Eggs are frequent menus for breakfast, not only because it's easy to prepare and very tasty but it is also a very rich source of protein and vitamins which means it is very healthy to the body, although for those who have high cholesterol, eggs should be consumed at moderate amounts only. But, for egg lovers, how do you like your eggs for breakfast cooked? Do you prefer fried eggs or would you rather have boiled eggs, be it soft-boiled or hard-boiled? 

As mentioned, eggs are very easy to prepare especially when you are in a hurry and wants to eat breakfast in a jiffy. You can just fry it or boil it, but the easiest way to prepare an egg is to boil it. Yes, frying it is also easy but unlike boiled eggs, frying eggs makes use of other ingredients like butter, oil, and other fatty ingredients and that could add cholesterol to the already-full of cholesterol eggs. This boils down to one procedure and that is boiling eggs. Now, the question you may ask yourself if you're not too familiar with the easy process of boiling eggs is "how long do i boil an egg?". Based on my first encounter with boiling an egg, I found it hard to determine whether the egg I boiled is already cooked or not so I ended up boiling it too much or eating an egg that's imperfectly boiled. Now, boiling an egg too much is not bad but it can affect the protein quality of the egg. So, if you find yourself asking the question "how long do i boil an egg?", here is the answer.

First, you must know that there are two types of boiled eggs to choose from and they are the soft boiled eggs and the hard-boiled eggs and it's up to you to choose which among the two do you prefer. The two have the same procedure wherein you:

• place the raw eggs into a saucepan
• add water 1 inch above the egg
• cook over medium heat and let it boil
• while boiling, reduce to low heat
• Simmer for a few minutes

The "simmer" part is where these two differs. For soft-boiled eggs, you only need to simmer for 2-3 minutes, while for hard-boiled eggs, it takes 5-10 minutes to get it right. Then after that, you may remove the egss from the pan already. 

So you see? Boiling an egg is the easiest way to prepare eggs for breakfast and the most nutritious and all-natural way. And as to your question of "how long do i boil an egg", it depends on your preference of whether you like it soft-boiled or hard-boiled and 'how long do i boil an egg' is actually not a problem if you know what you want. Either way, boiling an egg is the best way to get benefited by the numerous nutrients present in eggs.