Egg Boiling Timer
Soft, jammy or hard-boiled: the right minutes for your egg size and starting temperature, with a built-in timer.
How do you like your eggs?
Doneness
Egg size
Starting temperature
With more than 6 eggs the water cools more. Use a big pot and start the timer when it boils again.
- Cooking time
- Approximate. Minutes and seconds.
- Then ice water
- Stops the cooking right away.
- 1. Bring plenty of water to a rolling boil.
- 2. Lower the eggs in gently with a spoon and start the timer. Keep the water at a steady simmer.
- 3. When the alarm rings, plunge the eggs into ice water.
- 4. Peel under a little running water once they are cool enough to hold.
Cooking times by size
Eggs straight from the fridge, at sea level. For room-temperature eggs, take off 45 seconds.
| Doneness | Small | Medium | Large | Extra-large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5:45 | 6:15 | 6:45 | 7:15 |
| Jammy | 7:15 | 7:45 | 8:15 | 8:45 |
| Medium | 8:45 | 9:15 | 9:45 | 10:15 |
| Hard-boiled | 10:45 | 11:15 | 11:45 | 12:15 |
Good to know
- Times are for eggs lowered into boiling water. Older eggs are easier to peel than very fresh ones.
- Hard-boiled eggs keep in their shell in the fridge for up to 7 days.
- Water boils at a lower temperature at altitude, so eggs need about a minute longer.