I give full credit to an older article I read recently when searching how to cook eggs quickly from the Independent below:
I really adore eggs and often buy them in my work canteen but paying what I would consider a high price per egg didn’t sit well with me. Being really honest I only recently learned how to make a proper poached egg in a pan actually, but it does take a little time to get a deep pan to the right temperature and I don’t really have that time before work.
So off I went searching for a recipe. I’ve tried a load of variants for this including shop bought egg poachers and microwave containers but the easiest way that works for me is to simply fill a cup with water and microwave it for 1 minute to get it up to temperature and then crack your egg in. Put back in for another minute and it’s done. There’s lots of advice about adding vinegar and salt but I haven’t really needed it. I did once have a popping noise when the yolk burst but if you put a plate on the top it stops the splashing and ruining of your microwave. It rarely happens to me though and I buy super fresh eggs.
On a side note I do have a blog about cleaning your microwave so feel free to read that if you need to.
https://wordpress.com/post/modernmrsbeeton.blog/1562
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