How to make perfect eggs over easy?

pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover. I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. I can cook all kinds of complicated dishes, bake bread
like nobody's buisiness, but eggs continue to baffle me.
Any pointers would be appreaciated.

Small, 7" non-stick saute. Med heat. Then 1-2 T of oil or clarified
butter. 2 (fresh) eggs, cracked in a bowl. Add oil. Add eggs. ** flip
when outer white is setting, but inner white is still translucent**
This will protect the yolk upon landing. count to 10. Pull eggs off
the heat. Wait 30 sec. blot excess oil. slid on plate.

That's it. Add enough oil and don't wait too long to flip. When you're
ready.. tilt the pan back letting the eggs slide to the lip and flip
gently but firmly

pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover. I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. I can cook all kinds of complicated dishes, bake bread
like nobody's buisiness, but eggs continue to baffle me.
Any pointers would be appreaciated.

Eggs are one of the most difficult, but versatile and rewarding
foods. Basting in lard, bacon grease, or even peanut oil works best,
but you can end up with pretty greasy eggs. I put the on one plate
then transfer to another, leaning behind some of the grease. If you
use a non-stick pan, you can flip them for over easy, well, easily.
Also, use fresh eggs. The yolks are stronger when the eggs are fresh.
I also always use JUMBO eggs for basted/OE.

--Bryan

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On Aug 6, 7:09 pm, pamjd <[email hidden]> wrote:
What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts?
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Small, 7" non-stick saute. Med heat. Then 1-2 T of oil or clarified
butter. 2 (fresh) eggs, cracked in a bowl. Add oil. Add eggs. ** flip
when outer white is setting, but inner white is still translucent**
This will protect the yolk upon landing. count to 10. Pull eggs off
the heat. Wait 30 sec. blot excess oil. slid on plate.

That's it. Add enough oil and don't wait too long to flip. When you're
ready.. tilt the pan back letting the eggs slide to the lip and flip
gently but firmly

My recommendations to above:
-Get the small non-stick pan. Heavy for its size. Get a longer plastic
spatula thingie. Use glop of oil size of small coin. I don't need much
-Preheat pan on med/med-low heat, too high eggs get crispy or
tough, too low and you starve after breaking yokes. Find the right
temp for you on your stove. Dip the spatula in the oil.
-I skip the egg to bowl business, but I usually have fresh eggs and
I'm careful cracking them.
-I wait until egg starts to get bubbly around the edge, ease the edges
up with the spatula to let a little oil under. Keep cooking until when
you shake the pan a bit it shakes eggs loose. I want a little bit of
doneness on that one side to keep the eggs from breaking.
-Slip spatula under, flip eggs. The hard part, no?
-Cook a minute or so more, I usually poke at the white near the yoke
to make sure it's not icky anymore. Time things until you know what's
right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
Edrena

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On Aug 6, 7:09 pm, pamjd <[email hidden]> wrote:
What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts?
(clipped for brevity)

Small, 7" non-stick saute. Med heat. Then 1-2 T of oil or clarified
butter. 2 (fresh) eggs, cracked in a bowl. Add oil. Add eggs. ** flip
when outer white is setting, but inner white is still translucent**
This will protect the yolk upon landing. count to 10. Pull eggs off
the heat. Wait 30 sec. blot excess oil. slid on plate.

That's it. Add enough oil and don't wait too long to flip. When you're
ready.. tilt the pan back letting the eggs slide to the lip and flip
gently but firmly

My recommendations to above:
-Get the small non-stick pan. Heavy for its size. Get a longer plastic
spatula thingie. Use glop of oil size of small coin. I don't need much
-Preheat pan on med/med-low heat, too high eggs get crispy or
tough, too low and you starve after breaking yokes. Find the right
temp for you on your stove. Dip the spatula in the oil.
-I skip the egg to bowl business, but I usually have fresh eggs and
I'm careful cracking them.
-I wait until egg starts to get bubbly around the edge, ease the edges
up with the spatula to let a little oil under. Keep cooking until when
you shake the pan a bit it shakes eggs loose. I want a little bit of
doneness on that one side to keep the eggs from breaking.
-Slip spatula under, flip eggs. The hard part, no?
-Cook a minute or so more, I usually poke at the white near the yoke
to make sure it's not icky anymore. Time things until you know what's
right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
Edrena

I find an induction burner provides a nice even heat and with that heat
egg perfection is very possible. So I'd have to say a pan that would
distribute heat very evenly no matter what your heat source would be the
first hurdle to overcome. So use a thick cast iron pan. After that, the
correct temp setting and then the timing.

