Boiled eggs in a saucepan.

Boiled eggs are cooked by immersing eggs (typically chicken's eggs) in boiling water with their shells unbroken. Eggs cooked in water without their shells are known as poached eggs; see Poaching (cooking). Hard-boiled eggs are produced by boiling until both the egg yolk and the egg white are solid, while for soft-boiled eggs the yolk, and sometimes even the white, remains liquid. A carton of free-range chicken eggs Ostrich egg Bird eggs are a common food source. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... How To Poach an Egg Heres how to poach perfect eggs. ... Diego Velázquez: Old woman poaching eggs, c. ... An egg yolk surrounded by the egg white An egg yolk is the part of an egg which serves as the food source for the developing embryo inside. ... Albumen redirects here. ...

Soft-boiled eggs

Eggs boiled for increasing times

Soft-boiled eggs are typically cooked by placing the eggs in a pan of boiling water and then simmering for approximately three minutes.^[1] An egg timer can be used to measure the cooking time. Egg timer of the traditional hourglass type. ...

Soft-boiled eggs are not recommended for people who may be susceptible to salmonella, such as very young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems. ^[2] Species S. enterica This article is about the bacteria. ...

Serving

Soft boiled eggs are commonly served in egg cups, where the top of the egg is cut off with a knife or egg scissors, using a teaspoon to scoop the egg out. Other methods include breaking the eggshell by tapping gently around the top of the shell with a spoon,^[3] and even cutting the egg lengthwise as to produce two halves making it easier to scoop the egg from its shell^{[citation needed]}. This method requires a horizontal egg cup to keep the egg from rolling around on the plate. Soft-boiled eggs can be eaten with buttered toast cut into strips, which are then dipped into the runny yolk. In Great Britain, these strips of toast are known as soldiers. ^[4] An egg cup, sometimes called egg server, is a container used for serving boiled eggs within their shell. ... A soldier is a British term that refers to a piece of toast cut into thin strips reminiscent of the formation of soldiers on parade. ...

Hard-boiled eggs

Typical Swedish sandwich with hard-boiled eggs and cod roe caviar from a tube.

Boiled eggs are typically boiled for 12-19 minutes, depending on the size of the egg.^[5] They can be eaten warm or cold. Cold hard-boiled eggs can be cut up and put into a salad or sandwich. Hard-boiled eggs can also be eaten warm in an egg cup without removing the shell, especially for people who want the "egg cup experience" of soft-boiled eggs without risking salmonella poisoning. Most people eat a hard-boiled egg without a cup. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 326 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Swedish cuisine Caviar Boiled eggs Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 326 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Swedish cuisine Caviar Boiled eggs Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... This article deals with food. ... For other uses, see Sandwich (disambiguation). ... Species S. enterica This article is about the bacteria. ...

Closeup of the yolk in a hard-boiled egg.

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Preparation

Some cooks (for example, Julia Child, Alton Brown, and Martha Stewart) recommend turning off the heat as soon as the water comes to a boil leaving the tightly-covered eggs to sit for 15 minutes, after which the eggs are removed from the hot water and placed in an ice bath.^[6] The theory is that as the water cools, just enough heat will transfer to the eggs to cook them hard. Julia Child (August 15, 1912–August 13, 2004) was a famous American cook, author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television programs. ... Alton Brown (born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American food personality, cinematographer, author, and actor. ... Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. ...

Many cooks,^{[attribution needed]} however, prefer to exercise more direct control over the process.^{[citation needed]} A typical recipe:

• place eggs within a little pot
• add water until the eggs are submerged to a depth of 1 inch
• heat to a boil
• reduce heat, maintaining boil for 8-12 minutes, depending on the desired level of yolk firmness.

If the cook cools the hot eggs rapidly by running cold water over them, the egg will shrink slightly inside the shell, making it easier to remove. It also avoids a grey ring that usually forms around the yolk when sliced.

An easy way to remove the shell is to crack the entire shell and then pierce the membrane on the inside. The shell can then be removed, as the membrane holds the shell together. If the shell is difficult to remove from eggs of any age, allowing the eggs to soak with cracked-all-over shells in cool water for a few minutes to a few hours, or soak in unbroken shells overnight in the fridge, eases the separation of the membrane from the white, by soaking and softening the membrane.

Storage

Peeled hard-boiled eggs can be stored in the refrigerator in a bowl of cold water to cover for about 1 week (change the water daily) - or in a sealed container without water (cover the eggs with damp paper towels) for the same length of time.
Hard-boiled eggs in their shells can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.^[7]
Hard cooked eggs may be kept in the refrigerator for up to one week.^[8][9]

Uncooked yolks can be covered with cold water and refrigerated, tightly covered, for up to 3 days. Tightly covered uncooked egg whites can be refrigerated up to 4 days or frozen for 6 months.^[10]

Studies done at the American Egg Board substantiate that unopened containers of brined or pickled eggs (marinated, hard-cooked eggs) keep for several months on the shelf. After opening, keep refrigerated. ^[11] Pickled Egg can refer to: Pickling, a method of preparing eggs in brine or (usually) vinegar Pickled Egg Records, a record label Category: ...

In fiction

• Hardboiled is a type of crime fiction.
• A notable fictional controversy involving boiled eggs is the "endian" dispute over which end of a boiled egg should be eaten first, which is the cause of the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu in Johnathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726). This is also the source of the term endianness in computing, which describes the way numbers are stored in a system: with the "big" or the "little" end coming first.
• In the film Cool Hand Luke (1967) Luke Jackson wagers that he can eat fifty hard-boiled eggs in one hour. ^[12]
• In The Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera, Driftwood (Groucho) orders dinner from the steward, including "two fried eggs, two poached eggs, two scrambled eggs, and two medium-boiled eggs" and repeated requests for hard-boiled eggs ("two hard-boiled eggs" and "make that three hard-boiled eggs").^[13]

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See also

• List of egg dishes

The following is a list of egg dishes: Coddled egg Fried egg Boiled egg Omelette Poached egg Scrambled eggs Shirred egg Microwaved egg Bacon and eggs (various) Baked egg cheese (Finland) Balut (southeast Asia) Bi pong moun (Cambodia) Brik (Tunisia) Chawanmushi (Japan) Chinese steamed eggs (China, Hong Kong) Chupe (Peruvian...

References

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