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In this guide to sous vide soft boiled eggs to be one of the easiest things to make when it comes to sous vide breakfast recipes. Since these cook in the shell and are ready to be served straight out of the sous vide bath, you don’t need much to make them. Get the right time and temp for sous vide eggs soft boiled, plus a few tricks I’ll throw your way to make them right the first time.
This recipe may be part of a beginners guide to sous vide eggs, but it’s still super impressive.
The bright, cheery yellow yolks stand out against white serving platters and if you’re serving these for brunch, guests can choose to add a variety of other ingredients like hot sauce, everything bagel seasoning, tomatoes, or corn.
What is a soft boiled sous vide egg like?
Think smooth and delicious! These turn out with the white of the egg set, and the yolk a little soft boiled and runny.
If you’re wondering: Is it easy to cook soft boiled eggs at home? — yes! Cooking soft boiled eggs at home is as easy as toasting bread. If you’re new to sous vide cooking, it’s a perfect beginner recipe.
First, some tricks for sous viding soft boiled eggs
There are some very accommodating sous vide recipes that have large windows of cook times. Sous vide t-bone steak, for example, can cook between 45 minutes – 4 hours. Those recipes are pretty forgiving!
Sous vide eggs, however are different.
You have to be super punctual, and set a timer to pull the sous vide eggs out of the Anova or Joule, one of the new Instant Pot sous vide machines, or whatever you’re using.
Be ready to plop the eggs in ice cold water the moment your timer rings.
Ingredients for soft boiled eggs sous vide style
This recipe calls for only eggs. Season with hot sauce or a finishing salt if you’d like.
How To Sous Vide Soft Boiled Eggs
Step 1. Preheat sous vide machine to 194ºF.
Step 2. When sous vide bath is ready, add eggs (in shells) and sous vide at 194ºF for 9 minutes.
Step 3. When done, transfer eggs to an ice bath to stop the cooking process for 5 minutes.
Peel the eggs and slice in half or leave whole for plating.
Look at those beauties!
Sous vide soft boiled eggs. It doesn’t get much more beautiful than that, right there.
RE: sous vide soft boiled eggs time and temperature
There are so many sous vide egg recipes floating out there, and they can vary tremendously when it comes to the time and temperature recommendation.
After lots of experimenting, I’ve come up with my favorite temperature and time for eggs soft boiled in the sous vide bath. I also prefer this recipe because the very short cook time – under 10 minutes!
That’s why my recommended soft boiled egg sous vide temperature is 194ºF for 9 minutes.
I’ve tried them all, and for me, this recipe showcases the perfect way to have them cooked in a very short amount of time.
Test various times and temperatures for sous vide eggs
You can either make soft boiled sous vide eggs with very short cook times and higher temperatures, or with lower temperatures and longer cook times. Take notes on your favorite time and temps so you don’t forget them!
What to serve with soft boiled eggs
Super simple. There are other ingredients you probably have on hand that go well with soft boiled eggs: hot sauce, salsa, and everything bagel seasoning.
For brunch. I serve these with sous vide bacon or a bowl of onions sous vide. If we’re feeling in the mood for something super decadent, I might even make steak and eggs. That’s easy to do – I just sous vide a frozen steak. Or serve these on toast with leftover pork butt or sous vide beef brisket.
For salads. Just a little Jacobsen’s Black Garlic Sea Salt sprinkled on top, and I’m ready to dig in.
Closing tips to make these eggs right the first time
- Use a timer– and stay close by! Pull them exactly at 9 minutes.
- Ice water is your friend– get it ready on the counter next to the sous vide machine while your eggs cook.
- Serve with golden brown toast or breakfast bagels for a quick, nutritious breakfast.
Check out 100+ of my favorite sous vide recipes in The Home Chef’s Sous Vide Cookbook.
It’s packed with juicy details about sous vide cooking including tips on how to sous vide frozen meat (like frozen turkey breast) plus tasty recipes like sous vide pork chops and lobster tails.
Make them? Share them
Simple, nutritious, and oh so yummy, soft boiled sous vide eggs are the first step to many popular dishes. Avocado toast, for instance, a tasty open sandwich that is super popular everywhere I go for brunch in Portland, Oregon.
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Sous Vide Soft Boiled Eggs Recipe [Sip Bite Go]
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat sous vide machine to 194ºF.
- When sous vide bath is ready, add eggs (in shelland sous vide at 194ºF for 9 minutes.
- When done, transfer eggs to an ice bath to stop the cooking process for 5 minutes. Peel the eggs and slice in half or leave whole for plating.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
Closing tips to make these eggs right the first time
- Use a timer-- and stay close by! Pull them exactly at 9 minutes.
- Ice water is your friend-- get it ready on the counter next to the sous vide machine while your eggs cook.
- Serve with golden brown toast or breakfast bagels for a quick, nutritious breakfast.
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I love soft-boiled eggs so much! I never knew that you could use sous vide to make them, I can’t wait to try it out.
These sous vide soft boiled eggs are cooked perfectly. I don’t have a sous vide machine but it might be worth getting if I can have eggs like this!
These look and sound wonderful. Can’t wait to try this.
I would love to make it the way you have..thanks for the recipe
My Dad LOVES his sous vide. I’ll be sure to send him this recipe!