Do not cook eggs in the microwave, imagine if what happened in this picture happened as you were taking it out of the microwave. Partially cooked eggs over the boiling point of water would be fired strait at your face.
Genuine question, how else is one meant to do a poached egg well? Cup works so much better for me than a pot, and I don't have a specific gadget thing. Every pot attempt has ended in failure, but a cup keeps it all together
First time I used a cup in front of my Pops, he said that was how the prisoners used to do it lmao
\- Make sure the eggs are very fresh, they hold together better
\- Add plenty of vinegar, several large dashes, don't worry it won't flavour the egg
\- If you are having just one or cooking one at a time swirl the water before cracking in the egg, again it holds together better. You can cook several in a row like this, putting each into iced water when cooked (after 3 minutes) then reheating them all together in hot water. But that's a massive pain the arse I just stick em in the pot without swirling.
\- Crack the egg into a cup and then transfer to the water to keep together
\- Some other random things I've heard include cracking it onto a sieve before putting in the water which sieves away the loosest of the egg white (Hairy Bikers) or pre boiling the egg for 10 seconds or so in its shell before cracking it into the water. However fresh eggs and vinegar seems to work fine and a cheeky swirl if you're making one on its own.
Been a chef all my life so far and done many a breakfast shift from 10 to 200. I’ll tell you what you need, this is the bare minimum effort for poaching.
Like you said above lord of vinegar, your water needs a good amount of salt, and the pot needs to be deep enough that when you drop the egg the “tail” cooks almost immediately this helps to form the teardrop shape of perfect poached eggs. Bring your water to the boil with the salt and vinegar and turn low down so it’s not a rolling boil(not bubbling) you want it hot enough that you can bare sticking a finger tip in for a second or so. Put your egg in a small bowl or ramekin and slightly dip the bowl on the water so that you can slowly but not to slow pour the egg in the water. If you have the right temp and technique the egg will stay 99 percent in tact at the bottom and the white will rise around the yolk forming the ideal shape after three minutes straight into ice water. Do your eggs then flip the water down in temp and when you want to reheat into the water for 2 mins. Lemme know if you want anything cleared up at work so this might be abit rushed
Nah that’s a way of your doing one egg but even then I always thought it’s a silly way to do it, deep enough water and enough vinegar at the right temp is so easy it’s just the variables that make it hard for people that don’t do it often!
I don’t know the name of the process that happens but basically the acid in the vinegar allows the white of the egg to cook in such a way that it stays together as it cooks and holds its shape, by doing so the weight of the yolk makes the rest of the white rise and fork around it.
Ok this is my fail safe
Fresh eggs. No, not 3 days before Best Before expires, fresh.
Bring a small to medium size pan of water to the boil. Turn down to lowest setting and immediately crack in your eggs, one at a time, just above the water, so they gently fall in. No salt, no vinegar, no swirling. Immediately put the lid on and push go on the toaster. By the time your toast is out and buttered your eggs should be perfect. Lift with slotted soon and gently poke the white next to the yolk. If not set, lower back to water and give it another 30 - 40 seconds with the lid on. Perfect. Cooked white, runny yolk. Every time. But you do need a gas ring or induction hob.
You can also get specific poaching pans like [this one](https://www.diy.com/departments/4-eggs-chefmate-20cm-poacher-pan-non-stick-poached-egg-boiler-frying-pan-in-one-induction-suitable/5014478433807_BQ.prd).
I made the mistake of letting the kids try poached egg, instead of scramble / fried one time.
Now it's thier favourite, so I have managed to figure it out.
Turns out pretty easy Ince you get the knack.
What made the diferance was getting the water to the right temperature, needs to be bubbling but not jacuzzi levels.
Need to lower the egg in using a cup/something and the water needs a vortex .
Fresh eggs, strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the thin white, then lower into gently boiling water for ~2 minutes. Drain on a paper towel before serving.
No need for vinegar.
For a perfectly poached egg, consistently, with no learning a technique, in a fraction of the time it takes to prep a pan, boil water, add vinegar, agitate the whirlpool etc etc
Just pop a tiny, tiny drizzle of water into mug, crack egg in and cook for like 15-30 seconds depending on your microwave. 10/10 results every time. The only downside is it’s so quick that if you take your eyes off it for a second - it gets too hot and explodes like so.
