these things you need to do so that your boiled eggs taste good.

Determine The Maturity Level

First, make sure what type of boiled eggs as desired. There are three types of boiled eggs : hard-boiled, soft boiled, and medium boiled. Hard boiled eggs are boiled for about 12 minutes, then the result is perfect solid egg yolk. Soft boiled require 5 minutes to boil, the egg yolk is still liquid. While the medium boiled eggs stewed fitting is 7 minutes, the egg yolk is not too liquid and not too solid.

How to Boil

1.  Hard boiled Eggs

Hard boiled will produce the best results when eggs are boiled had been a few days old. The eggs will be easy to peel. Boil in cold water, add a tablespoon of vinegar and as much as 1/2 teaspoon of salt to add flavor and keep the egg whites are not damaged. Use a large fire, and enter the egg. Prior to a boil, reduce the heat for a few seconds. Boil for 12 minutes maximum.

2. Soft Boiled Eggs

Eggs cooked in this way will result the egg yolk liquid like condensed milk. Boil it took no more than 5 minutes. If you like, add salt and vinegar. After 5 minutes, drain the water. Flush the eggs with cold water for 30-60 seconds. If you want more simple, just pour the eggs in boiling water about a few minutes.

3. Medium Boiled Eggs

Egg cooking techniques like this will make the egg yolk is not as dilute as soft boiled and dense like hard boiled. How to make it is not difficult. Simply enter several eggs into a pan of boiling water. Preferably, a maximum of 8 grains boiled eggs in a medium saucepan. Boil the eggs for 7 minutes, then soak in a container of ice water. Try to peel it, if it is still difficult to peel, soak the eggs in ice water.

Contaminated With Bacteria 

It is important to watch out because the cooking time is different, the bacteria found in the eggs, sometimes there were still lagging. Moreover, soft boiled eggs cooking techniques that most short cooking time at risk for pregnant women. Salmonella bacteria sometimes still lagging behind and can cause diarrhea, headache, fever, and vomiting. 

Therefore, before determining the type of boiled eggs to be cooked, it should be noted who want to consume it. 

So, hopefully this article useful.

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