I've been cooking poached eggs for a long time, but I still don't have a simple foolproof process.
The basic method is hit-and-miss for me. I tried all the tricks: vinegar, vortex ....Sometimes it works other times it will be a mess.
When time is not an issue I would break the eggs in saran wrap. That always works.
If in a hurry I will softboil the eggs and carefully remove the shells.
Recently I bought these silicone "cups". You grease them , drop in boiling water and break the egg in them. They hold a nice shape, no water all over your egg, but if you want the white fully set the yolk will start to set too. So I tried dropping the egg in water (from the silicone cup) when the lower half of the white is set. Still have to drain the egg but I got perfectly set white with liquid yolk.
Do you have anything simpler in your toolkit?
The basic method is hit-and-miss for me. I tried all the tricks: vinegar, vortex ....Sometimes it works other times it will be a mess.
When time is not an issue I would break the eggs in saran wrap. That always works.
If in a hurry I will softboil the eggs and carefully remove the shells.
Recently I bought these silicone "cups". You grease them , drop in boiling water and break the egg in them. They hold a nice shape, no water all over your egg, but if you want the white fully set the yolk will start to set too. So I tried dropping the egg in water (from the silicone cup) when the lower half of the white is set. Still have to drain the egg but I got perfectly set white with liquid yolk.
Do you have anything simpler in your toolkit?