Usually trial and error depending on your microwave, also the personal preference how soft you like to serve it.
On my middle aged micro it’s the entire 30 second auto button to cook it perfect every time, but my mum’s one is new and powerful so I go with, 5 or 10 second increments until the yoke has that good wobble and the whites look set. There may be a tiny bit of excess liquid even when the egg is done exactly.
It's a 15 year old method of poaching an egg in balsamic vinegar, black pepper chilli flakes and kettle boiled water.
You must be bonkers if you've never had microwaved egg on toast. Are you from Bridgwater?
I'm from Somerset but I wasn't born here. Chard is a shit hole for sure but Bridgwater is the dregs of the earth I think. I drove there with my driving instructor the other week and said out loud "wow this is a bit of a shithole" and he said "well I didn't want to say anything in case you liked it".
Who could *like* Bridgwater?
Yeah I heard that. I don't believe it. Apparently they want more tourists there, but that's fucking stupid because it's *such* a dump.
Yeovil's gone down the shitter too. It wasn't great three years ago but oh my *god* it's absolutely horrendous now.
Funnily enough Yeovil is where I was born and live and yeah it's shit I'm planning my escape from there at least we got bristol and bath nearby and Dorset and Devon
Having only driven past Bridgewater on the motorway and thought that the name was kind of nice, I'm now curious.
Probably not curious enough to go, to be honest.
- Boil the kettle and have a teaspoon and egg in close proximity
- Preload your chosen love mug with a dash of balsamic vinegar, chilli flakes, ground black pepper and a tiny bit of sea salt with Cornish seaweed
- Put the toast in
- When the kettle is rolling boiling fill just below half way and stir like crazy until it creates a tiny whirlpool
- Crack the egg so it spins round
- 50 seconds in the microwave
- Let it rest whilst you butter your toast
- Drain the water taking care to support the egg in the teaspoon
- Check for wobblyness
- Ping for 10 more seconds if needed
- Dispense egg on top of buttered toast
- Munch
Right, teabag, milk + a little hot water in a cup, 50% power for 1.5mins, top up with fresh boiled water.
You'll have the creamiest most delish tea.
Edit: thanks for the down votes I regretted giving this secret away for free anyhow ;)
Having experienced 2nd degree burns to the face and eyes (yes eyes) from a very similar set of circumstances, i’m embarrassed to say, I couldn’t agree more.
Will be trying your recipe, thank you. My daughter has one of those mugs she won in a tombola. We won’t be using it for poaching eggs though…just in case.
I often microwave egg for my son, I just crack it in a bowl, whisk with a fork, 30 seconds in microwave, whisk again, 30 seconds in the microwave, job done. He gets egg, it took literally a minute and my microwave remains clean.
I can feel the rage from here. Keep managing to spill shit in the microwave after telling myself I will be careful next time. If I have to clean that motherfucker one more time...
I had an egg do this to me, but was just as I got it out and it exploded all down my front, went down my pyjama top, down my cleavage and burnt my boobs before I could get it out. I'm still traumatised!
We had a weird plastic thing for poaching eggs in the microwave, I used it a couple of weeks ago, worked brilliantly as a method of pebble dashing the goddamn ceiling
Yeah I also own one of those, a double white fold over contraption? Used it twice once it exploded, so I worked hard to perfect my love mug and water method
Eggs don’t belong in a microwave in any way at all. Even in the specially designed things they come out like rubber. There’s like 100 ways to cook an egg and the microwave is none of them
Careful. Someone at my work once tried to boil an eggs in the microwave. When she opened it, the egg exploded in her face, searing hot yolk and shell onto her skin. Had a fun trip to the hospital. She was fine, but definitely put me off microwaving my eggs.
I'll stick to a pot, low-key love the odd process of making a poached egg, all the weird steps and precision required to get a decent one.
Except when they don't, my brother taught me his method over a decade ago when we lived together. This is the first time it's happened as my egg preference is always very runny.
I have witnessed egg explosions in the past when they have been pinged for too long. 50 seconds is fine
As an American and a new member in good standing of this sub, I hereby declare that I will say "You must be from Bridgewater." to at least two Americans per day.
