Julia Child's Poached Egg Trick Is The One You've Been Waiting For

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Oh, Julia, how we admire your recipes and influence on us with your cooking talents. Admit it or not, the egg is and integral part of our diet. Why is it so? Well, it is simply because a lot of people prefer having eggs in their major meals in a day - breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Just in case you do not know, egg is a very nutritious food item that you can include on your diet. Some of its nutrients are Vitamin B12, iron, Vitamin A, choline, protein, and Vitamin D. In fact; a good organic egg is one of the perfect foods we can consume. Now the question is, do you know how to cook eggs? What do you prefer in eggs, fried or poached? If you want it to be poached, then do you know how to achieve a perfect poached egg? If not, then here is a simple trick of Julia Child that you can follow in order to cook a perfect poached egg.

Julia suggests that you need to boil the egg within 10 seconds before making it a poached egg. But before boiling it, there is one important thing that you have to do. Find the large end of an egg and poke it with a pin. This is a good way to release the air inside the egg, which can be the reason of some cracks. The purpose of the 10-second boiling method is to make sure that the shape of the egg can be maintained. After boiling it, you have to let it cool for a while. Later on, you can poach the egg in the boiling water with the use of poaching device or your hands alone.

That is all you need to do. By following this Julia Child's tip for perfect poached egg, there is no way you cannot have the best-poached egg right there on your dining table.

If you want to see the video tutorial on how to do it correctly, simply visit Huffington Post website below.

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