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Boil the perfect egg

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Boil first, then eggs.

Water at a full boil, lower fridge-cold eggs in gently. Boiling-start makes peeling dramatically easier.
- Straight from the fridge: consistency beats room temp
- Lower with a spoon, no cracks
Time it to the minute.

Start the timer the second the eggs go in. The minute decides everything.
- 6:30 jammy
- 8:00 soft-medium
- 11:00 hard
Shock in ice water.

Straight into ice water for 5 minutes. Stops the cooking, sets the yolk, frees the shell.

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Water fully boiling before eggs go in
Timer started immediately
Ice bath ready before the timer ends

1 Boiling-start method core @kenji_fans ⚡ 2.1k cooking
2 Steam-basket method @eggcellent ⚡ 760 cooking

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No gear needed. Your pot, a timer and ice are enough. That is the point.

Boiling-start method

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6:30 jammy, 8:00 soft-medium, 11:00 hard. From boiling water, fridge-cold eggs: step 02.
Cold-water starts bake the white onto the shell. Boiling-start plus ice bath: steps 01 and 03.
Old eggs float from a grown air cell. Knowledge, not action: best answer ↗

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