Eggs are usually boiled for about 5 minutes on medium fire after boiling water on a large fire; Some people like to eat hard-boiled eggs, so cook them for about 3 minutes. Of course, there are many factors that will affect the cooking time of eggs, such as the size of the heat, what pot to cook, the level of water and so on. Anyway, these factors will affect the time to cook eggs more or less, so it takes several minutes to cook eggs correctly, and there is no fixed answer.

First of all, some suggestions for boiling eggs.

1. Under normal circumstances, after the eggs are washed again, put cold water into the pot, and after the fire is boiled, cook for seven or eight minutes, which generally does not exceed 10 minute, because if the eggs are boiled in boiling water for a long time, the protein structure of the eggs will change and it will be difficult to digest.

2, it is recommended not to eat undercooked eggs, in addition to may not be able to kill bacteria, but also may lead to lack of biological elements in the body, unhealthy.

Some people like to boil the water first and then put the eggs, which is ok, but the taste is not so delicious.

Second, the correct way to boil eggs

1. Wash the feces or dust left on the egg surface with water first. Then soak for a few minutes, so that the boiled eggs will be more tender.

2. Beat eggs in cold water. When the water boils, turn to medium heat and cook for about 5 minutes. Don't open the lid when the eggs are cooked. It would be better to simmer for a few minutes after turning off the fire.

3. soak in cold water for a while. After the eggs are cooked, if you want to make them easier to shell, you can soak them in cold boiled water, which usually takes one minute.