What is the ideal time to boil egg?
What is the perfect time to boil an egg?
5 minutes: set white and runny yolk – just right for dipping into.

6 minutes: liquid yolk – a little less oozy.
7 minutes: almost set – deliciously sticky.
8 minutes: softly set – this is what you want to make Scotch eggs.
10 minutes: the classic hard-boiled egg – mashable but not dry and chalky.