Dippy egg - urgent

[fluffyblanky]

Hey! This is not aibu. Sorry posting for quick traffic

My daughter is poorly and has just asked for a dippy egg and soldiers but I can't remember how long to cook the eggs, google gives to many answers !!

I am boiling the water as we speak ! Help !

I do 5 mins. But I have a little gadget that changes colour. So it's been a few years since I did it without!

I put a fridge cold egg into boiling water for 6 minutes and it seems to work. The whole 3 minutes for a boiled egg must be a different method because experience tells me that leads to a raw horrible mess of an egg.

6 minutes!

I boil the kettle then put the water in a pan with the heat on, splash of vinegar and lower the eggs in slowly on a spoon, so they don't crack. Then set a timer for 6-7 mins and they come out dippy

5 mins straight into boiling water. That's a large egg from the fridge.

put room temperature egg in cold water,
bring to the boil
simmer for 3 and a half minutes
rinse under cold tap afterwards

I do 3 minutes but I put the egg into cold water and bring it to the boil in the water. Once boiling rapidly it’s three minutes.

Ok.. so I am going with the water boiling and 6 mins once the eggs are put in. Do I keep it boiling or simmering?

In the airfryer, 7 minutes at 170 😁

6 minutes always comes out way too hard for me. We usually have medium eggs and they aren’t kept in the fridge. Put an extra one in and check it after 3 minutes. They keep cooking a bit after you fish them out. I’d go more for 3 mins.

Air fryer?!! I might try that at the same time !

5 minutes simmering

Simmering. No need to bash it about. Unless they’re v large 6 mins might be too long.

To cook a Soft boiled egg put room temp egg in a pan of cold water, bring to rolling boil then simmer for 3 mins.

Not relevant I know -but “dippy” egg gives me the same rage as “picky bits” - just stop it !

Ok five mins simmering

Also chucked a couple in the air fryer. I will report back what went best !

Not literally chucked

Let us know how it goes!

Egg into boiling my water.

Bread in toaster. Toast, butter and cut up toast. Seems to be exactly the right amount of time to cook the egg.

4 mins exactly from when water starts to boil properly!

I can't report back that both 5 mins simmering and 6.5 mins in the air fryer worked very well!!

Thank you so much. My daughter has been unwell with temperature, sore throat etc. and she is really enjoying her eggs x

Large eggs, 5 mins.

Hope she feels better soon.

Sorry CAN

Delia’s method is foolproof.

Room temperature egg in a rolling boil for one minute. Removed from the heat and cover. Leave for 6 minutes and it’s perfect.

Removing it from the boil prevents the egg cracking while it’s jiggling about in the pan.

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