Submitted by SHABDA - Preceptor on
The first method I developed myself in a restaurant, and the only hard part is that it requires several 2 ounce ramikins (those small dishes in restaurants that hold your side of Ranch Dressing or other condiment) and a large 10 inch skillet (frying pan) that has enough depth for an inch and a half of water.
- Put the skillet on the burner, fill with water and turn on the heat.
- While the water heats, break an egg into each ramikin then set next to stove wherever is convenient and enough out of the way to avoid spilling them.
- As the water heats, add the ramikins until the skillet is filled (or none are left)
- Don't let the water boil too rapidly and use a table spoon to spoon hot water over the tops of the eggs until the white is set and no sliminess remains.
- Meanwhile the egg itself will have cooked inside the ramikin while being held in shape, thus avoiding the loose, whispy egg white floating in the water.
- Use tongs to remove one ramikin at a time and place 2 on each plate with sides of hashbrowns, and the breakfast meat of choice (already prepared. Eggs are always cooked last).
- This method gives a clean and presentable plate that people enjoy due to the cleanliness and neatness, which is hard to come by for poached eggs.
Methos 2 is in this short video :
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