Seasoning is also critical... there are some that say salt makes a fried
egg brittle and easy to break, So salt use only after the egg is cooked.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

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On Aug 6, 7:09 pm, pamjd <[email hidden]> wrote:
What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts?
(clipped for brevity)

Small, 7" non-stick saute. Med heat. Then 1-2 T of oil or clarified
butter. 2 (fresh) eggs, cracked in a bowl. Add oil. Add eggs. ** flip
when outer white is setting, but inner white is still translucent**
This will protect the yolk upon landing. count to 10. Pull eggs off
the heat. Wait 30 sec. blot excess oil. slid on plate.

That's it. Add enough oil and don't wait too long to flip. When
you're
ready.. tilt the pan back letting the eggs slide to the lip and flip
gently but firmly

My recommendations to above:
-Get the small non-stick pan. Heavy for its size. Get a longer plastic
spatula thingie. Use glop of oil size of small coin. I don't need much
-Preheat pan on med/med-low heat, too high eggs get crispy or
tough, too low and you starve after breaking yokes. Find the right
temp for you on your stove. Dip the spatula in the oil.
-I skip the egg to bowl business, but I usually have fresh eggs and
I'm careful cracking them.
-I wait until egg starts to get bubbly around the edge, ease the edges
up with the spatula to let a little oil under. Keep cooking until when
you shake the pan a bit it shakes eggs loose. I want a little bit of
doneness on that one side to keep the eggs from breaking.
-Slip spatula under, flip eggs. The hard part, no?
-Cook a minute or so more, I usually poke at the white near the yoke
to make sure it's not icky anymore. Time things until you know what's
right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
Edrena

Ketchup?

-T

pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover.

Those aren't over easy, they're basted or steamed.

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I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. [snip]

Step 1. Get a 7 or 8-inch nonstick skillet with sloping sides. Put a
slice of bread in it. Learn to flip the bread without touching it --
the basic motion is away from you with the edge farthest from you
slightly down, then raise that edge and pull the pan back towards
you. Next few times you watch tv, practice until you can confidently
control the speed and the angle. Now replace the piece of bread with
a soft corn tortilla. Practice flipping it softly, gently -- try to
get to where the tortilla slides away from you, over the lip of the
pan, then almost folds it half and slides over itself as it turns
over. Very much an out-and-back action rather than up-and-down. This
probably sounds silly to you, but hey, you advertised a problem and
we're going to solve it in spades. Let your hand and arm figure it
out while your attention is on the tv, let that muscle memory build.

Step 2. Put the pan over medium heat, melt some bacon grease or
butter in it, a teaspoon is enough, a tablespoon tastes better (to
me. Swirl to coat the entire bottom. Crack the eggs in, season them
and let them cook. When the bottom is done to your liking, flip the
eggs just as you gently, softly flipped the tortilla. The eggs will
fold in half and just slither their way to the other side. Do not
congratulate yourself for more than 30 seconds: the eggs are done!

Try it a few times and forget you ever had a problem cooking eggs over
easy. It becomes the morning test of your readiness to cope with the
day. -aem

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> On Aug 6, 7:09 pm, pamjd <[email hidden]> wrote:
> What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts?
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Small, 7" non-stick saute. Med heat. Then 1-2 T of oil or clarified
butter. 2 (fresh) eggs, cracked in a bowl. Add oil. Add eggs. ** flip
when outer white is setting, but inner white is still translucent**
This will protect the yolk upon landing. count to 10. Pull eggs off
the heat. Wait 30 sec. blot excess oil. slid on plate.