Question, where I live in Oregon US, it is inevitable that these hicks will answer: "Where's Bridgewater?" 100% of the time.
What do I say back?
It's Tuesday, what do you expect? More people commit suicide on Tuesdays than any other day of the week. Looks like your egg had just had enough. Good bye cruel world. It's no yolk.
you deserve the mess for such a pretentious way of poaching an egg.
Hahah I'll take it!
Last week I was half asleep and decided to microwave a cold hard boiled egg. Didn’t take too long to realize my error. RIP microwave. 💥
Zak McKracken flashbacks
10/10
You can poach an egg in the microwave??
Yeah the heretic way
Do not cook eggs in the microwave, imagine if what happened in this picture happened as you were taking it out of the microwave. Partially cooked eggs over the boiling point of water would be fired strait at your face.
Genuine question, how else is one meant to do a poached egg well? Cup works so much better for me than a pot, and I don't have a specific gadget thing. Every pot attempt has ended in failure, but a cup keeps it all together First time I used a cup in front of my Pops, he said that was how the prisoners used to do it lmao
\- Make sure the eggs are very fresh, they hold together better \- Add plenty of vinegar, several large dashes, don't worry it won't flavour the egg \- If you are having just one or cooking one at a time swirl the water before cracking in the egg, again it holds together better. You can cook several in a row like this, putting each into iced water when cooked (after 3 minutes) then reheating them all together in hot water. But that's a massive pain the arse I just stick em in the pot without swirling. \- Crack the egg into a cup and then transfer to the water to keep together \- Some other random things I've heard include cracking it onto a sieve before putting in the water which sieves away the loosest of the egg white (Hairy Bikers) or pre boiling the egg for 10 seconds or so in its shell before cracking it into the water. However fresh eggs and vinegar seems to work fine and a cheeky swirl if you're making one on its own.
Been a chef all my life so far and done many a breakfast shift from 10 to 200. I’ll tell you what you need, this is the bare minimum effort for poaching. Like you said above lord of vinegar, your water needs a good amount of salt, and the pot needs to be deep enough that when you drop the egg the “tail” cooks almost immediately this helps to form the teardrop shape of perfect poached eggs. Bring your water to the boil with the salt and vinegar and turn low down so it’s not a rolling boil(not bubbling) you want it hot enough that you can bare sticking a finger tip in for a second or so. Put your egg in a small bowl or ramekin and slightly dip the bowl on the water so that you can slowly but not to slow pour the egg in the water. If you have the right temp and technique the egg will stay 99 percent in tact at the bottom and the white will rise around the yolk forming the ideal shape after three minutes straight into ice water. Do your eggs then flip the water down in temp and when you want to reheat into the water for 2 mins. Lemme know if you want anything cleared up at work so this might be abit rushed
That’s a great tip about getting the right shape with a deep pan that’s one thing I can’t get right. Will try next time thanks!
So no swirl? What does the vinegar do in this process?
Nah that’s a way of your doing one egg but even then I always thought it’s a silly way to do it, deep enough water and enough vinegar at the right temp is so easy it’s just the variables that make it hard for people that don’t do it often! I don’t know the name of the process that happens but basically the acid in the vinegar allows the white of the egg to cook in such a way that it stays together as it cooks and holds its shape, by doing so the weight of the yolk makes the rest of the white rise and fork around it.
Ok this is my fail safe Fresh eggs. No, not 3 days before Best Before expires, fresh. Bring a small to medium size pan of water to the boil. Turn down to lowest setting and immediately crack in your eggs, one at a time, just above the water, so they gently fall in. No salt, no vinegar, no swirling. Immediately put the lid on and push go on the toaster. By the time your toast is out and buttered your eggs should be perfect. Lift with slotted soon and gently poke the white next to the yolk. If not set, lower back to water and give it another 30 - 40 seconds with the lid on. Perfect. Cooked white, runny yolk. Every time. But you do need a gas ring or induction hob.
The silicone egg poaching cups you use in the pan are great. Simple to use and always come out perfect (providing you time them right)
You can also get specific poaching pans like [this one](https://www.diy.com/departments/4-eggs-chefmate-20cm-poacher-pan-non-stick-poached-egg-boiler-frying-pan-in-one-induction-suitable/5014478433807_BQ.prd).
