A boiled egg is an egg cooked in its shell in hot water until the inside solidifies.
🥚 Types of boiled eggs
- Soft-boiled egg: yolk is runny or jam-like
- Medium-boiled egg: yolk partly set
- Hard-boiled egg: yolk fully firm
🍳 How to boil eggs (simple method)
- Put eggs in a pot
- Cover with cold water
- Bring to a boil
- Turn off or lower heat and time it:
- Soft: 4–6 minutes
- Medium: 7–9 minutes
- Hard: 10–12 minutes
- Put in cold water to stop cooking
đź’Ş Health benefits
- High-quality protein
- Good for muscle building
- Contains vitamins like B12 and D
- Fills you up with few calories
⚠️ Tips
- Don’t overcook (can cause greenish yolk)
- Fresh eggs are harder to peel—slightly older eggs peel better
- Store in fridge if keeping for later
If you want, I can show you how to peel eggs perfectly, or how many boiled eggs per day is healthy depending on your goal (gym, weight loss, etc.).
