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Singapore-Style Half-Boiled Eggs and Toast

Name: Singapore-Style Half-Boiled Eggs and Toast
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: other
Ingredients: Egg; water; room temperature water; dark soy sauce; ground white pepper; White bread; butter

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5 Steps Total

Preparation

00:00:44

Prepare 6 eggs and a large 7.5 to 8-inch round pot with a lid

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Watch out

Ensure the pot size matches the water volume specified, otherwise the water-to-egg ratio will be incorrect.

Ingredients:Egg

Tools:saucepan

Active Cooking

00:01:12

Pour 6 cups of water into the pot
Heat over high heat and bring to a rolling boil

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Watch out

Water must reach a vigorous rolling boil, otherwise the eggs will not cook properly in the residual heat.

Ingredients:water (6 cup)

Tools:stove

Active Cooking

00:01:27

warningStay safe

Boiling water is extremely hot; lower eggs carefully to avoid splashing hot water.

Turn off the heat immediately after the strong boil
Add 0.25 cup of room temperature water
Carefully lower 6 eggs into the hot water using a slotted spoon
Cover the pot with its lid and drape a cloth over for insulation
Set a timer for 7 minutes

local_fire_departmentoff

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Watch out

Lower the eggs gently with a slotted spoon, otherwise dropping them will crack the shells.

Ingredients:room temperature water (0.25 cup)Egg (6 piece)

Tools:kitchen timerslotted spoon

Active Cooking

00:02:31

Once the 7-minute timer goes off, remove the eggs from the hot water
Place the eggs into a container filled with room temperature water to stop the cooking process

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Watch out

Transfer the eggs promptly when the timer rings, otherwise they will continue cooking and become hard-boiled.

Ingredients:Egg

Tools:slotted spoon

Active Cooking

00:03:25

Crack open 2 cooked eggs into a serving bowl, revealing soft wobbly whites and runny yolks
Season with 2 tbsp of dark soy sauce and 0.5 tsp of ground white pepper
Serve alongside toasted bread spread with 15g of butter

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Watch out

Crack the egg gently with a spoon on the side of the bowl so the shell does not fall into the egg.

Ingredients:Egg (2 piece)dark soy sauce (2 tbsp)ground white pepper (0.5 tsp)White bread (2 slice)butter (15 g)

Tools:toasterbowl