Eggs – How to soft and hard boil eggs in the same pot so they are ready at the same time

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The method I usually follow is to place the eggs in cold water, then take the pot off heat once the water starts boiling and let the eggs sit in the water for X minutes. I usually do 4-5 min for soft boiled and 10-12 min for hard boiled.

This is fine when boiling all the eggs either soft or hard but not when I want them to be ready to eat at the same time. Do you know of method that allows both types to be ready at the same time?

Best Answer

You can do that by using a different method which puts eggs in boiling water.

  • Bring water to a boil in a large enough pot for all eggs.
  • Add those eggs that are to be hard-boiled, start timer.
  • Add the eggs that should be soft when the remaining time fits.
  • Remove all eggs together.
  • (Hope that you can tell soft and hardboiled eggs apart because you marked them prior to cooking. Else you have an egg lottery at the table.)

I personally cook them in two pots or keep hard boiled eggs warm until a second batch of soft boiled eggs is done for the reasons stated in the last bullet point. Or those prefering hard boiled eggs have to wait a few minutes longer.

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