That's it. Add enough oil and don't wait too long to flip. When you're
ready.. tilt the pan back letting the eggs slide to the lip and flip
gently but firmly

My recommendations to above:
-Get the small non-stick pan. Heavy for its size. Get a longer plastic
spatula thingie. Use glop of oil size of small coin. I don't need much
-Preheat pan on med/med-low heat, too high eggs get crispy or
tough, too low and you starve after breaking yokes. Find the right
temp for you on your stove. Dip the spatula in the oil.
-I skip the egg to bowl business, but I usually have fresh eggs and
I'm careful cracking them.
-I wait until egg starts to get bubbly around the edge, ease the edges
up with the spatula to let a little oil under. Keep cooking until when
you shake the pan a bit it shakes eggs loose. I want a little bit of
doneness on that one side to keep the eggs from breaking.
-Slip spatula under, flip eggs. The hard part, no?
-Cook a minute or so more, I usually poke at the white near the yoke
to make sure it's not icky anymore. Time things until you know what's
right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
Edrena

Ketchup?

-T

Yes. And one slice of whole wheat toast, no butter. Coffee, 2 cups. Freshly
ground pepper. Or garlic salt, or salsa, or leftovers, or pico de gallo, but
not root beer.
Edrena

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pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts?
(clipped here & there)

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Step 1. Get a 7 or 8-inch nonstick skillet with sloping sides. Put a
slice of bread in it. Learn to flip the bread without touching it --
the basic motion is away from you with the edge farthest from you
slightly down, then raise that edge and pull the pan back towards
you. Next few times you watch tv, practice until you can confidently
control the speed and the angle. Now replace the piece of bread with
a soft corn tortilla. Practice flipping it softly, gently -- try to
get to where the tortilla slides away from you, over the lip of the
pan, then almost folds it half and slides over itself as it turns
over. Very much an out-and-back action rather than up-and-down. This
probably sounds silly to you, but hey, you advertised a problem and
we're going to solve it in spades. Let your hand and arm figure it
out while your attention is on the tv, let that muscle memory build.

Step 2. Put the pan over medium heat, melt some bacon grease or
butter in it, a teaspoon is enough, a tablespoon tastes better (to
me. Swirl to coat the entire bottom. Crack the eggs in, season them
and let them cook. When the bottom is done to your liking, flip the
eggs just as you gently, softly flipped the tortilla. The eggs will
fold in half and just slither their way to the other side. Do not
congratulate yourself for more than 30 seconds: the eggs are done!
-aem

What a great way to teach the gr'ieces and gr'ephews how to flip eggs &
pancakes.
Saved to disk.
Edrena

pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover. I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. I can cook all kinds of complicated dishes, bake bread
like nobody's buisiness, but eggs continue to baffle me.
Any pointers would be appreaciated.

First of all remember your kitchen isn't a restaurant, so you don't
have a perfectly heated and seasoned grill to fry your eggs on.
However, several people here have already recommended a nonstick pan.
It's what you need to use when you're an over easy newbie, even Alton
Brown concurs! BTW: "fresh" eggs are AA (yolk standing up high)
here. Most of the time Jumbo is only A (flatter yolk), so be careful.
Usually "extra large" is the best you can do for AA quality and you
need to use AA for a good easy over egg.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_14358,00.html

--

A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

The Joneses said:

Yes. And one slice of whole wheat toast, no butter. Coffee, 2 cups. Freshly
ground pepper. Or garlic salt, or salsa, or leftovers, or pico de gallo, but
not root beer.

Mmmmmmm......A&W root beer. Drinking some as I write. 🙂

--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups.
Except in Thunderbird, which can't filter that well.
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

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Quoted message said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover. I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. I can cook all kinds of complicated dishes, bake bread
like nobody's buisiness, but eggs continue to baffle me.
Any pointers would be appreaciated.

Your mom had the right idea. I assume you want eggs where the white is
all solid and the yolk is still runny? You do not need to turn them to
get that.

1) Non-stick 6 inch pan over medium heat.
2) 1 TB butter, let melt.
3) Add 2 eggs, salt and pepper as desired.
4) Lower heat to medium low, cover. Glass cover is best so you can see.
5) After 1 minute or 2 check by jiggling the pan - you can tell if the
whites are still uncooked if they wobble.

This is easier than turning the eggs and also gives a much more
attractive result.

--
Peter Aitken

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Time things until you know what's
right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
Edrena

Ketchup?

-T

Yes. And one slice of whole wheat toast, no butter. Coffee, 2 cups. Freshly
ground pepper. Or garlic salt, or salsa, or leftovers, or pico de gallo, but
not root beer.
Edrena

no root beer for breakfast. i like a woman with principles. (well,
not too many.)

your pal,
blake

pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover. I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. I can cook all kinds of complicated dishes, bake bread
like nobody's buisiness, but eggs continue to baffle me.
Any pointers would be appreaciated.

