Easy Cheats Poached Eggs - A simple cheats fool proof method to get perfect poached eggs every time.
Different ways to Poach Eggs
There are so many suggestions out there for making poached eggs - some say to swirl the water, some say to add vinegar and no matter which recipe or technique you follow you find yourself constantly frustrated because you just can not master the perfect poached egg.
Then you see all those yummy pictures of others enjoying poached eggs for breakfast which makes you want a perfectly poached egg even more.
For example there is this recipe right here on Slimming Eats for delicious Poached Eggs Over Garlic Mushroom (the technique I use most for my poached eggs) but for those of you that still can't master them using that method then this Easy Cheats Poached Eggs is the method for you.
Some may say why not just buy an egg poacher? and you definitely can do that if you prefer, infact there are various different products out there for helping you master a poached egg.
A selection of various different gadgets you can purchase to help you master poached eggs.Gadgets for Poached Eggs
But what if you don't want any more gadgets because you just don't have the room and you have tried various methods and just can't get those perfect poached eggs?
Simple Cheats Way to Poach an Egg
Try this simple cheats poached eggs method and you will have delicious poached eggs every time.
All you have to do is fill a frying pan (non stick is best) about a ⅓ of the way with water, season with salt, bring to to a boil, then turn down heat slightly so it is not vigorously bubbling and crack in your eggs just like you would a fried egg. Then you can either add a lid to steam the top or if you don't have a lid that fits, carefully splash over the top with water, until they are cooked to your liking (approx 4 mins for a poached egg - but time will vary depending on how runny you like your yolk), then carefully remove with a spatula. It is as simple as that - Easy Cheats Poached Eggs.
So now you have perfected some poached eggs, what are you going to serve them with?
11 Tasty Ways to serve poached eggs for breakfast
1. HEb serving of toast, topped with baby spinach, slices of tomato and then your perfect cheats poached eggs
2. HEb toasted English whole wheat muffin (or whole wheat toast) topped with your perfect cheats poached eggs and a side of grilled tomatoes and sauteed mushrooms
3. HEb toasted English whole wheat muffin (or whole wheat toast) topped arugula or baby spinach, slices of ham and your perfect cheats poached eggs
4. HEb serving of toast, topped with sauteed baby spinach, perfect cheats poached eggs and a sprinkling of red chilli flakes
5. HEb serving of toast, topped with perfect poached eggs and a side of roasted asparagus
6. Poached Eggs with Tomatoes Slices over Pork Sausage Breakfast Patties(click for recipe)
7. Poached Eggs over Toasted Wholemeal Muffins (Heb) with Avocado (Syns) and Grilled Tomatoes and everything but the bagel seasoning.
8. Poached Eggs on Wholemeal English Muffins (HEb) with Baby Spinach
9. Sweet Potato Hash Browns (click for recipe) with Salsa, Avocado (syns) and Poached Eggs
10. Poached Eggs on Wholemeal English Muffin (HEb) with Sriracha Mushrooms (which are mushrooms sauteed in spray oil until lightly golden and then add in 1 tbs of sriracha sauce and ½ tbs of maple syrup and a little splash of water and reduce down around the mushrooms (can use less sriracha depending on spice level), sprinkle with fresh coriander or parsley.
11. Poached Eggs on Wholemeal Toast with smashed avocado and sliced cherry tomatoes halved with chilli and garlic flakes
You will notice I often served Poached with Avocado and that's because poached eggs and mashed or slices of avocado with a pinch of sea salt is like the best combination ever.
If you love some avocado and have been avoiding it believing it to be too high in syns, be sure to check out my post - Avocado and Slimming World it's actually not quite as high synned as you might think.
and if you want some more delicious Breakfast ideas, why not check out the Breakfast Recipesso many yummy breakfast ideas to choose from
or head on over to my Full Recipe Index with over 900 delicious Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly recipes all fully searchable by meal type, ingredients, syn value and smart points etc
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Easy Cheats Poached Egg
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Nutrition Information
Yield 1
Serving Size 2 poached eggs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 149Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 372mgSodium 733mgCarbohydrates 2gFiber 1gSugar 0gProtein 13g
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I have just eaten this for my brekkie. I only used 1 laughing cow but had a scraping of marmite on the toast as well - delicious. Much easier and quicker than cooking poached eggs!! Thank you for the inspiration that I needed this morning x
Will be trying this to go with my gammon steaks and pineapple this week 🙂
Thank you ever so much for this tip. I will definitely try making poached eggs using your method.
Thank you ever so much for this tip of cooking poached eggs. I will definitely use this method.
By far the easiest way of doing poached eggs - just make sure you use a nonstick pan!! Learnt that one the hard way!