Begin in the push-up position on an exercise mat. Bend your right knee and bring it forward so that it's under your torso. Leave your left knee and leg extended behind you. Slowly lower your torso down and lean slightly to the left until you feel a stretch in your upper thigh and hip.
This method works best if the eggs are in a single layer, but you can double them up as well, you'll just need to add more time to the steaming time. 3 Set your timer for 6 minutes for soft boiled, 10 minutes for hard boiled with a still translucent and bright yolk, or 12-15 minutes for cooked-through hard boiled. If you have doubled up the eggs in the pan and they are not in a single layer, you may need to add a couple minutes or so to the cooking time for hard boiled.
And because the eggs don't really cook in boiling water, some people prefer the term hard-cooked eggs to hard-boiled eggs. Compared to a simmer, here's what a rolling boil looks like. 3) Let the eggs stand in the hot water for 14-17 minutes. How long you let the eggs stay in the water depends on how big the eggs are and how hard you want them cooked. To cook small eggs to medium, let them stand for 14 minutes. To cook extra-large eggs to medium, let them stand for 17 minutes. (Weâre talking about chicken eggs here.