Poaching Eggs - help!

mrufki

Love those things! Will have to buy them....were did you get them?

shoegirl2

Those green cups are awesome! I'll have to get some, too!

I was always taught to add a dash of vinegar to keep the whites from running all over the place. I use white wine vinegar so it does not add a "vinegar-y" taste. Works for me!

slay0r

I do it the delia way. Frying pan with 1 cm or a little deeper simmering water. Break in egg then baste as you would a fried egg.

I do this and it's dead easy! I put 2 inches in instead of 1 but it has the same effect!

keiraev

These little green poaching containers are the cutist things I've ever seen. They're such a good idea. Where did you buy them?

Can I just thank whoever suggested these!

I bought them from Amazon and they arrived today- absolutely perfect poached eggs , amazing!

I have just gone and ordered two more so I can poach a load at once :flowerforyou:

engineman312

To poach mine....I have a small pot/saucepan of water, just on the boil. Break the egg/eggs into a saucer or larger dish if necessary. Give the water a good swirl with a spoon to create a mini whirlpool then gently slip the eggs in the water. The spinning water helps keep the whites reasonably intact. A lot depends on how fresh the eggs are to. The fresher the egg the more the white will stay intact. Enjoy.....

do this. you need a small spoon to get a little whirlpool going. btw, i say small spoon, because if the water is too hot to get close to witha small spoon, its too hot for poaching, imo.

MamaKatel

I use these cute little non-stick boats that float in the boiling water and I crack eggs into them - I used to poach into swirling boiling water but it was a pain drying the eggs off, and sometimes damp paper towel would stick, etc. I'm a sucker for kitchen gadgets :P



aren't they cute!

Those are so cute!

engineman312

i put in a little bit of vinegar to help with the sticking!! also adds a little bit of flavor.