Poached Eggs

                                   

                                        Poached Eggs

Eggs re a cheap but nutritious food, it contains few calories, but they are packed with proteins, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats. Eggs are delicious and extremely versatile; eggs can be cooked in many ways such as boiled, poached, fried, baked and scrambled. Eggs are use in High Protein Recipes such as cake , pastries , creamed eggs on toast, chawanmushi, eggah and egg curry.

Preparation time-5 minutes

Cooked time- 10 minutes

Ingredients                                          Unit

Water                                                  1.5l

White vinegar                                      15ml

Eggs                                                    8

Method

1. Pour the water into saucepan add vinegar bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low fame.

2. Break the eggs into individual bowls to check for broken yolks. Gently slide one egg at a time into the simmering poaching liquid. Allow 15 to 20 seconds between each egg for the water to regain temperature.

3. Adjust the temperature to just below simmering and poach for 3 minutes or until the white is firm and the yolks are still runny, yet warm.

4. Remove the eggs and serve hot or refresh in cold water for later use.