Ingredients
- 4 eggs, large
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare a small bowl half-full with ice water.
Fill a small saucepan halfway with water. Bring the water to a rolling boil, then add the eggs by sliding them gently into the pan with a wooden spoon.
For soft-boiled eggs, cook on high heat for 7 minutes. (This will leave your eggs truly soft-boiled, with very running yolks.) For soft but not running yolks, cook for 9 minutes. For true hard-boiled eggs, cook for 11 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat, and immediately transfer them to a bowl of ice water for 5 minutes to prevent them from cooking further and make them easier to peel.
To peel your eggs, crack the shell at the very bottom of the egg. Then, peel under cool running water, using the shell membrane to guide the removal of the shell pieces.