Make the perfect poached egg in under a minute with this hack

Imagine any perfect breakfast or brunch scenario, and chances are that you’d be dreaming up beautifully poached eggs on top of toasted bread loaded with avocados or cherry tomatoes.

Even if many of us might think it takes a lot of expertise to make perfectly poached eggs, there is actually a super easy way to make them at home easily that still looks Instagram worthy, and the best part is that it takes under a minute to prepare.

The hack for perfect poached eggs

A Tiktok account called @danarebeccadesigns which shares lifestyle content, shared a video with a genius hack to make poached eggs easily.

The video has the TikToker's mum showing the audience a ‘hack’ for poached eggs that she learnt on TikTok. The mum proceeds to crack an egg into a small microwave-safe Pyrex bowl. She then adds a little bit of water until it just covers the yolk.

Then she puts the bowl in the microwave and lets the eggs cook for 45 seconds. Once the timer pings, she brings out a perfect poached egg cooked within seconds in the microwave!

Reactions to the video

Needless to say, this easy hack to get poached eggs in a microwave is proving to be a hit with people.

One person said,

We cook them this way all the time since seeing it last week on a different TikTok

A commented added a tip saying,

Add a drop of white vinegar and it keeps the egg white from floating around

However, there were also commenters who warned against the possibility of egg-explosion inside the microwave. One such post warned,

watch for egg explosion. happened to my friend.

Another post stated,

Mines burst in the microwave. I just cleaned the microwave now lol. Tried it again and it too long too cooked then over cooked lol x

Sources used:

TikTok: @danarebeccadesigns