Dippy Eggs

Soft boiled dippy eggs with soldiers

This is one of my daughter’s favourite breakfast treats – dippy eggs with soldiers. The toasted soldiers are really strips of buttered toast that you dip into the runny egg yolk. Wonderful! I suppose they are called soldiers as they represent soldiers standing to attention.

This is so very easy and quick to make and serves as a real treat to those of you that love a runny egg.

How long to soft boil a dippy egg

The trick to get a perfect soft-boiled egg is to boil it for exactly the right length of time. The perfect soft-boiled egg should have a warm runny yolk to dip into, and the whites should be firm. If you love eggs then you will love dipping into these.

When I am making these I first add the egg to the boiling water when the water has actually started boiling, not before. I will then time it for exactly 5 minutes using Alexa to time it for me. When the 5 minutes is up I immediately remove from the water and run the egg (s) under the cold tap to stop them cooking further.

This soft boiled egg cooking time is based on the large eggs we buy here in the Aldi, but you may find that you need more or less time, depending on the size of your egg and maybe even the altitude at which you are cooking. The higher you are, the lower the boiling point of water, which will affect your cooking time.

Dippy eggs – just for kids?

Though this is obviously a great recipe favourite for kids, it is also a good one for adults. I love soft boiled eggs with soldiers and quite often will just make a single one for myself for lunch.

How to make a perfect soft-boiled egg

Dippy Eggs

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Dippy eggs are soft boiled eggs with toasted soldiers that are used to dip into the delicious warm yellow egg yolks! What a treat for brekkie!

Prep Time 1 minute

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 6 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 slice of bread (white or brown)
• 1 fresh egg
• Pinch of salt
• Salted Butter

Instructions

1. Toast the slice of bread and when toasted butter it and slice into strips.
2. In the meantime boil a saucepan of water. Add the egg to the boiling water with a spoon the moment it starts to boil. Boil the egg for exactly 5 minutes.
3. Then remove the egg from the water with a spoon and place under a stream of cold water to stop it cooking further.
4. Take the top of the egg off with a knife, and place a pinch of salt on the top of the runny egg yolk.
5. Serve up in an egg cup together with the soldiers on a plate.
   

Notes

One egg is good. Two is better 🙂

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 240 Total Fat: 17g Saturated Fat: 9g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 7g Cholesterol: 217mg Sodium: 417mg Carbohydrates: 13g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 2g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 9g

This nutrition information was automatically calculated by Nutritionix, but may not be 100% accurate.