Get perfect poached eggs in under six minutes - by putting them in the air fryer

If you find it tough getting your poached eggs just right, you might want to give this new hack a try.

A woman has taken to to share her game-changing tip for perfect poached eggs every time. The TikTok user, who goes by AirfryerOn online, revealed how she makes her poached eggs in the airfryer and they’re ‘absolutely incredible.

She explained: “Let’s make air fryer poached eggs and let me tell you they are absolutely incredible.” The airfryer enthusiast started out by taking two glass ramekin dishes out of the cupboard, before spraying them with a spritz of olive oil. Next, she boiled the kettle and then filled the glass dishes halfway with hot water from the kettle.

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She explained: “Then you just want to crack your eggs in [to the ramekin dishes] - be careful to do this so that you don’t break the yolk.” Once the eggs have been cracked into the boiling water, she revealed that the next step is to ‘pop them into your airfryer’ and said: “I put these on for six minutes on airfry mode at 200 degrees.”

After the timer buzzed, she opened the to reveal perfectly poached eggs. AirfryerOn then explained that the next step is to: “Drain all the water out and then I just went around the edges with a knife and put them on the plate with whatever you wanna serve them with and look at these - absolutely unreal.”

People were quick to comment on the incredible hack, with one person exclaiming: “I knew there was a reason I kept all those Gu pots! Looks amazing, definitely going to try this one.” A second added: “Just a little tip, I put the pots in the air fryer and then pour the water and egg in so I’m trying to put it in without spilling it.” While a third simply said: “Am going to try this.”