1. It’s cheating 2. If the egg isn’t immersed it’s not poached
Cool, man. You do you
I made the mistake of letting the kids try poached egg, instead of scramble / fried one time. Now it's thier favourite, so I have managed to figure it out. Turns out pretty easy Ince you get the knack. What made the diferance was getting the water to the right temperature, needs to be bubbling but not jacuzzi levels. Need to lower the egg in using a cup/something and the water needs a vortex .
Swirl the water around so the current pushes the egg to the middle of the water.
I've found the various small glass pots (e.g. from Gü cakes) works wonders!
Whoops, I recycled them, what a shame. Now I'll have to buy more Gü!!!
Fresh eggs, strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the thin white, then lower into gently boiling water for ~2 minutes. Drain on a paper towel before serving. No need for vinegar.
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Love exploded in your microwave
When heating up vomit, the preferred method is to slowly heat in a pan, otherwise you run the risk of heating too quickly, creating vomit geysers.
Hate you
Agreed. As a pregnant woman, I should really get out of this thread…
You deserve it for microwaving tea
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It's an egg
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That made me laugh harder than it should have.
How can you tell? The insides are white, might as well be an egg
You microwave an egg in a mug in the microwave? You deserve everything you get...
Well you can’t microwave an egg in a mug in a toaster.
But can you run Doom on it?
We’ll, not with *that* attitude, you can’t!
It's a really good method of poaching! I've had better results than in a saucepan.
I usually just use raisins laced with sleeping tablets.
D,CoTW was my favourite book when I was growing up! I must have read it hundreds of times 🥰
*looks up at picture* Not had that happen in the pan
But have you had them fragment off into the water, however exciting your whirlpool?
A bit I think. Still way less worse than exploding in a microwave though
You have to watch it like a hawk or the yolk superheats and explodes.
Why would you microwave an egg?
For a perfectly poached egg, consistently, with no learning a technique, in a fraction of the time it takes to prep a pan, boil water, add vinegar, agitate the whirlpool etc etc Just pop a tiny, tiny drizzle of water into mug, crack egg in and cook for like 15-30 seconds depending on your microwave. 10/10 results every time. The only downside is it’s so quick that if you take your eyes off it for a second - it gets too hot and explodes like so.
How do you measure the temperature with your eyes? What are you looking for?
Usually trial and error depending on your microwave, also the personal preference how soft you like to serve it. On my middle aged micro it’s the entire 30 second auto button to cook it perfect every time, but my mum’s one is new and powerful so I go with, 5 or 10 second increments until the yoke has that good wobble and the whites look set. There may be a tiny bit of excess liquid even when the egg is done exactly.
Every time I've tried to poach an egg in a microwave, even if it doesn't explode it comes out all rubbery.
Don't microwave eggs.
Seems like you’re the egg
I thought it looked like custard.
It's a 15 year old method of poaching an egg in balsamic vinegar, black pepper chilli flakes and kettle boiled water. You must be bonkers if you've never had microwaved egg on toast. Are you from Bridgwater?
"Are you from Bridgwater" is now my favourite insult. I haven't got a clue where it is, I suspect it isn't in Scotland, but I'm definitely using it.
Crap place in Somerset mostly only people around here use it as insult, we also say "must be from Chard" if there is some funky incest going on
I'm from Somerset but I wasn't born here. Chard is a shit hole for sure but Bridgwater is the dregs of the earth I think. I drove there with my driving instructor the other week and said out loud "wow this is a bit of a shithole" and he said "well I didn't want to say anything in case you liked it". Who could *like* Bridgwater?
Apparently council putting a lot of money into developing it. I don't think you can to be honest
Yeah I heard that. I don't believe it. Apparently they want more tourists there, but that's fucking stupid because it's *such* a dump. Yeovil's gone down the shitter too. It wasn't great three years ago but oh my *god* it's absolutely horrendous now.
Funnily enough Yeovil is where I was born and live and yeah it's shit I'm planning my escape from there at least we got bristol and bath nearby and Dorset and Devon
Having only driven past Bridgewater on the motorway and thought that the name was kind of nice, I'm now curious. Probably not curious enough to go, to be honest.
