Jeff Sandstrom's Blog » Food http://www.jeffsandstrom.com Geeky musing about tech, food and business. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:47:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ✋ Poached Egg Rant http://www.jeffsandstrom.com/food/poached-egg-rant/ http://www.jeffsandstrom.com/food/poached-egg-rant/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:13:53 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffsandstrom.com/?p=102 Continue reading →]]> I’ve worked on and off at a kitchen supply retailer since 2000, and one thing continues to surprise and frustrate me: people thinking they need a special $70 pan made specifically for poaching eggs. You don’t need a special egg poaching pan to successfully poach eggs. Honestly, you don’t. I promise. Here’s what you do need:

  • A shallow pan that can hold 1-2 inches of water (a saute pan works well)
  • Cold water
  • 1-2 tablespoons white vinegar (quantity depending on the size of your pan)
  • Fresh eggs
  • A slotted spoon
  • A paper towel

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Instructions

  1. Fill the pan with 1-2 inches of cold water
  2. Bring the water to a boil and pour the vinegar into the water (the vinegar helps prevent the egg white from spreading out too far)
  3. Turn the burner down to low/medium-low to bring the water to a slow simmer
  4. Crack an egg into a small prep bowl (I do this so I don’t accidentally break the yoke into the simmering water and to double-check the quality of the egg) and gently pour the egg into the simmering water
  5. Let the egg cook for approximately four minutes. The egg is poached when the egg white is cooked through and the base of the yolk just starts to solidify.
  6. Once the egg is cooked, gently lift the egg from the water with a slotted spoon and pat with a paper towel to remove excess moisture

That’s it!

So if you feel the need to spend $70 on poached eggs, consider putting the money toward fresh, organic eggs - not a special egg poaching pan.

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