poached egg

poached egg
A chicken egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering water.

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  • Poached egg — A poached egg is an egg that has been cooked by poaching. No oil or fat is used in its preparation. Poached eggs are used in Eggs Benedict and Eggs Florentine.In modern parlance, the term poached egg is also applied to a different method of… …   Wikipedia

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  • poached egg — egg which is cooked in boiling liquid and which one cannot distinguish between the yolk and the white …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Poached egg (steamed) — In cooking, traditionally, a poached egg is prepared by immersing the egg without its shell, in simmering water, (see poached egg). Today, however the term is commonly applied to an alternative method where the egg is suspended in the steam above …   Wikipedia

  • poached egg — noun egg cooked in gently boiling water • Syn: ↑dropped egg • Hypernyms: ↑dish * * * noun Etymology: Middle English poched egg 1. : an egg dropped from its shell and cooked in simmering water for about five minutes ca …   Useful english dictionary

  • poached egg — яйцо пашот hatchable egg инкубационное яйцо storage egg холодильниковое яйцо cracked shell egg яйцо с насечкой egg chlorination хлорирование яиц egg cleaner машина для очистки яиц …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • poached egg daisy — noun an Australian plant, Myriocephalus stuartii, with hairy stems and largish white and yellow flowers, widely distributed in sandy areas …  

  • poached eggs — egg cooked without its shell in or over boiling water …   English contemporary dictionary

  • egg — I n. 1) to hatch; incubate; lay eggs 2) to beat (AE), whisk (BE); boil; fry; poach an egg 3) to candle eggs 4) an addled, bad, rotten egg; boiled; devilled; fried; hard boiled; poached; raw; Scotch (BE); scrambled; soft boiled eggs 5) (misc.) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • egg — egg1 W2S1 [eg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bird)¦ 2¦(food)¦ 3¦(egg shape)¦ 4¦(animals/people)¦ 5 (have) egg on your face 6 put all your eggs in one basket 7 lay an egg 8 good egg ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Nors] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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