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Danielle Kate Wroe & Abbie Meehan

Gordon Ramsay shares unusual 'trick' for soft-boiled eggs to get 'perfect' yolk

Choosing the best breakfast can be difficult as there are so many different options - from a traditional fry-up, to scrambled eggs on toast and various types of omelettes.

One thing many brilliant breakfast dishes have in common are eggs - a tasty and filling food - that can also be a difficult thing to perfect, reports the Mirror.

Many people will want a nice, runny yolk so they can dip their toast into a boiled egg - but overcooking the egg even slightly can leave you with a rubbery taste in your mouth.

However, world-famous chef Gordon Ramsay had come to the rescue with his top tips on how you can get the "perfect yolk" every time you cook a boiled egg.

Yet, some serious foodies and social media users aren't entirely convinced by his methods.

The eggs were perfect (@gordonramsayofficial/Tiktok)

In a video posted on TikTok, Gordon was boiling an egg to go atop a ramen dish - but these steps can also be applied when boiling your eggs for your morning meal.

Gordon set a timer of six minutes for the eggs and said: "Get them onto a spoon and drop them into the water.

"Bring that [the water] to the boil, but don't water them ferociously, or you'll get a black line around the outside, boil them gently."

After the six minutes were up, Gordon took the eggs out of the pot and stuck them into cold water to make the peeling process easier.

Before he peeled them, however, the Scots chef cracked the eggs gently and placed them back into the cold water.

He explained: "Get the base and crack it, then put it into the water."

And in the strangest part of the cooking process, the TV chef also blew on the bottom of the egg where it had been cracked in order to make the shell "come off super quick".

After peeling the majority of the shell off, Gordon then dipped them back into the cold water to remove any "excess shell" left over.

Then Gordon cut the eggs in half and explained that the yolk "should be slightly runny in the middle".

The camera then panned onto the egg, showing that it was indeed "runny and yolky."

Many people were baffled by the process, and plenty shared that they didn't want someone to blow on their food before they ate it.

One person fumed: "I don't want a random blowing on my eggs!"

Another said: "I swear to god if someone blows on my food."

Someone came to Gordon's defence, however, as they wrote: "You guys act like he blows on eggs in his restaurants...that's not the only way to open an egg are y'all serious? He's inside his home."

And one complimented: "These look soooo good."

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