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How long does it take to get your perfect boiled egg?

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How do you like your egg? My son loves hardboiled eggs for his snacks. I like smooth, softer yolk, and my son loves super hardboiled well-done yolk. How long should we boil then? Let’s try this experiment and find out how many minutes we need to make our perfect boiled eggs!

*Caution* Do not try this experiment without adult supervision.

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What We Used

• 6 eggs
• Soup pan
• Water
• Tongs or ladle (I preferred tongs)
• Stopwatch (phone) 
• Papers to write down how many minutes

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Step by Step

1. Use any paper and write each minute. We tried 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15.
2. Put all eggs in a saucepan and cover with water.
3. Put the pot over high heat and bring to a boil.
4. Once the water boiled, start to count the minutes with stopwatch.

*Caution* Do not try this experiment without adult supervision.

At the desired time, carefully take out the egg. Transfer it to the paper with matching numbers.

Make sure all cooled down, and let’s peel them!

Separate each egg and show the boiled minutes on the top.

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Here is our result.

Conclusion

4 minutes Boiled Egg

It had a delicate white egg and a runny yolk with a creamy aftertaste.

6 minutes Boiled Egg

It had solid white egg and creamy yolk.

8 minutes Boiled Egg

The softer yolk.

10, 12, 15-minutes Boiled Egg

Three of them were dried and harder yolk. It was hard to tell the difference.

Our experiment is complete! Let’s taste them with salts.

Here is our opinion after the tasting.
My son: He thought that 12 minutes and 15-minute are the best! Those are well-done, and he loved them.
My opinion: I loved 6 minutes boiled egg the best. It was not too runny, and the yolk was very creamy.
My husband: He loved the 4-minute one the best with runny yolk with a creamy aftertaste.

We all know which yolk is our favorite and how long we need to wait after boiling water. Great success!

Happy learning!

Featured Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash