Poached Eggs have many people scared of making them, either they’re too difficult, too messy or take too much time, so here’s a method that’s quick, easy and tidy! So, with Psymonkee requesting this last night, here’s the idiots guide to making easy poached eggs.

Hope you find it useful!

Requirements

Below is what I have to make up these poached eggs:

Here we have:

• 2x Large Eggs
• Lurpak Butter
• English White Muffins
• Pan

This is a super cheap meal as the Cling Film will last for ages. Better Cling Film stops the egg sticking when you go to remove it at the end, very few cause the eggs to stick, if this is the case with yours either buy microwaveable film or use a tiny bit of olive oil, which I’ll mention below.

Preparation

Set a pan of boiling water on the go as by the time it’s boiling the following preparation will all be complete.

Tear a square of clingfilm off the roll and place it over the top of a cup/ramekin, in this case I use a little Tupperware ramekin and push down gently, all 4 sides of the clingfilm should be over the edge (you’d have to be using a deep mug for this not to be the case). If you have clingfilm that causes it to stick, something you’ll only find out after your first ones, put a little bit of olive oil in.

Crack the egg and drop it into the clingfilm then take all four corners and twist them together leaving no air in the sack of egg which allows it to cook quicker.

Cooking

Set an alarm for 4 minutes, and drop the eggs into the boiling water.

Cut an English Muffin in half and toast it to whichever level you’re happy with, and butter it up. Alternately, use toast.

Once the 4 minutes is up, remove the clingfilm wrapped eggs out of the pan and place them on the side. Place the buttered muffins onto a plate and unwrap the eggs, the clingfilm can be quite hot at first but it doesn’t take long to cool down, if you can’t be bothered waiting, run them under the cold tap for a second and them you can unwrap it easily.

Open out the clingfilm and turn it over, gently rolling the egg onto the muffin so that the clingfilm is on top of the egg, be careful, you don’t want to break the yolk just yet!!

Add salt and if you like, pepper (I use rainbow pepper) in small amounts to the top of the egg.

This is where the magic happens, and I’ll let the following picture describe…

Oh yes!

And what-more, the pan is clean! A simple wipe around and you’re done! Bin the clingfilm and a quick wipe up turns something messy into a 5 second clean!

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