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Uploaded by on Jul 24, 2007

The old fashioned way to poach eggs is messy, time consuming and doesn't work well. This method is easy, quick and works well!

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  • The membrane around the yoke will explode when heated. Poke yoke with toothpick 2-3 times to keep from blowing up egg. Also, Add a teaspoon of vinegar to help the egg whites to congeal more easily. Better cooking method is to heat water 30-40 sec until it boils. Then add egg and vinegar and heat 45 to 80 sec at medium power (50%). Let stand 2-3 minutes still covered with wrap. About as perfect poached egg as you can make.

  • @crkline47

    I did try heating the water first and that worked well also. The vinegar would change the flavor too much for me. Thanks for the helpful comment.

  • lol I watched this one night, decided to do it the next morning.

    1st egg, tried 1 minute. Put it in and walked away.

    Heard a feint pop as I was in the other room. Suddenly rememberd "Oh no I forgot to put the cling wrap on!"

    I was hesitant to open the microwave door, and for good reason.

    I opened it slowly, and through total fault of my own, the microwave now had a completely new internal coating,

    also know as "Exploded Egg". LOL

    48 secs "WITH" clingwrap is what I learnt from this!

  • @ShaneyPo0

    I've been cooking no-knead bread and enjoy experimenting with different amounts of yeast, cook times and ingredients. When I find what works best for me.....I'm happy!

    I'm happy you learned what works for you!

  • You don't have to poke holes in the wrap?

  • @electrickithara

    The wrap holds the heat in cooking the egg evenly.

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  • Should be properly named "Easy Nuked Eggs", yeah it works, but its not the same, still good though :)

  • Using this plus crkline47's yoke poking advice, I was able to make awesome Poached eggs in a minute. So thank you for this, you helped me make dinner quickly tonight! :D

  • @pensnpages wow i should have known this just now :-p my egg exploded lololol scared the crap outta me

  • Everybody's pallets are different. I did a poached egg this morning and didn't notice any vinegar taste but I did use some Hollandaise sauce. One Chef suggested using seasoned rice wine vinegar (i.e. Nakano pesto). Each to his own---I just found the egg white will stay together and not separate using vinegar.

  • Waaaay overdone, but thanks.

  • Wow it really works! And I thought like all eggs in a microwave it would explode. Thank for the tip.

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