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egg/poached

How long to poach egg

Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.

Your time 3:00

How big are the eggs?

How do you want the yolk?

How to tell without a timer

Lift it out with a slotted spoon onto paper. It keeps cooking while it drains.

A runny yolk is not pasteurised. That is how most people eat eggs and have done for generations, but if you are pregnant, very young, elderly or immunocompromised, use pasteurised eggs or pick a firmer yolk.

How it goes

  1. Barely trembling water, splash of vinegar. A rolling boil shreds it.
Every combination, as a table
How big are the eggs?How do you want the yolk?Time
Medium Runny 2:40
Medium Jammy 3:40
Medium Set through 4:50
Large Runny 3:00
Large Jammy 4:05
Large Set through 5:30
Extra large Runny 3:20
Extra large Jammy 4:25
Extra large Set through 6:00

The app does this, then learns

The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.

Cooked the same way

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