Can an egg be boiled in an electric skillet?
By Amie from Visalia, CA
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I've never tried it but my electric skillet is deep enough to put the eggs in so they would be completely covered with water. My advice would be to experiment by seeing if you can even bring water to a boil in it, place in one egg, turn skillet off and check the egg after about 12 minutes. As long as the water will boil in the skillet and the egg can be completely covered I don't see why it wouldn't work because I just barely cover my eggs with water in a saucepan, bring to boil, turn off and take out after 12 minutes.
Please let us know the outcome if you give it a try ;-)
It can be done I've done quite a few times even though the egg is not completely covered mine were only about half covered in and just keep turning the egg over
Deeli, I wanted to let you know that I did try boiling an egg in the electric skillet. It worked! Yeah! I did have to do it a couple of times to get it hard boiled. I first tried it the way that you had suggested and it came out soft boiled, so then I tried it again doing it a little different, I put the egg in the water and brought it to a boil, turned it off and let it set for about 20 minutes and it came out perfect.
If you are talking about boiling an egg in the shell, like for hard boiled eggs, I don't think you can boil them in an electric skillet. They aren't deep enough for the water to completely cover the egg. It might work to make poached eggs in the skillet, because they are normally made in a frying pan of some kind, that has boiling water in it.
Yes it can be done just did it .
Set temperature to 400 to get water boil drop in eggs when water boil and put lid on.set temperature down to 375 cook 15 minutes then turn off let set for 10 minutes
I did it in a pinch , not my fave way but got em boiled for some tuna salad :-)
Thank you, I'm going to give it a try, tuna salad just ain't the same without them.
Yes I'm actually boiling eggs in my electric skillet as I'm typing
Thank you Deeli. My stove and oven aren't working at this time and money is short at the moment so I'm having to cook everything in the microwave, electric skillet or my electric BBQ. I'm going to try boiling one egg first. I will definitely let you know if it works. Thanks again for the advice.
Amie
You're so welcome, Amie, and I am looking forward to seeing if it will work for you in your electric skillet :-) I've been there and done that with not having a microwave and stove/oven once (one whole year - yikes) so I realize the importance of finding alternatives ;-)
Deeli :-)
Amie that is wonderful news! :-) In thinking about it, it makes sense that it would take longer for the egg to hard cook because the water wouldn't come to the same hard rolling boil as a pan! I am glad you tried it twice! Hey, now we all know it works for certain and how much time it takes for both hard and soft boiled ;-)
I have dozens and dozens of recipes that would work in an electric skillet so just let me know what your favorite foods are and I'll be happy to send you some :-)
I would love you recipies. I live in a studio apt and only have a skillet and crockpot.
Deeli, I wanted to let you know how the biscuits turned out in the electric skillet! They were awesome! My next project is trying to make a cake in the electric skillet, I've found a few recipes for it. They are pretty much the same so, I'll let you know once I've tried it and let you know how it turns out. I also found a recipe for making brownies in the crockpot, I'm also going to try that one soon.
As for the recipes that I had ask you for, any kind of Mexican food, Italian, one thing I would love to know if you've tried making in the electric skillet is homemade Mac & Cheese? Any kind of casseroles would be a great a help. Thanks again for all the information that you have provide me with. I am very grateful and appreciated it so much. Take care and have a great weekend. Amie
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