It can be difficult and messy to remove the shell from a soft boiled egg.The first thing to do is open the egg with a spoon, knife, or egg cutting instrument.To separate the egg from the shell, use a spoon.The process is cleaner and simpler with the use of a kitchen instrument.
Step 1: To lightly tap the top of the egg, use an egg spoon or kitchen spoon.
Some people think it's easier to open the narrow end of the egg.The egg can be opened from either end with a spoon or knife.
Step 2: The top of the egg will crack when you tap around it.
The purpose is to weaken the entire top part of the shell.The top should crack all the way around.
Step 3: The shell can be lifted with a spoon or your fingers.
The shell will be loosened.You might need to push the spoon under the shell to remove it.
Step 4: You can hit the top side of the egg with a butter knife.
The knife is more likely to go all the way through if you hit the narrow end instead of the wide end.You could cut yourself with a sharp knife, so make sure to use a butter knife.
Step 5: If the shell has loosened, hit the other side.
Light strokes are used this time.The top part of the egg should be separated from the shell by the knife.
Step 6: The shell should be lifted with a knife or your fingers.
The knife method is similar to cutting the shell, as opposed to using a spoon to crack it.As you lift the shell off, make sure to keep the egg steady.
Step 7: The egg has a narrow end.
The kind of egg cutter that ends in a loop has scissor-like handles.The loop is similar to a circle.If you use it on the wide end, it will cut into the egg rather than the shell, so it's important to place it around the narrow end.
Step 8: Cut the shell by squeezing the handles.
You can twist the loop around the egg as you please.twisting the loop around the egg helps the blades cut the shell cleanly.As you squeeze the blades, you can twist the egg slightly in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.Both methods will help to cut the shell.
Step 9: The instrument can be removed from the egg.
The top 1/2 inch of the egg is cut off.The shell could come off with the instrument or remain on the egg.Use a spoon or your fingers to remove it from the egg.
Step 10: The egg should be placed over the bowl of the topper.
They look like metal plungers.It can be placed over the narrow or wide end of the egg.The bowl needs to fit over the end.
Step 11: Pull the handle up with care.
It will snap back downward once you release it.There is a circle around the top of the egg.The top of the building should be lifted away.
Step 12: Remove the shell by lifting the top of it.
The top part of the egg will be loose.All the way through it, the topper cuts cleanly.You can remove it with a spoon.
Step 13: In between the egg and the shell, put a kitchen spoon.
If you have an egg spoon, you can use it.The curve of the spoon should follow the egg's curve.Push it downward.
Step 14: The spoon should be slid slowly around the egg.
The body of the egg can be loosened away from the shell.Don't break the egg itself.The spoon may cause some large cracks in the shell, which is fine.
Step 15: Put the egg on the plate.
If you attempt to further crack the shell into small pieces, particles may attach to the egg.The egg is soft boiled, so transfer it quickly.