Microwave Egg Cooker

Microwave Egg Cooker
Cooking Eggs in a Microwave

Boiled eggs are one of the most popular breakfast items the world over. Typically, boiling eggs takes a long time on the stove.

You just have to wait for the water to come to a boil and then wait for the egg to get boiled and cooked. Though the end result is generally worth the wait, people can always benefit from lower wait times.

Among all modern day kitchen technology nothing makes cooking faster than a microwave. So it should come as no surprise if you hear someone saying that they tried to cook egg in a microwave. Without proper tools, it is quite possible that the person failed miserably at it, but the experiment shows a need for microwave egg cooker. The good news is that there are many models available in the market to do just that.

The most important thing that you should look at while picking a microwave egg cooker is its capacity. This doesn’t always have to be high, it must suit your daily needs. The other aspect, of course is the price. The price varies proportionally with capacity and quality of the product, so there may be some trade offs you may have to do to pick the right egg cooker for yourself.

Popular Model

Given below are some of the more popular models you can look at.

Nordic Egg Cooker

This is a simple 4 egg capacity egg cooker. All you need to do is place up to 4 eggs in the perforated plastic holder and pour water in the base. Place the unit in the microwave for stipulated time and you get great cooked eggs.

Though, experience is your best bet in terms of nailing down the cooking times, here are some good leads to start with on a medium powered microwave with around 700W of power.

For soft boiled eggs place the unit for around 7 minutes. For medium boiled ones around 8 minutes and for hard boiled eggs around 10 minutes. Of course, these are for 4 eggs, so if you are cooking fewer eggs, you’ll need lesser time.

Micro Egg Cooking Cup

This is probably the simplest design possible for a egg cooker. This unit comes in the shape of an egg and can hold up to one egg.

The idea is very simple, put the egg in whichever form you want into the egg cooker and microwave it for 30-45 seconds and you should have your egg dish ready. For boiled eggs, add some water in the cup along with a whole egg. For soft boiled, scrambled egg, etc. can crack open the egg and pour the contents into the egg cooker.

This is simple, inexpensive, easy to wash, solution to your egg cooking problems. Without elaborate mechanism to hold multiple eggs and cook them, this is a perfect solution for your daily needs.

If you need to cook multiple eggs simultaneously, get more of these and cook them together in the microwave. Some consumers have reported that the egg may explode within the microwave, so that is a risk with this unit.

Which to Pick?

Discussed above are two variations of egg cookers – multiple egg and single egg cooker. The single version has simplicity and shorter time periods but risks explosion. The multiple one is more elaborate and takes longer, but has better capacity. So depending on your needs you should be looking at either of the two or any similar product in the market.

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