Generally speaking, it takes about 15 ~ 20 minutes to steam a raw egg in its shell. If you want to steam quickly, you can go to a certain treasure to buy an egg steamer. This also saves about 10 minutes, the egg steamer can be cooked in 10 minutes.
How long does it take to cook an egg in water?If you're boiling water, it takes about 3 to 4 minutes. When the water boils and the raw egg is placed into the pot, the boiling water will quickly heat up the egg and solidify the egg white inside it instantly, after that you just need to keep it boiling and continue to cook it for 2 minutes, turn off the heat and simmer it for 1 minute, then you'll have a tender, yellow, loose, white poached egg. If you are cooking in cold water, it will take about 5 to 8 minutes. Eggs in cold water, turn on medium heat and cook, 5 minutes to become semi-cooked eggs; 8 minutes to become fully cooked eggs.
Tips for boiling eggs?Boiled eggs if you use high heat, it is easy to cause rapid expansion of the air inside the shell and lead to shell cracking; but if you use a small fire, and prolonged the time to cook the eggs, and it is not easy to grasp the degree of good eggs old and tender. Therefore, boiled eggs to medium heat is most appropriate.
Boiled eggs, you can add a little salt or vinegar in the water, a little can be, so that you can soften the eggshell, the eggshell is not easy to rupture, and after cooking is also easy to peel.