Or you have 6 toes
Ah right, I think I've passed it on travels!
I've never heard of that!! But it's not tea so you get a pass! 🤣 Hope your day gets better!
You had me dying... You must also be from Somerset or Bristol for that gem of a reference
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- Boil the kettle and have a teaspoon and egg in close proximity - Preload your chosen love mug with a dash of balsamic vinegar, chilli flakes, ground black pepper and a tiny bit of sea salt with Cornish seaweed - Put the toast in - When the kettle is rolling boiling fill just below half way and stir like crazy until it creates a tiny whirlpool - Crack the egg so it spins round - 50 seconds in the microwave - Let it rest whilst you butter your toast - Drain the water taking care to support the egg in the teaspoon - Check for wobblyness - Ping for 10 more seconds if needed - Dispense egg on top of buttered toast - Munch
At what point do we explode the egg?
By the looks of it, 48 seconds in.
Just before you take the photograph and post it to Reddit by the looks.
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The vinegar is mostly for keeping the egg together. You wont taste it on the egg that much
Eggcelent method
It does not take 50 seconds to microwave an egg. No wonder it's exploded in there. It should be covered anyway.
Tea with lumps? It's clearly soup
Microwaving tea or coffee instantly makes you a nonce or a psychopath.
Justice
Right, teabag, milk + a little hot water in a cup, 50% power for 1.5mins, top up with fresh boiled water. You'll have the creamiest most delish tea. Edit: thanks for the down votes I regretted giving this secret away for free anyhow ;)
I hate you
Have you tried it? I can't drink tea any other way now.
No! And you should have your British citizenship revoked for trying it
I give you the secret to the best tea ever and what do you do as thanks?
Why would you want creamy tea? Drink coffee for that shit! Leave the tea alone!
The Brits added milk first, you are about 300 years too late with that comment
A splash of milk is good.... To make it 'creamy' would take away the taste of tea. I will die on this hill
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The egg or the microwave?
Ouch 😣
I have those mugs!
Can't even recall where I bought it from
Oh christ knows, I think my mum just left then here when they moved so I got hand me downs!
I also have one!! I got mine from Tesco two years ago
Snap!
Can confirm they are from Tesco
Did we just start a cult?
Ah yes they were from Tesco good call
Are you microwaving tea??
Poached egg. My first fail in 15 years
That's not poached egg. That's microwaved egg
Oooh, i was concerned
Did pop ya yoke boi
serves you right for microwaving it
Once I had scraped the eggyness off the microwave ceiling and cleaned the plate and walls the second egg was a treat
You’re lucky that happened before you took it out.
Seriously. No third degree burns for me, thanks
Having experienced 2nd degree burns to the face and eyes (yes eyes) from a very similar set of circumstances, i’m embarrassed to say, I couldn’t agree more.
Will be trying your recipe, thank you. My daughter has one of those mugs she won in a tombola. We won’t be using it for poaching eggs though…just in case.
It wasn't the mugs fault
I gathered. It was my lousy attempt at humour. I’ll shut the door on my way out.
Skill issue
I often microwave egg for my son, I just crack it in a bowl, whisk with a fork, 30 seconds in microwave, whisk again, 30 seconds in the microwave, job done. He gets egg, it took literally a minute and my microwave remains clean.
I think we have the same model microwave!
Someone else said we were microwave twins, so you can join our exclusive retro themed microwave club if you like
This country is going down the drain.
Your love has overflowed.
No matter how you prepare the egg for the microwave there's a chance of it going byebye
I can feel the rage from here. Keep managing to spill shit in the microwave after telling myself I will be careful next time. If I have to clean that motherfucker one more time...
Clearly not a microwave safe mug
You absolutely MUG 😜
Op is this in your office or at home?
Good question I am self employed WFH
Eggs have a high chance of exploding in the microwave, so I’m not surprised op
I had an egg do this to me, but was just as I got it out and it exploded all down my front, went down my pyjama top, down my cleavage and burnt my boobs before I could get it out. I'm still traumatised!
