Author: Nia Rouseberg
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Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
Learn how to cook "How and how much to boil different types of eggs". Delicious recipe.
Eggs - hens, quails, ostriches, ducks, geese, turkeys - are boiled for 3 to 15 minutes from the moment of boiling the water. The duration depends on what you want them to be: loose or hard. Only ostriches are an exception and require more time.
The hen's eggs are placed in a bowl of cold water, if you put them in boiling water - they will burst. To prevent them from cracking, add a teaspoon of salt to the cold water. During cooking, the eggs must be completely covered with water. If the already cooked ones are difficult to peel, this is a sign that they are fresh. To make peeling easier, it is good to put salt in the water in which they will be boiled, and then rinse them with running cold water for 3-4 minutes. Peel immediately. It is believed that the more eggs are boiled, the worse they are absorbed by the body. And cooking for more than 20 minutes is bad for your health. The color of the shell does not affect the taste of the egg. Cooking over medium heat.
The scallop eggs are boiled for 5 minutes.
Quail eggs
To boil quail eggs softly, you need to put them for 1-2 minutes in boiling water. Unlike chickens, these will not burst. If you prefer them to be firmly cooked, it takes 5 minutes.
Ostrich egg
The ostrich egg is placed in cold water, boiled for 45 minutes for soft and 60-70 minutes - hard.
Duck egg
Duck eggs are washed thoroughly with cold soda water, put back in cold and boil for at least 12 minutes.
Goose eggs
Goose eggs are washed and placed in cold water. Boil for 15 minutes on medium heat and in a pan with a closed lid.
Turkey eggs
Boil the turkey eggs in salted water for 10 minutes.