[What Should I Eat for Dinner Tonight?] Recommended Egg Dishes! The Best Egg-Boiling Times and Methods, Plus Rolled Omelet and Steamed Egg Recipes

Egg dishes are recommended as a dinner option for anyone wondering what to eat tonight, whether as basic side dishes or something to serve with a meal. Because eggs, including baked and boiled eggs as well as steamed eggs, are relatively low in calories, they are ideal for a simple dinner. Here are the best times and methods for boiling eggs, along with recipes for rolled omelet and steamed eggs.

Tips on Egg-Boiling Times and Methods

For five eggs, the suggested boiling times are: ▲10 minutes for soft-boiled eggs; ▲12 minutes for yolks that are firm on the outside and soft on the inside; and ▲14 minutes or longer for hard-boiled eggs.

Helpful egg-boiling tips include: ▲add salt to help prevent the eggs from cracking; ▲add vinegar to make the shells easier to peel; and ▲let the eggs sit out for a while before boiling to help keep the shells from cracking. Other tips for boiling eggs without an egg cooker include adding enough water to cover the eggs completely and reducing the heat to low once the water begins to boil.

Tonight’s Dinner: How to Make Rolled Omelet

Rolled omelet is recommended for tonight’s dinner. Among Japanese-style rolled omelet, cheese rolled omelet, and pollock roe rolled omelet, here is Baek Jong-won’s rolled omelet recipe. A dedicated rolled omelet frying pan is not required.

▲How to make rolled omelet

Ingredients for Baek Jong-won’s rolled omelet: 4 eggs, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 0.3 tbsp salt, 1/2 stalk green onion, 50 ml water

1. Crack 4 eggs into a bowl, then add the sugar and salt.

2. Whisk until no lumps remain.

3. Add 50 ml of water.

4. Coat a frying pan with cooking oil, then add the finely chopped green onion and cook until fragrant.

5. Pour in about 1/3 of the egg mixture.

6. Stir as though making scrambled eggs.

7. Push the set egg to one side of the pan to form the rolled omelet.

8. Pour in another 1/3 of the egg mixture.

9. Carefully roll it up.

10. Repeat with the remaining egg mixture, then turn it over with a wide spatula to complete Baek Jong-won’s rolled omelet.

Tonight’s Dinner: How to Make Steamed Eggs

Steamed eggs are recommended for tonight’s dinner. Among microwave-steamed eggs, bomb-style steamed eggs, and Japanese-style steamed eggs, here is Baek Jong-won’s steamed egg recipe.

▲How to make steamed eggs

Ingredients for Baek Jong-won’s steamed eggs: 7 eggs, 60 ml water, minced green onion

Seasonings for Baek Jong-won’s steamed eggs: 1/2 spoon salt, 1/2 spoon sugar, ground black pepper

1. Pour 60 ml of water into 7 eggs, then add the sugar and salt.

2. Whisk thoroughly until well combined.

3. Fill an earthenware pot to about 80% capacity.

4. Stir over medium-low heat as though making scrambled eggs.

5. When the mixture is about 80% softly set, cover it with a lid.

6. Once it appears to have puffed up sufficiently, turn off the heat.

7. Lightly sprinkle with finely sliced green onion and ground black pepper to complete Baek Jong-won’s steamed eggs.

[FAM Times=Reporter Kwon Bo-gyeon]