How to Soft-Cook Eggs - CHOW.com

http://www.chow.com/ Douglas Ford, sous-chef of LA's Lucques, always uses farm-fresh eggs when he cooks, insisting that they taste different than mass-produced ones. He adds some vinegar to the boiling water (it makes the shell easier to remove later), and then cooks an average-sized egg for 8 minutes. A smaller egg only needs 7 minutes, and a larger egg, like a duck egg, needs up to 9 minutes to reach the perfect consistency.

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[rebelpy]

guys,its not a fukn dirt,hes workin as a cook and he makes a FUCKLOAD of stuff in fukn 8-9 hours,so stop spamming things like "he has some dirt under his nails,im cleaner then him etc"

[oscarrs13]

yum!

[rainpoolraiu]

Does your water boils at 100 ?

[MrAngryGnome]

@rebelpy i agree. he also does more work in a day then most of those trolls do in a month.

[juggalettetillidie1]

YES WE GET IT IT SOUNDS LIKE SHOW TITS GROW UP!

[Baronful]

SH0:00W TITS

[MisterSketcher]

whoooooosh



[YummyCakesDeli]

the dirt is PROBABLY PEPPER.

[shablaminablah]

@amalgamation25 the method you've just described is terribly inconsistent as you have no absolutes, by starting with boiling water then ice bathing you know exactly how long it's cooking every single time, restaurants don't play games with WELL GUESS THIS BATCH DIDN'T TURN OUT AS GOOD AS LAST TIME. the method shown here will yield consistent results, and as anyone who's worked in a kitchen knows, consistency is the key to success. not to mention that 7-8 minutes is perfectly ok as you can see.

[amalgamation25]

thats too long for a soft boiled egg, you should start with cool or warm water, then turn the heat up high, put your eggs in and time them from that point. the water should boil fast and for small eggs it should take no more than 3 mins, medium eggs about 4 mins, and large eggs just under 5 mins per egg. any longer and the yolk will begin to harden. P.S. times shown are per individual egg.

[khiran]

nice sharing, because i found it really hard to peel a soft-boiled egg before. next i will add some salt and vinegar in the water.

[Harpiieboy]

@xphatmexicanx Yeah they should be at room temperature of course ^^