Martha Stewart's Soft Boiled Eggs 101

Submitted by dojemi

"I've always loved soft boiled eggs. Serve these with toast fingers."

 

• Ready In: 6mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 eggs
• water (to cover)
• toast, fingers, to serve

directions

1. Place eggs in a pot and cover with water.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Cover pot.
4. Turn off heat for 6 minutes.
5. Done!

Reviews

[Av8111]

I agree- 6 min was too long and live @ an elevation of 400ft MSL! Two eggs were almost ready for deviled eggs. Not runny in the least.<br/><br/>I do like this recipie as it doesn't require pin pricking the shell or dropping eggs in already boiling water. The shells were intact when "done".

 

[Doelee]

Thanks for posting. I do mine for 5 minutes. This is such an easy recipe!

 

[Bergy]

Great recipe but adjusting for altitude I do mine for exactly 5 minutes - perfect every time. Hope you enjoy the photos .

 

[crocket1]

6 minutes too long in mid- Florida. Will have to do trial and error. I will try 5 minutes next time. May have to go to 4 1/2 , I just do not want runny whites. None at all. But want yolks runny. I think I saw a video on this site that said same process, even using eggs right out of refrigerator, and that was 3-4 minutes. Had not tried that yet, saw this and really wanted to make sure not under cooked. Better a little over than under, as if under, they become trash.

 

[chuckgeorge13]

followed it perfectly and they were over cooked. Ready to be used for hardboiled. Trying again now with water already hot rather than keeping them in while it comes to a boil........we will see