No pan. Use a griddle. Flip with the flat side edge of a long
spatula... one quick flick, faster than the eye can see.

blake murphy said:

i like a woman with principles.

Is that what you call em... I alwaya call em big [censored].

Sheldon

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On Aug 6, 7:09 pm, pamjd <[email hidden]> wrote:
What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts?
(clipped for brevity)

Quoted message said:

Small, 7" non-stick saute. Med heat. Then 1-2 T of oil or clarified
butter. 2 (fresh) eggs, cracked in a bowl. Add oil. Add eggs. ** flip
when outer white is setting, but inner white is still translucent**
This will protect the yolk upon landing. count to 10. Pull eggs off
the heat. Wait 30 sec. blot excess oil. slid on plate.

Quoted message said:

That's it. Add enough oil and don't wait too long to flip. When you're
ready.. tilt the pan back letting the eggs slide to the lip and flip
gently but firmly

My recommendations to above:
-Get the small non-stick pan. Heavy for its size. Get a longer plastic
spatula thingie. Use glop of oil size of small coin. I don't need much
-Preheat pan on med/med-low heat, too high eggs get crispy or
tough, too low and you starve after breaking yokes. Find the right
temp for you on your stove. Dip the spatula in the oil.
-I skip the egg to bowl business, but I usually have fresh eggs and
I'm careful cracking them.
-I wait until egg starts to get bubbly around the edge, ease the edges
up with the spatula to let a little oil under. Keep cooking until when
you shake the pan a bit it shakes eggs loose. I want a little bit of
doneness on that one side to keep the eggs from breaking.
-Slip spatula under, flip eggs. The hard part, no?
-Cook a minute or so more, I usually poke at the white near the yoke
to make sure it's not icky anymore. Time things until you know what's
right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
Edrena

For, me working in a hotel, cracking the eggs into a bowl lets me
check for any shell fragments, discard broken eggs before they hit the
pan and the eggs hit the heat at the same time. But at home no one is
going to make you re do the eggs if they're not perfect! And
personally I think use a bit more oil until the new egg cook has
learned to contol the heat and flip the eggs, just gives you that
little more room for error. YMMV

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> right. Then slide onto plate. Pass the ketchup.
> Edrena

Ketchup?

-T

Yes. (clipped), but not root beer.
Edrena

no root beer for breakfast. i like a woman with principles. (well, not
too many.)
your pal, blake

That one is easy to keep. I'm all for principals that fit in my life.
No playing piano after lunch.
I never could play piano anyhow....
Edrena

AQ said:

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For, me working in a hotel, cracking the eggs into a bowl lets me
check for any shell fragments, discard broken eggs before they hit the
pan and the eggs hit the heat at the same time.

What kinda hotel fries eggs in pans... must be a four room skid row
boarding house. Hotels do breakfastS (LOTSA BREAKFASTS) on griddles
(a good griddleman can make up 20-30 breakfasts at a time), no wussy
pans. I bet you own an Easy Bake Oven.

AQ sure ain't got any IQ. AQ = [censored] Quotient

Liar.

Sheldon

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What kinda hotel fries eggs in pans... must be a four room skid row
boarding house. Hotels do breakfastS (LOTSA BREAKFASTS) on griddles
(a good griddleman can make up 20-30 breakfasts at a time), no wussy
pans.

Poor Cookie(Sheldon) thinks all food operations are run like a 1960's ships
galley. He has no concept of preparing individual meals to order especially
in an upscale restaurant or hotel.

Bobo Bonobo? said:

pamjd said:

What is the secret to making eggs over easy like the restaraunts? My
Mom used to baste eggs or fry them till almost done and put a tad of
water in the pan with a cover. I keep trying but do not seem to be
able to get them right. If I try to turn the eggs the yolks always
seem to break. I can cook all kinds of complicated dishes, bake bread
like nobody's buisiness, but eggs continue to baffle me.
Any pointers would be appreaciated.

Eggs are one of the most difficult,

Huh? Eggs are by FAR the easiest of all foods to prepare.

Sheldon