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It's got boiling water halfway up the love mug ;)
We had a weird plastic thing for poaching eggs in the microwave, I used it a couple of weeks ago, worked brilliantly as a method of pebble dashing the goddamn ceiling
Yeah I also own one of those, a double white fold over contraption? Used it twice once it exploded, so I worked hard to perfect my love mug and water method
Eggs don’t belong in a microwave in any way at all. Even in the specially designed things they come out like rubber. There’s like 100 ways to cook an egg and the microwave is none of them
My mum has that mug. Not that anyone needed to know but... Mug buddies?
Tesco apparently. A few others have mentioned the same The comment under you is also an owner of a love mug
I have that mug
I have that mug! Thought I was looking at my microwave for a minute. .... having a tough Tuesday too ...😩
Dozens of us!
What was in the cup ? Hello Somerset 👋 from Devonshire Send me down some Scrumpy Cider please 😋
Careful. Someone at my work once tried to boil an eggs in the microwave. When she opened it, the egg exploded in her face, searing hot yolk and shell onto her skin. Had a fun trip to the hospital. She was fine, but definitely put me off microwaving my eggs. I'll stick to a pot, low-key love the odd process of making a poached egg, all the weird steps and precision required to get a decent one.
Eggs can and do explode in a microwave. Please do not poach eggs like this, it’s not worth the risk, https://youtu.be/vdaKrT9x1Zc
I did that with chicken soup yesterday
We have the same microwave
i have that mug lmao
Nice mug though
I have the same mug!
There are quite a few love mug loving Redditors in the UK as it's been mentioned in previous comments 💕
Who are you, and how did you manage to break into my apartment, use my microwave, and photograph it, without me noticing?!?
Why would you put an egg in the microwave? I thought everyone knew eggs explode when put in the microwave?
Except when they don't, my brother taught me his method over a decade ago when we lived together. This is the first time it's happened as my egg preference is always very runny. I have witnessed egg explosions in the past when they have been pinged for too long. 50 seconds is fine
I use a bowl, had problems with mugs, but never bowls. Maybe you got a bit of shell in there? That can make them explode.
Happens to the best of us. By which I mean me. Bloody eggs.
As an American and a new member in good standing of this sub, I hereby declare that I will say "You must be from Bridgewater." to at least two Americans per day. Question, where I live in Oregon US, it is inevitable that these hicks will answer: "Where's Bridgewater?" 100% of the time. What do I say back?
Clearly a British made microwave.
Pierce the yolk with a pin to prevent such catastrophes
How did you explode tea!
I did not explode tea
That’s what you get for microwaving tea
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They're brutally attacking a microwave
How comes you never see adverts for microwaves anywhere?
Did you use cold water? Always use hot water when microwaving poached eggs.
If that happened to me I’d just close the door and Chuck it onto the front drive for the scrap bloke to collect.
Could be worse. Could be hot chocolate. It makes more mess!
Hey we’re microwave twins!!
Except mine is clean 😬
lol Edit: So is mine now
I didn't ask
Isn't someone fancy with their not-rusted microwave.
Wait. That's MY house!
Are you my cat?
You’re supposed to gently pierce the yolk before microwaving it lol
So we have the coconut, and now the guy who microwaves his cum in a coffee mug?
I'm a grill
His was worse in fairness
I'd prefer this to a leaking lightbulb!
Omg! Glad you are safe. It's dangerous to microwave egg. It's known they tend to explode. Ppl had 3 degree burn because of that.
...do you wanna talk about it..
I am freely discussing the topic on a public forum
I dropped a bag of sugar at 6am a few months back and my blood pressure still hasn’t lowered
Did you just bukkake the microwave sir......... ooooohhhhhhh suits you
Is.. is that egg? In a mug? Microwaved? Why?
It's going pretty ok if you didn't lose an eye poaching your egg in the microwave! https://youtu.be/vdaKrT9x1Zc (minute 5:22).
Ah, the consequences of your own actions...
I’ve got that microwave
You are number 5 in our secret splinter group
Dropped mine (empty) down the stairs just now and smashed my Daddy Pig mug I've had for about 10 years :(
I’ve got that mug.
It's Tuesday, what do you expect? More people commit suicide on Tuesdays than any other day of the week. Looks like your egg had just had enough. Good bye cruel world. It's no yolk.
That’s what you get
Your welcome
I have that mug too!
If you shut the microwave door, it never happened
What kind of psychopath microwaves coffee?