BBC Morning Live viewers are left baffled as they are told how to cook the ‘perfect’ poached egg – as fans blast the ‘unnecessary’ and time-consuming instructions

BBC Morning Live viewers were left baffled this week over instructions on how to make the ‘perfect’ poached egg.  

Chef Julie Lin took to the kitchen with hosts Gethin Jones and Michelle Ackerley watching on. 

She told viewers that the best way to make a poached egg with a nice runny yolk is to start by mixing two parts water with one part vinegar. 

In a surprising move, she then told people to crack the eggs into the cold water and vinegar mixture. 

The next stage was to leave the eggs to ‘cure’ for 15 minutes – all before the eggs are even cooked. 

Oh dear: BBC Morning Live viewers were left baffled this week over instructions on how to make the ‘perfect’ poached egg

Recipe: Chef Julie Lin took to the kitchen with hosts Gethin Jones and Michelle Ackerley watching on

Julie then fished around to try to get the slippery eggs out of the water without breaking the (still raw) yolk. 

Finally, she cooked them for two minutes in simmering water and proudly displayed the results. 

However fans were left unimpressed at both her method and her results, with one branding them ‘runny and undercooked’. 

Another said: ‘Perfect? I don’t think so!’

Another viewer offered their own advice: ‘So unnecessary. There is so much advice about vinegar, water temp, pan size etc. 

‘It’s all nonsense. I stuck with some advice someone gave me once and it has worked every time. Just use, the freshest possible eggs. That’s it.’

One more TV watcher said the method was ‘wasteful’ and suggested it was too time-consuming. 

They said: ’15+ minutes to cook poached eggs plus a waste of vinegar. Just poach an egg the way normal people poach them. Talk about reinventing the wheel,’ as someone else exclaimed: ‘What a lot of unnecessary faff!’ 

Confusing: Julie then fished around to try to get the slippery eggs out of the water without breaking the (still raw) yolk

Result: Fans had mixed reactions to the final product 

Controversial: Viewers were quick to slam the ‘unnecessary’ method

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