Step by Step Photos of How to Poach an Egg

How to Poach an Egg

June 1, 2010

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Slip the eggs into the simmering water.

Once you've added the vinegar and salt to the water, give it another minute to return to a simmer if it's cooled down. Then, gently slip an egg into the water. Don't try to do more than two eggs at a time, as they have a tendency to want to stick together.

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Slip the eggs into the simmering water.

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10 Comments

mandaleebee 2 years 15 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 51 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 51 weeks

Thanks for teaching me everything I know, YumSugar!

bluesarahlou 2 years 51 weeks

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

Spartygirl03 2 years 51 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 51 weeks

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

spaa649 2 years 51 weeks

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

JennMSU 2 years 51 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.