Easy way to cook boiled, pouched, scrambled or omelet style eggs

There are three big reasons why I decided to get an egg cooker: it saves me time when I’m rushing in the mornings, I get to eat freshly cooked eggs, and clean-up is a breeze. I used to make eggs the old fashion way: with pans, mixing bowls and cooking spatulas. On meal prep Sundays, I would make at least three egg meals to have ready for the week. The three egg dishes would typically be scrambled eggs, a veggie omelet, and two hard boiled eggs. However, by the time it came to eating the last of the meals, on Thursday for example, the taste and texture wasn’t great. I tried preparing eggs twice a week, but that took more time and made the kitchen messy. Then, I started looking into kitchen gadgets that would cook eggs and found the “all mighty” electric egg cooker. Specifically, I purchased the Dash Go Rapid Egg Cooker (Amazon Link). This little kitchen helper comes with an auto shut off timer, so I can just put my eggs in, put some water, press a button, and go on to prepare other things. The egg cooker is so quick that I do them fresh before I go to work. It usually takes 7 minutes at most to make eggs any style – who doesn’t have 7 minutes to make a quick breakfast? To save more time, I prepare my daily morning coffee while the eggs are cooking. After the eggs are done, clean-up is quick and easy with only a small plastic tray needing to be washed. Even though I will be showing you how to make eggs “over easy”, this electric egg cooker can make eggs scrambled, in omelets, pouched, soft and hard-boiled. Hopefully the egg making process below serves as a good review, and help you decide if it fits your meal prep routine.

How The Electric Egg Cooker Works

The egg cooker works by heating up water and creating steam, so the unit needs water before turning on. The unit has a built-in thermal switch, so as soon as all the water is converted to steam, it will automatically shut off. This works as a timer, and the amount of water added to the unit determines how hard or soft the eggs will be cooked. Another great benefit of this cooking method is that no oil is needed, so if you are trying to lose weight no extra calories are added to the eggs. If you wanted to, you can make eggs a few days in advanced, but I just find it easy to make them in the morning, put them in a small container, and have them fresh when I get to work. Once you see how fast this electric egg cooker works, you’ll probably do the same! Below are the steps I go through each time I make my “over easy” eggs:

Setting it up

The first thing I do is remove the steam cover from the top to access the egg-making tray, and plug in the unit to the 110-volt outlet. I make sure to wipe the cooking tray with a wet napkin before I start.

Add the right amount of water

measuring and adding water to the egg cooker

The unit comes with a little measuring cup with fill indicator lines that determine the hardness of the eggs. One side of the measuring cup is for hard-boiled eggs, and the other side is for omelet and poached style eggs. I like my egg yolks just a little soft and runny, so I add water to the level shown. After measuring, I then add the water to the egg maker.

Putting eggs in the cooking tray

After adding the right amount of water, it’s time to add the eggs to the cooking tray. To make clean-up a snap, take 10 seconds and spray the egg tray with a little bit of non-stick cooking spray. This helps slide the eggs out when they are done cooking. I then crack a couple of eggs inside the tray (I’ve done up to 3), put the steam cover on, and press the power button. The blue light indicates the eggs are now cooking.

The cooking power of steam

After only a couple of minutes, you really start to see the eggs cooking in the steam! There is a warning label on the steam cover but I’ll warn you here again – try not to touch the steam cover, it gets real warm!

Auto shut off means eggs are done

When the egg cooker converts all the water to steam, usually about 5-7 minutes with my setup, it will shut off automatically. Then, the unit will alert you with a soft buzzer, which is not annoying at all. I make my eggs real early in the morning and haven’t had issues with waking anyone up.

Enjoy freshly cooked eggs!

After the eggs are done, I usually give the steam cover about 20-30 seconds to cool off, then remove it. Afterwards, I wait an additional 30 seconds before I grab the tray to remove the eggs. At this point, the eggs are ready to be put in a food container, or seasoned and eaten!

Electric Egg Cooker Accessories

The egg maker comes with some cool utilities to cook eggs any style. For example, when making hard-boiled eggs, you don’t need to use the omelet or pouching trays. Instead, place the eggs directly in the egg-holder slots. There are enough spaces to hold and cook up to 6 eggs at a time. When making hard-boiled eggs, you place the eggs so that the biggest portion of the egg is sitting in the egg slots. You then need to pierce a little hole on top of the egg to relieve some internal heat while cooking. To make this easy, the bottom of the water measuring cup has a sharp pick which makes piercing a hole on the egg a snap. The sharp pick has a removable cover to protect our hands from getting pierced, which is a nice safety feature.

convenient needle to pierce the top of eggs for hard-boiling

Easy Clean-Up and Maintenance Tips

When using the egg trays, it is a good idea to apply cooking spray before putting the eggs inside of them. After the eggs are done cooking, they won’t stick to the tray and can slide right out into a plate or container. This also makes washing the tray itself super fast, as there is nothing stuck to it. If the egg cooker was used to make soft or hard-boiled eggs, the egg holder is easy to remove and wash. Since only the shell of the egg was touching the plastic egg holder, only the mineral build-up from your water source needs to be wiped off. The “mineral residue” also starts collecting on the heating element below the egg holder tray. Simply lift off the egg holder, take a wet napkin, and wipe the minerals off. I do this after every third use while the heating element is still warm so that the minerals come off easier. Taking these steps to maintain your electric egg cooker will keep cooking times constant and make your unit last for a long time.

easily remove egg holder to clean the heating element

remove any mineral build-up from the heating element every few uses

Final Thoughts – Will It Help You?

If you love eggs for breakfast like I do, and have 10 minutes in the morning, I highly recommend this unit. I simply set my eggs to cook while I put on my shoes, prepare my coffee, or before jumping in the shower. With the built-in auto shut off timer, I haven’t had to worry about overcooking eggs, and they come out perfect every time!

Whatever your fitness goals are, eggs provide a really good nutritional breakfast and this kitchen wonder makes that meal easy to make. So, that is how I prepare my eggs in the morning, I hope this guide helped you. Do you have any tips to make eggs tastier or quicker? I would love to know if you do. Please leave a comment or question below – Thank you!