How to boil a hard boiled egg

Boiled chicken eggs are a classic breakfast in many countries. Eggs are quite nutritious, but at the same time easy to prepare and easy to digest. But an egg can be cooked in different ways - hard boiled, in a “bag” or soft-boiled. It depends on the time the egg will cook. To make breakfast planned and tasty, you need to know how to cook eggs. We will tell you about some of the nuances that will help to facilitate and speed up the process of cooking eggs.

A little bit about chicken eggs

Here are some useful properties and interesting facts that will help you understand the nature of this product.

1. Chicken eggs are the most demanded and consumed product on the whole globe. In 2011, scientists in China tried to count the number of eggs eaten per year and were horrified. The country consumed more than half a billion eggs a day.
2. The whole calorie content of the product falls on the yolk, protein occupies only a small part of the nutritional composition. But the allergen is protein. It is not recommended for allergy sufferers.
3. An egg contains a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. Eggs are useful for heart diseases, gastrointestinal tract, they improve memory, promote women's health. In addition, regular consumption of eggs strengthens the immune system, reduces the risk of cancer.
4. Egg shells are very useful - they are used as a source of calcium.
5. Many lovers of raw eggs will have to be upset. In the egg, or rather, on its surface (in any case, it is in contact with the contents), there may be a salmonella bacillus, which causes intoxication of the body and food poisoning. Salmonella dies during heat treatment.
6. Eggs are actively used not only in cooking, but also in cosmetology - there is no product more valuable and nutritious for hair and skin.
7. In some countries, eggs have been produced artificially, and no chickens are required for this. A man-made egg looks like a sausage - the outer shell is protein, and the inner shell is yolk. The taste of such an “egg” is no different from ordinary, but you can argue about the benefits and naturalness of such a product.

You can talk about eggs for a very long time and entertainingly, but try to figure out how to properly boil them.

How to boil a hard boiled egg

For cooking, we need a pan, water, salt, a spoon and eggs. Before cooking, you can check the eggs for freshness. Dip the egg in a glass of water. If it sank to the bottom - the product is fresh. If it has risen to the surface, most likely the egg is already stale.

1. Eggs must be washed beforehand so that the litter on the shell of the egg does not get on the edible part if the egg is cracked.
2. There are several ways to cook eggs. You can dip eggs in boiling or cold water, how to? If you dip eggs in boiling water, and even more so if you take them out of the refrigerator, it is highly likely that they will crack. This happens either because of a blow to the bottom of the pan (you won’t lower your hands in boiling water), or because of a sharp temperature drop.
3. It is best to dip the eggs in a pot of cold water. Arrange the eggs so that they are evenly distributed on the bottom of the dish. If there are a lot of eggs, it is better to cook them in several batches.
4. Pour the eggs with water. At the same time, they should be held so that they do not hit the walls of the dishes. A small amount of salt (a third of a teaspoon) can be added to the water so that the eggs do not crack or leak when a possible hit occurs.
5. Put the eggs on the fire and cover with a lid. If you dip eggs in boiling water, you need to do this with a spoon. A piece of clean cloth can be placed at the bottom of the pan to protect the eggs from being hit.
6. When the water boils, the fire should be reduced, the cover removed. In this case, it is very important to time.If you like soft-boiled eggs, cooking time is very important, so it is better to use a kitchen timer.
7. Soft-boiled egg is cooked for 2-4 minutes, depending on the size of the egg. In the "bag" you need to cook for 5-7 minutes, and in order for the egg to be boiled hard, you need to wait about 8-10 minutes after boiling. No need to cook the egg for more than 15 minutes. After a long cooking, the yolk becomes hard and dark at the edges.
8. When the eggs are boiled, boiling water must be carefully drained. And place the eggs under cold water. This is done to cool them, as well as to ensure that the shell is cleaned easily and without problems. An egg is usually difficult to clean if it is very fresh.
9. If you are distracted and do not know how much the egg was boiling, get it out of the water and spin it on the table. A well-cooked egg spins very quickly, and half-baked does not make three turns. Such an egg can be boiled.
10. It is much more convenient to peel boiled eggs under a stream of cold water. If there are a lot of eggs, you just need to shake the pan with the eggs so that the whole shell is cracked.

You can boil an egg in the microwave. To do this, place a bowl of cold water in it, and when it boils, dip the egg in it. Boil eggs in the microwave for a little longer - for 5-8 minutes. Never leave the egg in the microwave without water. Internal pressure will simply break the eggshell and you will need a grandiose cleaning technique.

Eggs are part of many recipes. In the refrigerator of every good housewife should be at least a dozen eggs in reserve. Eggs are boiled, fried, baked. They are whipped and drunk raw, added to cocktails, pickled and even salted. Whipped eggs are fried in the form of pancakes, actively used in baking, cutlets and croutons are not without eggs. Eggs - this is the most popular and popular product, without which you can not do.

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