Step by Step Photos of How to Poach an Egg

How to Poach an Egg

June 1, 2010

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Don't forget the vinegar.

Have the egg-poaching power ingredient on hand: white vinegar. It encourages the egg's albumen to coagulate, helping the egg retain its form.

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by POPSUGAR Food 10

Don't forget the vinegar.

Have the egg-poaching power ingredient on hand: white vinegar. It encourages the egg's albumen to coagulate, helping the egg retain its form.

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10 Comments

mandaleebee 2 years 14 weeks

Definitely trying this soon!!!

LilGlamDiva 2 years 47 weeks

That looks so easy! Will definitely have to try sometimes. I'm a huge fan of eggs benedict, but it's limited to being a treat when I travel!

wunami 2 years 50 weeks

I'm kind of skeptical about the vinegar. I mean, I feel that to change the pH enough to encourage the protein in the egg whites to denature would mean more vinegar than most people add. And to add enough would make the eggs taste very vinegary.

amybdk 2 years 50 weeks

I've attempted to poach eggs in the past without vinegar; thanks for the tip! I will definitely give it another go.

2 years 50 weeks

Thanks for teaching me everything I know, YumSugar!

bluesarahlou 2 years 50 weeks

Ummmm I want to eat that RIGHT NOW!!! :drool:

Spartygirl03 2 years 50 weeks

I've never poached eggs before but would like to try. It looks a lot less intimidating now! Thanks for the slideshow.

snarkypants 2 years 50 weeks

me too spaa, i was always afraid to poach eggs. i'll have to try this!

spaa649 2 years 50 weeks

I love poached eggs but always thought they really hard, I can't wait to try this out!!

JennMSU 2 years 50 weeks

i'm going to try this! my mom uses one of those poachpods to make hers and those work well if you want to do something other than the old school method featured here.