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Superb Soft Boiled Egg

The perfect runny yolk for when you want to dunk your toast soldiers into something sunny!

Course Breakfast
Keyword jammy eggs, soft boiled egg
Prep Time 6 minutes
Servings 1

Ingredients

  • large or extra large egg(s)
  • water

Instructions

  1. Add 1/2 inch of water to your pan and bring it to a rapid boil over medium-high heat. 

  2. Once it’s boiling, add in your eggs in a single layer in the pan.

    Cover, and set a timer for exactly 6 minutes 30 seconds. 390 seconds. No more. No less.

    The pan should almost immediately return to a simmer which is what you want.

  3. When the timer goes off, remove the lid and immediately transfer the eggs to an ice water bath.

    This completely stops the cooking.

  4. For jammy eggs, increase the timing to 8 minutes.

    If you are using older eggs, it will definitely be easier to peel them, if you want them peeled. A great way to peel eggs is to tap the top and bottom gently.  Remove the shell.  This should leave a band around the centre of the egg.  Carefully create a seam in this and lift up, unwrapping as you turn the egg.

Recipe Notes

Having said this about the 390 seconds, I will say, I have removed large eggs after 6 minutes (360 seconds) to get even runnier eggs.