How to boil an egg

How To Boil Eggs Perfectly Every Time

One bad hard-boiled egg can ruin you for life. At least, that's what I believed until I learned how to cook soft-boiled and hard-boiled eggs precisely how I wanted to eat them.

How to Boil Eggs

Eggs are good for you – they contain vitamins A, D, and E, all the fats (especially lecithin), iron, sulfur, and proteins.

How To Boil Eggs

Like steak, eggs have different degrees of doneness. Boiling eggs is all about the timing. Here in the Test Kitchen we cooked dozens of eggs in search of the most consistently tender whites and evenly cooked yolks.

How to Boil an Egg

Making hard boiled eggs is not as difficult as it seems. My new Tips and Techniques video series will show you just that. In this first video, I focus on the basics and begin by showing you how to boil eggs. Enjoy!