The boiled egg has been a staple of our diet since eggs were invented by chickens in the late 1970s.
Prepare to have your mind blown though as it turns out that there’s a new and exciting way to achieve the Holy Grail that is the hard boiled egg.
It’s achieved through steaming, not boiling. Now that you’ve picked yourself up off the floor, read on.
To cook eggs to a lovely sunny yellow inside, all you need is a pot containing one inch of water.
Food blogger Alexis Kornblum of Lexi’s Clean Kitchen has created this very handy infographic to show us how it’s done.
Here’s what you need to do:
1. Place 1 inch of water into your pot
2. Place steamer insert into pot
3. Cover pot and bring to a boil
4. Add eggs into the steamer basket, cover, and cook for 6-11 minutes (soft-boiled —> hard-boiled)
5. Remove and place eggs directly into a bowl of ice cold water, peel and enjoy!
“You can find a million different ways to make the “perfect” hard/soft-boiled egg on the internet.” says Kornblum. “Take it from me, I’ve tried them all! Finally I stumbled across the trick. The only way I will make hard or soft boiled eggs again!”
