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Bring water to a boil.

• Fill your cooking pot with enough water to cover the eggs, turn the heat to very high, and bring the water to a boil.
• Once the water is at a full boil, slowly/gently add the eggs to the water to prevent them from cracking.
• Note: even if I am very gentle with the eggs, from time to time, an egg will crack upon entry due to heat shock. This is normal.

Boil the eggs.

• Check out the photo in the "Tips to make the best..." section above, and boil for the amount of time listed with the consistency that you are going for.
• Note: if you follow me on Instagram and see my meals on Stories, the egg yolks I add to my meals are usually boiled for 6.5-7 minutes. I included pictures of some of these meals in the "Tips to make the best..." section as well.

Flash the eggs with cold water, peel around the yolks, then serve.

• Once the time limit you chose is reached, remove the eggs from heat immediately, empty the boiling water, and run cold water over the eggs. You can also add them to an ice bath for the same effect.
• Leave the eggs to further cool for a few minutes.
• Once the eggs are cool enough to work with, carefully peel around the yolks. For a visual, check out the Instagram reel for this recipe.
• Note: if you watch the reel for this recipe, you will see that the yolk in the egg that I boiled for 5 minutes didn't break, but the yolk in the egg that I boiled for 6 minutes did. For yolks on the runnier side (5-6 minutes boil time), sometimes they break and sometimes they stay formed. It all depends on how slow and graceful you are when peeling, and sometimes it just depends on the egg itself. For eggs boiled for 7 minutes and up, if you are careful, those yolks don't usually break.
• Note: there are also other factors that affect yolk consistency...like the temperature of the eggs before going in the water, if you place the eggs in when the water during an early boil vs. a raging boil, etc. To achieve your "perfect yolk," use this method as a base and play around with the other factors as you see fit.
• Note: I discard the whites as I usually don't feel well when I eat them. Feel free to save/use the whites if you have some sort of creative use for them.