Surprisingly Unique and Simplified Way To Make Eggs
![Poached egg with soy sauce and white pepper](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Poached_egg.jpg)
If I wanted some protein that’s warm and easy to mix into a meal, I would reach for some eggs. I’ve even tried a recipe that only required water and some seasoning, but it wasn’t for boiled eggs!
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My Story
While I was writing about my experience with a steamed chicken recipe, I was curious about chicken soup recipes with ginger and wine. What I found was the Chinese Chicken Soup Recipe from Yangsze Choo’s blog.
Inspiring Recipe
As I continued browsing through Yangsze’s posts, I found How to Poach Eggs in Their Shells. With such a straightforward method of cooking eggs, I had to try it!
First Try
With the few required ingredients already at home, I was ecstatic to jump right in.
Ingredients to Use
For the ingredients, I followed what was noted on the blog post.
![White pepper, soy sauce, and eggs](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Poach_egg_ingredients.jpg)
Steps to Prepare
Of the five steps in the instructions, I modified step 2 slightly by using a 3-quart saucepan only because it didn’t seem like my 1.5-quart saucepan would have held the water and eggs without the water overflowing.
Perhaps I should’ve accounted for some water loss during the boiling process and assumed that the small saucepan would’ve been big enough?
![Eggs in saucepan after sitting in water](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/After_sitting.jpg)
Time to Eat
After adding some soy sauce and white pepper to the egg, it was ready.
![Poached egg in a glass ramekin with soy sauce and white pepper](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Egg_with_soy_sauce_white_pepper.jpg)
Recipe Rating
Below were the results of the recipe after the first try:
Number of Ingredients | Effort (Low🤏, Medium🤏🤏, High🤏🤏🤏) | Cost per Serving (<$2💰, $2-5💰💰, >$5💰💰💰) | Taste (Not for me🤔, Trying Again🙂, Eating Regularly😋) |
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4️⃣* | 🤏 | 💰 | 🙂 |
I would’ve preferred the egg to be warmer and firmer. Also, it needed a little more soy sauce and a lot more pepper. After the taste test, I just dumped the remaining egg in a bowl of rice and called it a day.
Second Try
For the second batch of eggs, I wanted them to be more solid, slightly hotter, and with more flavor.
Ingredients to Use
During the second try, I only switched the soy sauce because the previous one was all used up.
![New bottle of Kimlan aged soy sauce](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Soy_sauce_change.jpg)
Steps to Prepare
As for the process this time, I only tweaked steps 4 and 5.
For Step 4, I had the eggs sit in the saucepan for a few more minutes, totaling 18 minutes.
As for Step 5, I added more soy sauce and white pepper as compared to the first try.
![Poached egg in an off-white ramekin before seasoning](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Poached_egg_before_seasoning.jpg)
Time to Eat
When the egg was ready to be served, I was anxious to see if it was more satisfying.
![Poached egg in an off-white ramekin with soy sauce and white pepper (Try 2)](https://undumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Egg_with_soy_sauce_white_pepper2.jpg)
Recipe Rating
Below are the results of the recipe from the second attempt:
Number of Ingredients | Effort (Low🤏, Medium🤏🤏, High🤏🤏🤏) | Cost per Serving (<$2💰, $2-5💰💰, >$5💰💰💰) | Taste (Not for me🤔, Trying Again🙂, Eating Regularly😋) |
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4️⃣* | 🤏 | 💰 | 🙂 |
The egg had a nice kick from the white pepper and good flavor from the soy sauce. However, though it was warmer and less watery than before, I still would like it more solid. Nonetheless, I would still prepare eggs using this method if I wanted to keep the process simple.
To get the eggs to cook better, I will try the following next time:
Continuous Improvement
- Use a smaller saucepan and add less cold water in Step 2, if there’s not enough room.
After poaching eggs in their shells using an oversized saucepan, I learned the following that I would like to share with my younger self:
Lesson for Dumber Self
- Sometimes you just have to trust the recommendation provided by an expert!
What will you do now?
Next Step for You
- Try the recipe, How to Poach Eggs in Their Shells, from Yangsze Choo’s blog?
- Share a tip on how you achieved firmer egg whites for poached eggs?
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