Can you poach an egg in a silicone egg cup using the microwave? I don’t know if the egg cup people recommend it, but I tried it and it worked. So here are pictures and a recipe for my perfect low fodmap poached egg cooked in my 700 watt microwave oven.

The Mysterious Mail Envelope

Last week, I opened an envelope in my mail box and found two silicone egg cups inside. Right away I wanted to have a low fodmap poached egg for breakfast. No instructions came with the silicone egg cups, so I made one up, keeping in mind that I had previously poached an egg in a teacup using the microwave.

I greased the egg cup all over with softened butter. Then I broke an egg into the egg cup,sprinkled it with salt and pepper, and pricked it using a toothpick. I did not add any water and I covered it with an upside down cereal bowl. I set the timer for 65 seconds.

When the timer went off, the egg was only 2/3 done, so I put it back in the microwave, this time uncovered, and set the timer for 20 seconds. When the microwave stopped, I took out the egg cup and the egg looked perfectly poached.

A few minutes later, I was eating my perfectly poached egg with three slices of Canadian bacon and two slices of buttered sour dough bread toast. Yum!

A note: my microwave is only 700 watts, so your time will be different. I don’t know if there is a conversion chart for microwaves, but I suggest you look one up. I would do it, but right now I am busy eating.

Ingredients:

1 large organic local farm egg (I use eggs from Sport Hill Farm in CT)

1 silicone egg cup

pats of butter for greasing the cup and buttering the toast

salt and pepper

3 slices Jones Farm Canadian bacon

2 slices La Brea sour dough bread or Udi’s GF white bread, toasted & buttered.

Directions:

Get out 2 or 3 tbsp butter to soften and put on the toast.

Fry the canadian bacon slices in a non-stick skillet sprayed with butter spray.

Grease a silicone egg cup with some butter all over the bottom and sides.

Break an egg and pour it into the egg cup. Prick it with a toothpick.

Place it on a microwave safe plate and cover it with a microwave safe domed lid. I used a cereal bowl. I set the microwave for 65 seconds.

When the microwave stopped, the egg didn’t look quite cooked, so I put the egg cup back in the microwave without the cover and set the timer for another 20 seconds. When the microwave stopped, my egg looked perfect just like a three minute soft boiled egg.

Run a table knife around the sides of the egg. Slide the egg onto a plate along with the fried Canadian bacon, and slice the buttered toast into toast batons. Dip the batons in the egg, sip your lovely lemon green tea and enjoy this scrumptious, simple and easy breakfast.