Make the perfect egg in a steamer basket

We came across steaming your eggs instead of boiling them on the Bon Appétit Magazine website. The result? A perfect soft-boiled yolk, just how we like ’em. 

The perfect soft-boiled egg

Fill a steamer basket with a 1 cm layer of boiling water and steam the egg for 6.5 minutes. Immediately cool in cold water.

The perfect hard-boiled egg

Fill a steamer basket with a 1 cm layer of boiling water and steam the egg for ten to twelve minutes. Immediately cool in cold water.

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