There's A First Time To...Poach An Egg

Oh, how I feel like Amy Adams in Julie and Julia right now. I have never poached an egg. Ever. No, I'm not racing to cook recipes out of an entire book or anything exciting like that. I am just a normal 30 year old that has never poached an egg and decided to share my experience.

So I started with a few inches of water in a pot over heat and waited for the heat to form air bubbles, but not to simmer or boil.

It is apparent after a ton of reading that there is great debate on whether or not to use vinegar in the poaching process. For this run, I decided to leave the vinegar out, swirl the water, pour the egg, and hope for the best.

And I really started to feel like Julia when the egg white turned into a stringy mess in the pan. Maybe it would recover. Then, DJ called me and asked for a waffle and I lost track of time. Whoops.

Yeah, let's just call that first one a fail.

So, pot of water back on the heat, close-to-but-not-simmering, added a splash of vinegar this time, carefully poured the egg into the center of swirling water, and focused.focused.focused. Focusing is difficult for me. I even set the timer even though I was standing.right.there.

And perfect! Yum. Now, I'm not much of a breakfast person, but now that I know how to poach an egg successfully, I will be eating these little babies for breakfast more often for sure!

I followed several tutorials, but had the most success from Smitten Kitchen's tutorial.

Hey Momma, I'm Hungry!