Soft Cooked Dipping Eggs Recipes

SOFT BOILED EGGS WITH CRISPY POTATO SOLDIERS

Steps:

• Fill up a large pot halfway with peanut oil and place over medium heat. Bring a small pot of water to a rolling boil. Cut the potato into long strips like French fries.
• Gently add the eggs to the boiling water and cook for 6 minutes. Drain and run the eggs under cold running water to stop the cooking process.
• When bubbles start to form in the peanut oil, drop in the potato strips and cook until golden brown. Lift the potatoes out of the oil and drain on a tray lined with paper towels. Toss them in a large bowl with the parsley and garlic with a pair of tongs. Add some sea salt and smoked paprika and continue to toss.
• Place the eggs in egg cups (with the large ends in) and arrange the fries on a small plate on the side. Tap the tops of the eggs and peel away the shells. Cut away the tops of the egg whites. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Dip the fries into the yolks!

DIPPY EGGS

Steps:

• Toast the slice of bread and when toasted, butter it and slice into strips. The toast should be fairly firm.
• In the meantime boil a saucepan of water. Add the egg to the boiling water with a spoon the moment it starts to boil. Boil the egg for exactly 5 minutes.
• Then remove the egg from the water with a spoon and place under a stream of cold water to stop it cooking further.
• Take the top of the egg (the non-pointy end) off with a knife and teaspoon, and place a pinch of salt on the top of the runny egg yolk.
• Serve up in an egg cup together with the soldiers on a plate.

BASIC SOFT BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place cold eggs in saucepan. Cover with at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) cold water over top of eggs. Cover saucepan with lid and bring water to boil over high heat.
• Immediately remove pan from heat to stop boiling. With lid on saucepan, let eggs stand in water for 3 to 4 minutes (large eggs).
• Remove eggs and rinse under cold water. Cut off larger end with sharp knife.
• Place eggs in eggcups. Season with salt and pepper, if desired, and eat with small spoon.

SIMPLE SOFT-COOKED EGG WITH TOAST

Steps:

• Place egg in a small saucepan, and add enough cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Cook for 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toast bread. Butter, and then cut in half diagonally. Remove egg from saucepan. Briskly tap wider end of egg with the back of a spoon until shell cracks. Remove the cracked top with the spoon. Season with salt and pepper, and serve with the toast.

MARTHA'S SOFT-BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place eggs in a saucepan large enough to accommodate them in a single layer. Fill the pan with cold water, covering eggs by an inch. Set over medium-high heat, and bring to a boil. Turn off heat, cover, and let stand 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Remove eggs from water. Serve immediately in egg cups -- perfect for cracking and scooping the egg right from the shell. Season with salt and pepper.

SOFT BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• Fill a medium sized saucepan with water and bring to a rolling boil.
• Make sure your eggs aren't fridge cold. By having the eggs at room temperature, it will be less of a shock for the egg reaching the hot water and therefore less likely to crack. You can also use an egg pricker to make a very small hole in each egg before boiling, which will also reduce the chances of it cracking in the heat. Slowly lower the eggs into the water using a spoon.
• Set your timer for 4-5 mins for runny/dippy eggs to serve with soldiers, or 6-7 mins for soft-boiled eggs for a salad. If serving in a salad, plunge the eggs into a bowl of cold water as soon as the timer goes off - this will stop them cooking and cool the shells quickly for peeling.

SOFT HARD-BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• Place water into a 3-quart saucepan with a lid. Place over high heat and bring to a low boil. Carefully place the eggs in the water. Cover pan immediately, reduce heat to medium-high, and cook for 9 1/2 minutes. Remove pan from heat and cool eggs down with cold running water, tipping out the water, and continuing to run cold water over the eggs until they are cool.

SOFT-COOKED EGGS

Steps:

• With oven rack in lowest position, heat oven to 200. Bring 10 cups water to boil in heavy, covered one-gallon Dutch oven. Remove lid, and with slotted spoon lower eggs quickly into water two at a time. Turn off heat, and replace lid. Set timer for 10 minutes. For a firmer egg, leave eggs in water 2 minutes more.
• Fill a gallon bowl with very cold water, and set aside. Place 4 small bowls or wine glasses in oven to warm. Two minutes before eggs are done, toast bread, and butter it. Tear toast into small pieces, and place in warm bowl. If using wine glasses, serve toast on side.
• When eggs are done, transfer them quickly with slotted spoon to bowl with cold water. After 5 seconds, remove eggs to a few thicknesses of paper towel.
• With a small sharp knife, strike quickly through shell lengthwise. Drizzle yolk from shell onto toast in bowl or into cocktail glass. Scoop out white with spoon. Repeat with remaining eggs, using two for each serving. Sprinkle eggs with salt and pepper, and serve.

DIPPING EGGS

Steps:

• Place eggs in a single layer in a saucepan. Pour enough water into the saucepan to cover eggs by at least 1 inch (2.5 cm).
• Bring water to a boil over high heat. Immediately remove pan from heat to stop boiling. Cover saucepan and let eggs stand in water for 2 to 4 minutes until cooked as desired.
• Drain water; immediately run cold water over eggs to cool them a little. Place eggs in egg cups.
• Toast bread; spread with butter. Cut toast into 1-inch (2.5 cm) strips.
• Crack tops off eggs with knife. Serve toast strips with eggs for dipping into soft yolks.