Cookbook:Fried Eggs

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Fried Eggs
Category:	Breakfast recipes
Servings:	1
Energy:	190 Cal (2 eggs)
Time:	5 minutes
Difficulty:

Cookbook | Recipes | Breakfast

Fried eggs, a popular breakfast dish in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, take about 5 minutes to prepare. They are often served with toast or with other fried dishes.

[edit] Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons of butter (or olive oil)
• 2 or 3 large eggs, depending on appetite
• Salt and pepper to taste

[edit] Equipment

• A small (10") frying pan
• A spatula
• Gas ring, at medium heat

[edit] Method

1. Melt the butter in the pan over low to medium heat.
2. Crack open the eggs into the pan and let fry until the yolks begin to harden at the edges (indicated by a lightening in the yolk color).
3. Using the spatula, flip the eggs over and allow to cook ten seconds for over-easy, or up to one minute for over-hard.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

[edit] Notes, tips, and variations

• It often considered a cardinal sin to allow the yolk of an egg to break (although some prefer fried eggs with broken yolks). If the cook ensures that the eggs are fresh the yolks will be more 'pert', and less liable to break.
• For Sunnyside Up, do not flip the eggs. Use a slightly lower heat, and cover the pan with a lid for some of the cooking period. An ideal sunnyside up has a runny yolk, but the white should be cooked. Uncooked white (often called jelly) is normally unwanted and less-preferred than a partially cooked yolk, so err on the side of overcooking rather than undercooking the eggs.
• For a richer taste, try sprinkling with grated parmesan or freshly chopped basil and chives.
• When frying eggs for sandwiches, rolls or wraps, it is often a good idea to break the yolks. This increases the coverage of yolk so that every bite gets some yolk, and prevents uncooked yolk dripping out.

[edit] Olive Oil Fried Eggs

1. Heat 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil over a low-medium heat ( you will break the olive oil if you heat it to much).
2. Crack open one egg into the pan and let fry while splashing some hot oil on the yolk so as to cook the top, if the egg begins to bubble, lower the heat.
3. DO NOT FLIP THE EGG, it will cook with the hot oil you are splashing on it.
4. Serve, add salt and pepper to taste.

Ideally you will get a chunk of feta cheese, place next to eggs and pour the remaining hot oil on the cheese not only softening the cheese but basting and cooking at the same time, the smell is incredible and the taste is old world. Heat some bread and Use it to soak up the oil... AMAZING !!!

[edit] Dirty Desert Fried Eggs

1. Using butter to oil the pan and put heat to a medium
2. Crack two eggs onto the pan and immediately garnish the whites with onion or garlic powder, whichever you have available feel free to use alot because it only helps the taste, just don't dump it on put the heat down to low
3. Sprinkle salt mainly in the yolks, and spread a little over the whites
4. Add a small bit of black pepper over the eggs to your liking
5. Put a lid on the pan and check occasionally
6. When the whites are no longer runny on top they are ready and delicious

goes especially well with a piece of toast or two because the yolk is still pretty runny and very flavorful!

[edit] Warnings

• Many people prefer their eggs not fully cooked. Please see the module Egg for possible health concerns of eating raw eggs.