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A perfectly poached egg ought to feature a runny yolk paired with an opaque, firm white. The most traditional method for poaching an egg involves bringing water to the boil in a saucepan; however, this isn't necessarily the easiest approach.

Remarkably, you can employ an ordinary microwave to poach eggs that match restaurant quality.

Posting on his blog Recipe30, Joel Mielle, a professionally trained French chef and former restaurant owner, disclosed how to poach an egg in "roughly 60 seconds" using a microwave. He stated: "I can poach two eggs using this method faster than the bread takes to toast. Because it cooks using the microwaves plus the heated water, there's a two-way cooking process. So it's fast."

The chef stressed that if your eggs are fresh, "you'll find it w

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