Easy Peasy Poached Eggs in a Coffee Mug 

WONDERFUL!!! some of the ceremonies guys go into with poaching eggs is real comedy....This gal hits it outta da park

For all the simpletons trying to make smart comments, some of us live in places that have neither ovens or stoves to cook. I live in a single room with just a microwave, toaster and kettle so it's just simple videos like this that makes my diet become a bit more pleasant. Many thanks to the creator of this video as I love eggs especially poached.

I am in my mid 70s and live in a small trailer with no stove, oven or anywhere for a hot plate. Crock pot and microwave are the only way I have to cook anything, including eggs. So, thank you for your tutorial.

Best egg poaching method on the internet, so simple and effective

Thank you so much. It's brilliant !...I did one egg at a time . I also put a couple of drops of Apple cider vinegar in the cup ( helps coagulate the whites), covered it with a small plate and microwaved for 40 seconds .....and voila! Perfect poached egg with firm white and runny yolk. Happy breakfast 😊

Brilliant. No messy pans. Thanks

Just found this in my feed. I have to say, I am impressed. Totally impressed... Thanks for the life hack!

This totally makes sense had to come here after I ordered a very well shaped poached egg and figured there must he a hack no ways it can be that perfect.

Two eggs in a soup mug, 1c water and two capfuls of vinegar, 1.5min. Perfectly runny eggs. It took some trials but its so easy . Thank you ! 💜

At first I thought "no, too much work" but, as I love poached eggs, and as I can't handle pans due to a bad back, I gave it a go. Brilliant result. The easiest method ever! So, many thanks for your endeavours and recipes.

WOW! I tried this for breakfast this morning and it actually works!!! Unbelievably easy and the result is a perfect poached egg without the mess. If you have a bunch of eggs to prepare, just hold them in a pan of warm water. A BIG thank you!👍

I'm going to do it tomorrow.thanks. I am tired of scrambled eggs.Thanks for this

So easy, and WOW! I've always thought poaching eggs would take too much time & mess. Not anymore! Thanks for making this video!😊

The thing that never seems to be added to these videos is ??? The wattage or power of the microwave?😮

Clever, clever. I like this, and it works. And it’s simple. And it’s fast. Thank you!

Few days back my daughter showed me to make like this.But I learned a bit more here.To use hot water in cup first.Thank you.

Hey, that’s excellent ! I love poached eggs but always seems to take a lot of time and mess when I use a pan. Thks very much !

Thanks! Great video Well done and easy to follow

This is just too awesome for words... ❤

This Never fails. It's Absolutely brilliant 💓👍👍

Thanks for the tip! Wished you cut the egg and we can see the wonderful yolk on top of toast. I use a cup of water and a pinch of salt. 1 min and it’s perfect!!

I love this idea SO MUCH! Game changing! Love it ❤🫶🫶🫶

Imagine mixing both water and poached eggs together in a cup noodle❤❤❤

I love this method, but I don't bother boiling water first, just microwave about a minute. I do a couple at a time in the same mug, eggs first and then cover with tapwater (not to the top). You'll dial in the time according to your microwave and yolk preference. I also like to use a cup of bone broth and seasonings (even nutritional yeast flakes for the B vitamins). Keep an eye on it if you see whites rising, stop and stir, nuke a little more. Makes a super quick and tasty protein-rich cup of soup.

Amazing. Much better than the people suggesting you crack the egg into a ramekin, transfer it to another ramekin, but through a fine mesh strainer then throw it into a pot of water. As if i'm bothering with all that clean up

I always first put the cooked egg on a paper towel and blot the top gently with another paper towel. It helps to avoid all that excess water from making the toast soggy since I like to eat mine on top of the toast.

Great idea. I will do this and wow it saves time too

I learned this a while ago now. I never used water. I just used spray pam and put a paper towel on top. After the first noise inside it's probably done. I will have to try the water way.

Today is a perfect day for me to try this - as my glass hob cracked from top to bottom yesterday and I'm awaiting delivery of a new one!

