Scientists Crack the Code to the Perfect Boiled Egg With a Game-Changing Method

Scitech Daily ^ | February 06, 2025 | Springer

[Mr. K]

4 minutes???

not nearly enough. Maybe 14

I did 2 eggs today for about 10 minutes, and they were only soft boiled. (yolks still liquid)

[Red Badger]

Try the Department of Agriculture...................

[Hot Tabasco]

Periodically-cooked eggs had a soft yolk similar to that of a sous vide egg, while the consistency of the white was somewhere between that of sous vide and soft-boiled.

I have no idea what that sentence says. I just boil them, peel them and eat them.......

[Vermont Lt]

Just steam them. Drop into ice water.

They are well hardened and the damned shell comes off easy.

[Red Badger]

We have chickens that lay brown eggs and they have very thick shells.

Boiling them, even for 45 minutes with salt and cream of tartar in the water, doesn’t make them peel easy.............

[Red Badger]

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/263116/sherrys-perfect-sous-vide-eggs/

[Political Junkie Too]

I'd need a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Breakfast Machine to make eggs like that.

-PJ

[Seruzawa]

Or you could just boil them for 12 minutes and they’ll be good enough.

[MomwithHope]

I have always left eggs in cold water after they are done cooking. I crack each egg in a few places against the side of the pan then leave them to soak in cold water at least 10 minutes. The water will seep in under the shell and they peal easily. If you hit a dry patch just dunk it.

[MayflowerMadam]

Yeah. I’m not doing that.

[Red Badger]

Science denier!.................

[Fledermaus]

Maybe they should study a better way to explain it. Repeated paragraphs are lazy writing.

[MomwithHope]

My Dad could make the best soft boiled eggs. One egg and one slice of toast, he’d serve up the egg in a shot glass.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I put eggs in cold water and boil for 15 minutes.”

Similar for me.
Eggs in cold water.
Bring to boil.
Turn heat to low.
Wait 15 minutes.
Drain water.
Ice bath.

[piytar]

People spent time and money on something anyone who has ever boiled an egg already knows? Sheesh.

[Cold Heart]

This will be good for commercial operations.They sell hardboiled eggs by half dozen in a local store.

[T.B. Yoits]

I have found boiling eggs to peel cleanly is easy with these directions:

-fill pot with water
-add eggs
-add more water if necessary to cover eggs by at least 1/2" or so (too much water is only that which would spill over when boiling)
-put the lid on the pot
-add high heat
-bring to a boil
-after it reaches boiling, lower heat to 1/2 for 10 minutes
-drain pot and run eggs under cold water

You can eat them then or put them in the refrigerator with the shells on.

Over the next few days, you can take some out of the refrigerator, drop them in hot water (hot tap water is fine) with the shells on, or peel them right from the refrigerator and eat them cold.

[hinckley buzzard]

Who’s got 32 minutes to spend, hovering over an egg? I just scramble them anyway, lots faster.

[Larry Lucido]

Thanks to Breaking Bad, I know how to make the perfect cup of coffee. I can now make the perfect boiled egg!

[Red Badger]

They sell those here in convenience stores, but I’ve never been brave enough to try them........Kinda like gas station sushi..............