When I slide them in the water the whites break up. Are you supposed to add something to the water? Someone told me a bit of vinegar but it seems you would taste that in the eggs. Also, anyone have any good recipes using poached eggs?
2006-07-22 04:25:46 · 12 answers · asked by just lise 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
First of all, what you want to do is to make sure that the water is not boiling when you are about to put the egg in the water, because if it is boiling then the bubles from the boil will break the egg whites. Just enough heat that the egg will be cooked.
Second, no you don't have to add vinegar; but if you do, less than a teaspoon.
Also, when you are about to put the egg in the water make sure the distance to the water is not to high. Because gravity can break the egg white when it reaches the water and some of the egg white will be cooked unevenly because parts of it enter the water first than the rest of it.
2006-07-22 04:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It helps if you have some sort of small container to cook them in inside of the hot water. For example I have used cleaned out tuna cans with the tops off of both ends. There are egg poaching pans with those similar types of inside containers you can buy. I have cooked them without any container though. However, it is important that the water it not boiling roughly or the egg whites break up. You should cook then in water just about to boil and even them there will be some egg white break up but not too much. Hope this helps. Poached eggs over toast rocks! Also, it is good to salt the water a little bit.
2006-07-22 04:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having poached, oh...a few thousand eggs in my years in the professional kitchen...there are alot of factors to consider...but without getting too difficult I'm going to assume you are just cooking for yourself.
In a small sauce pan heat 2-3 cups of water to a light simmer. Add 1T of vinegar and a teaspoon of salt (optional). The salt will help mask any flavor from the vinegar which will be minimal anyway. There needs to be enough water that the eggs are totally submerged. Crack the eggs, one at a time into a small bowl in case one might be bloody or straight into the water if you're not worried about it (I've encountered less than a dozen bloody eggs in my 25 years of poaching). The whites need to firm up while the yolk should still be soft, preferably runny. If you go to lift the egg out of the water and you see any translucency in the whites give them another minute.
Serve them on toast or Atop grilled English muffin halves with grilled Canadian bacon and Hollandaise sauce for a great Eggs Benedict.
I also do a "nautical" version of Eggs Benedict using smoked salmon, sliced tomato and thin sliced red onion in place of the Canadian Bacon adding a little dill to the Hollandaise..Yum!!!
2006-07-22 04:45:40 · answer #3 · answered by exec_chef_greg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first answer, vinegar in the water is the best. It works every time. Also if the water is only simmering helps too but the vinegar keeps the whites all gathered around the yolk.
2006-07-25 22:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by valducci53 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the vinegar works and you don't taste it. Alternatively if you have a ramekin bowl (a small one) you can simply rub butter around it and crack the egg into that and place that in a pot of boiling water making sure the water level does not go over the edge of the ramekin.
2006-07-22 04:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Sorcha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vinegar gets added you don't have to add to much and no you don't really notice a taste.or you could buy a poacher which is a round container you put the eggs in you can buy a saucepan with these.
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2016-11-25 01:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Create a whirlpool in the water with a spoon, then drop the egg in the middle, it should keep together
2006-07-22 04:30:14 · answer #8 · answered by mrmoo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
b4 u put the eggs in the water put a little viniger, the viniger will keep the eggs 2 hold 2gether
2006-07-23 00:34:54 · answer #9 · answered by superstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a holder. Just put your eggs in the mold of the poacher and then put them in boiling water.
2006-07-22 04:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