This is actually how they do it in restaurants to avoid errors and efficieny.

Eggscellent video 🥚

I put a few droplets of water in a small shallow bowl, microwave for 40 seconds and the egg is semi soft . Also slides out of the bowl - no mess 😊

You don't need so much water and you don't need boiling water....try this... little cold water in a mug .crack your egg into the mug cover the top with cling film .pierce a hole in the cling film microwave between 50 and 60 seconds on full power depending on how you like your eggs

Wooowwww definitely will try this, I always fail making poached eggs 😂😂

Is that black pudding, or some weird bread? Also that is the most minimal amount of bacon. Also thank you for this great tip. I haven't eaten poached eggs in years, but this method seems really cool

Break egg... Put in mug NO Water... Microwave for two minutes on 240 have been doing this for about 2 years no problems. If egg looks a bit runny pour a little hot water on top for about 15 seconds.

There is no need to use boiling water. A glass slightly curved dish will do with a small pool of cold water. Cover the egg with a saucer to restrict any "explosions", and experiment with the timing and strength of the micro-wave oven until the egg is just right. Not every oven is the same in this aspect.

To get a poached egg, you want the white to be cooked and the yolk to be runny. To do this, you are basically injecting heat into the egg from the outside in. In water via boiling, heat travels inwards by conduction but take longer. The advantage is that there are less variables. Boiling water will always be thereabouts of 100'C. So basically you only need to bother with one variable which is time. Using a microwave with water and egg in a mug, there is conduction via water as well as microwaves penetrating the water into the egg white then the yolk. This increases the variables, basically starting temperature of water, amount of water, microwave power and time. Using hot water, you reduce the variables as say your hot water starts at 80'C at point of microwave turn on as the room temperature egg and mug will reduce it's temperature from boiling(if you started with boiling water). So then you start with 80'C water going quickly to roughly 100'C and maintaining it there. From then on the variable is time and microwave power. Fix the power and essentially your only variable is time. So starting with hot water makes things easy as the variability is mostly only time to cook the egg. If you start with cold water, there is additional complexity as it becomes a 2 step process; you need to heat up the water followed by cooking the egg. The 1st step is affected by the amount of water. In order to save time, you'll add less water but any error in timing will directly affect the end-result more. The more water there is, the longer it takes but any error in timing will be buffered by the larger volume of water as it absorbs more proportion of the microwaves compared to the volume of the egg, making it more forgiving in the end result for any error in timing. In summary, the lesser the water used, the lesser the buffer and more unforging in the end result. The colder the water used, the harder it is to estimate the 1st step which is boiling the water and thus the easier to estimate time wrongly and also affecting the end result. Lastly as others have mentioned, the mug's temperature is also a factor so the first use of a cold mug and the 2nd round using an already hot mug will need to have their timing adjusted as well.

That’s brilliant,I’ve just destroy mine in a pan 😂 ,bloody Jamie Oliver should come here 1st 👌✌️

This is awesome

I was waiting for the fork to do it's presentation ☺️

I want that kettle! 😆

I feel like trying this only instead use water that's at a rolling boil, pour it gently into a coffee cup or bowl with the egg in it, then cover it and leave it for a few minutes before finishing it on the stove since it's just to get the outside shape made

The best way to poach eggs. So very simple.

Thank you for the tip, now I know what to do lol

Love the music!

Definitely giving this a try 👍🏾

I like the way the mug is small enough to keep the whites together

Damn. I have to buy 2 coffee mugs. No seriously. I bought a poached egg microwave thing from temu. It broke when I only opened it to look at it. This is brilliant.

Who else had their peaceful morning wrecked by an exploding microwave poached mug egg after watching this video 💥🥚☕ 😂😂😂

So many different ways and ideas, the one I was told is to put 4fl ozs of cold water in a little dish cover and do for 50sec to 1 minute depending on the size of the egg and power of your microwave also easier to get the egg out.

I’m asking what if I live it in that hot water in mug for a little bit longer if I have no microwave?

