The Much-Hyped Dash Egg Cooker Will Change Your Life
I feel like everyone knows about the Dash Egg Cooker. It’s $20, it’s tiny, and it cooks eggs perfectly with extremely minimal effort. What’s not to like?
I don’t know how to explain how this little $17 egg cooker has dramatically change my mornings but really it has????? pic.twitter.com/GsfQDXAo8A
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) January 24, 2022
I admit, I was completely taken in by the Dash Fandom. I NEEDED this egg cooker! A few small details: I have a small house and I’m not too keen on buying appliances that do one thing, plus I have only just started liking eggs in the past few years. I used to hate them! I used to leave the house if my mom was cooking them! Then I decided I liked omelettes, then I realized a lil’ egg scramble with a bunch of veggies and cheese is a perfect easy, quick meal. I’m still wary of egg salad, and I haven’t had the opportunity to try deviled eggs, so I don’t know about them. But all other eggs are ON the table. Often literally.
I looked at the Dash Egg Cooker in Target one day and realized this thing is SMALL. It’s a baby appliance that can easily be stored away in a cupboard, drawer, or in my case, a lazy susan. Let’s just say, I felt much more inclined to break my “no niche appliances” rule when I saw that the Dash Egg Cooker is smaller than the bowls I use for popcorn. There are a few models of the Dash Egg Cooker, but I bought this one because it has storage for the cord underneath, and that seemed better for storage.
I left in the kettle and bananas for scale. If anything, this photo makes the egg cooker look larger than it really is
I love my egg cooker, but there’s one big catch that I think everyone should know: There’s a learning curve. My first few attempts at cooking eggs were disastrous, and I wondered HOW this thing had people raving about it. Here are my tips:
The Dash Egg Cooker works by steam cooking. You add water to the bottom of the cooker using the provided and marked measuring cup, and the cooker runs until the water is evaporated. If your eggs are coming out undercooked, the amount of water is the culprit. It took me multiple failed cooking attempts before I realized this. I don’t know if it’s becasue of where I live, or the size of my eggs, or what, but I need to overfill the water to get my eggs cooked all the way through
The “Omelette” isn’t really an omelette, more like a large egg bite or a disc-shaped scramble. You can add cheese or veggies to it, but it will take longer to cook. If you already need a longer amount of time to cook plain eggs, the cooker may not be able to hold enough water to sufficiently cook two eggs, shredded cheese, AND sliced peppers (I’m still working on this recipe, which if it works, may be my favorite).
Apparently some Dash Egg Cookers don’t play a song when the cooking is done. If you can, get one with the song - it’s significantly more exciting. But keep in mind, there is no automatic shut off — the song and the cooker will continue on their merry way until you intervene.
Everything can go in the dishwasher instead of the cooker base. There may be some mineral deposits on the metal part of the cooker, but a little scrub with baking soda should sort that out. If It doesn’t bother you, you can just leave it. If it’s a huge problem, maybe use filtered water instead of tap.
Keep your eggs in a bin, it’s changed my life.
Don’t forget to spray a little oil on the poaching and omelette trays. I speak from experience: There’s nothing more frustrating than FINALLY getting your cooking time figured out, but forgetting to spray the tray, so you’ve messed up your eggs YET AGAYNE.
Once you get your water and timings figured out, the results are divine
If you go into your Dash Egg Cooker experience knowing it will take some practice, I think you will love it. I will admit, I have not tried soft/medium/hard boiling just yet, but if you get this little contraption and ONLY use it for perfectly poaching eggs? It’s worth your $20.
