Super Fast egg in a cup
Course: Breakfast, Lunch
Servings
1
servingsPrep time
2
minutesCooking time
5
minutesTotal time
7
minutesPoach an egg in less than a minute! This is fast and tastes really good. Perfect for breakfast or lunch anywhere you have a microwave. At home, work, in a motel or at school.
Ingredients
1 egg
a little salt
butter, oil or margarine to grease your cup
1 cup or mug (microwave safe)
Directions
- Grease a microwave-proof coffee mug and add a pinch of salt in the bottom of the cup.
- Crack an egg into the cup.
- Pierce the yolk with a fork.
- Cover with glad wrap.
- For soft-cooked egg: Cook in microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds and then stand (still covered with plastic food wrap) for another 10 seconds.
- For hard-cooked egg: Cook in microwave on HIGH for 40 seconds and then stand (still covered with the glad wrap) for another 30 seconds.
- Sandwich in an English muffin for a breakfast sandwich or serve on wholegrain toast with sliced tomato.