This is EGGcellent ....many Thanks

Ours were overcooked the first time. Maybe the microwave variation and an easy fix.

Be careful if you do this, I did exactly like the video but my egg exploded as I removed it out of the microwave burning my hand and narrowly missed my face not to mention the cleaning up afterwards, I would not do this again

Love this!! And I notice you didn’t have to poke the yolk with a knife or fork. I guess the water keeps it from exploding? One comment mentioned covering with a small plate, which might prevent a mess if one does blow, plus you can use the plate to strain off the water.

What a damn good idea - I can never time it right in an egg poacher, always end up with undercooked egg white! I might have more luck with this method.... Thanks

Thank you! 🤗🤗🤗 Tried this, my microwave is 900 watts, did it for a minute and a half came out a little over done as too how I like them, will have to adjust time.

I do this method too, only I don’t boil the water first, comes out perfect. Just wondering though what if you put the egg in the boiling water in your cup, but stopped there. I’ll bet it cooks without using the microwave, hmm 🤔 I think I’ll try that!

Thank you i will have to try this 😊

How very convenient

Genius! Breakfast tomorrow is sorted !😊

This well meets my first rule of cooking: Must be able to fit in my smallish dishwasher afterwards.

You don't need to boil the water. The water is just there to buffer the microwaves. I turn on my tap to cold and let it run for 30 seconds so that it's the same temperature every time. Add 1/2 cup of water to small dish or mug. The smaller the better. Then microwave ( in my case ) for 45 seconds. Perfect poached egg.

Looked like a good idea but mine exploded in the micro and made a huge mess.

You only need to for about a half inch of water above the egg one egg is about 54 seconds depending on the power of your microwave. You don't have to put that much water.

It worked!!!, but for more runny egg set microwave for 45 sec not 1 min ☀️

That sounds very easy, two quick questions, how much water did you put in the coffee cup, and did you heat up the water first before you put the eggs in the cup? 1:49

This is amazing

I do someth8ng similar but use a tin cup and cook on the stove.

Thanks for this tip, the best poached egg I have ever done.

Less than half a mug of cold water. Crack in an egg. Microwave for about 1min on high power with a 1000w microwave. Adjust by 5 sec increments to get the yolk to your desire runniness preference.

Awesome and thank you? Any easy way to make hollandaise sauce?

Brilliant, thank you!!

Yes, this method is very good! You have to be a bit careful with the timing of it in the microwave, though! A bit of trial and error may be needed!

what should we put in the mug first, boiling water or raw egg.... and would it make a difference? will skip the microwaving part. Thanks for the video.

I must try this!

I tried this method in my 900 watt microwave. The eggs turned out perfect but yolk was hard at 90sec. I tried today at 70sec yolks were a bit runny. I think 60s Will probably be suitable for my runny yolk. Previously tried other microwave recipes but eggs exploded or the white was too runny. I also swirled water before putting eggs in mugs.

eggcellent 😂

Nice technique

Tried it..works a treat.

Best wat to crack an egg is on a flat surface ❤❤❤

why not cut the yolk open

Did no one see the video cut and the egg came out like a nicely cooked fried egg

Thank you. Great poached eggs for breakfast technique

Thank You.

What kind spoon for the removal???? My eggs were slipping all over and around the cup😂

Do you not need to prick the yolk to stop the egg exploding.🤔🤔

It looks nice but...Disappointed that you didn't cut the egg to show the yolk isn't set.

Defo gonna try this, thanks 👍👍

We came here for the yolk. Don’t pretend you didn’t know that.

I do similar, but with an enamel mug on the stovetop.

Would have been interesting to see if the yoke was runny. If the yokes hard, you may as well boil in the shells

Excellent, woohoo 🎉

Did this method produce good, runny yolks, or did it produce solid yolks? For the purpose of providing "gravy" for the toast, I like the yolks to be runny.

Looks like you got yourself a great editor

Wonderful 💕

Looks great but I don't use them microwaves

Nope, I don’t want microwaved eggs...😂😂😂

Really disappointed you didn't cut the egg to see the yolk