Step 1: Fill a ramekin with a half-cup of salted, room-temperature water. It must be enough to submerge the egg. You'll want enough water to submerge the egg but not spill over the top of the ramekin.

sliced open poached egg on toast - Tatiana_didenko/Getty Images Chefs offer the everyday home cooks tons of tips for how to poach eggs, but the process — deceptively simple, yet so difficult to master ...

Not all cooking hacks are created equal. This one-minute microwave egg method is so fast and easy, I do it almost every day.

Poached eggs are a breakfast favorite. They’re soft and velvety with runny, gooey yolks. They are as lovely to look at as they are delicious to eat. But making them can be tricky. From getting the ...

Soaking up a runny poached egg with a piece of toast is a small but satisfactory brunch pleasure I can rarely get to experience at home — mostly because of time constraints and a level of impatience ...

Poached eggs are the crown jewel of fresh egg preparations, but making the delicately cooked orbs can be tricky. Various techniques involve adding vinegar to just-boiling water, swirling, straining, ...

Start by pouring half a cup of room-temperature water into a microwave-safe cup. Add a pinch of salt to the water and gently lower one egg into the cup. Next, place the cup in the microwave and cook ...

This “hack” was poorly hatched. A British mom is urging others to avoid a TikTok trend that involves heating up an egg in the microwave — since she suffered excruciating burns. Shafia Bashir, 37, was ...