Poached eggs are a common home-cooked dish. There are two main ways to make it, frying and boiling. Fried eggs are divided into single-sided frying and double-sided frying. The poached eggs fried on one side are tender and smooth, while the poached eggs fried on both sides are crispy.

Poached eggs have become very popular home-cooked food because of their simple method, beautiful shape and rich nutrition. There is also a method of boiling poached eggs, which is made by beating eggs directly in boiling water. Its characteristic is that the yolk keeps round and does not spread, but this method is called water laying eggs in most areas to distinguish it from poached eggs.