Good way to cook eggs in a microwave

I'm going to try cooking an egg in it's shell in the microwave, by first placing a little exhaust hole on the top to help it vent a bit. Then I'll try it on very low power for small time increments to avoid any catastrophic explosions of egg and shell.

I might hide in another room while it's cooking, just to be safe ;)

Microwaving eggs for snacks is the only way I do it now. I used to fry them up, which is certainly delicious no doubts...but I started to have guilt trips about the cholesterol of frying them. I switched to a similar method as your Lana. Except I use a small bowl to cook the egg in and then cover it with a small dish to protect against explosions.

Although now I seem to have my power setting all worked out for getting optimal microwaved eggs without the explosion mess. You just need trial and error testing on your own microwave and see what works. The great thing about cooking eggs this way, is the repeatability...once you work out the timing that suits you, the eggs are always perfect .

I've cooked a perfect egg in the microwave using this technique. The first time I did it on low power setting for about 1 minute, then checked it to see how much is cooked. Then I do another 30 seconds and check it again. I managed to make a perfect round shaped egg with a perfectly runny yolk using this microwave method. It ended up like something you would see in a cookbook photo! Almost seemed a shame to eat it...the yolk was unbroken and perfectly centered within a circle of egg white., while the white was a perfect circle itself!

I was using a small shallow round dish that I had sprayed with olive oli spray, then carefully cracked the egg in, then covered it with plastic cling wrap to avoid any possible explosion mess. Provided you only use "low" or medium low power on the microwave it works fine without explosions I find. Also that heat doesn't melt the cling wrap. Although next time I'll just go without it.

I don't suppose anyone has worked out how to "hard boil" an egg within a microwave without taking it out of its shell?? That'd be quite a trick! I suspect it would go off like a bomb and take out half the kitchen though :)

I cook eggs in the microwave like this in a similar fashion. It is best if you dont leave the yolk whole though. I generally crack the egg into the cup, then beat it a couple of times with a fork to break the yolk.

This will help stop the nuclear explosion of the yolk all over the ceiling of your microwave oven!

Just take care with the power setting...best to use medium to low setting and cook each egg for 1 -3 minutes depending on the wattage of your micowave.

Test and see what works for you and your microwave.

Tried your suggestion Lana, it works really well :) Thankyou
It's probably best if you like your eggs well done, because the microwave tends to cook things from the outside inwards, so the getting the center runny still is quite hard to time.

Once I get used to it with my microwave I don't think I'll be going back to the old ways of cooking eggs in a pan.