/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11506715]

>frying eggs, using the steam+lid technique cause pans suck and can't flip eggs
>inspect, center is still too snotty, recover
>walk away from seconds to butter my toast
>check eggs again, the yolks are now too cooked

Can you guys teach me the secrets of perfect fried egg cooking?

[Anonymous No.11506723]

>>11506715
get gud scrub

[Anonymous No.11506732]

Learn to flip dude. It’s not that hard. Practice with dry beans in the pan. Butter pan, put eggs in, when the eggs unstick from the pan and can slide around freely, the first side is done, flip. Kill the heat after the flip, and same deal as before, when they move freely in the pan they’re done.

[Anonymous No.11506757]

>>11506732
>when they move easy they're done
not if you like over easy

[Anonymous No.11506840]

>>11506715
just spoon hot butter from the pan to the top of the eggs
it's retard proof

[Anonymous No.11506846]

>>11506757
What do you mean? That’s the sure fire way to get over easy, when they slide around in the pan it means that the whites have set, so you want to flip them or remove them from the heat right at that point so the yolks don’t cook as well.

[Anonymous No.11506875]

Just check Kenjis fried eggs recipe. The secret is to use a shitload of oil and dump it over the whites while keeping it away from the yolk.

[Anonymous No.11506991]

>>11506840
>>11506875
I don't know how this works, even if I use a shitload of butter, it's all underneath the eggs, which usually have spread to take up most of the ground of the pan

[Anonymous No.11506998]

>>11506991
Try cracking your eggs into a mesh strainer first. The more liquidy parts of the whites will strain out and you'll be left with a nice firm white around the yolk.

[Anonymous No.11507000]

>>11506846
> Kill the heat after the flip, and same deal as before, when they move freely in the pan they’re done.

If they move around freely after flipping then they're past over-easy

[Anonymous No.11507004]

>>11506991
Heat your pan first so the eggs cook instantly on contact

[Anonymous No.11507012]

>>11507000
Except that I just did it yesterday morning and got perfect over easy. Your heat must be too high or something

[Anonymous No.11507051]

>>11506991
Rest the handle on something (or just hold it yourself) to keep the pan tilted up so the eggs don't spread out.

[Anonymous No.11507056]

Go to your local diner, they usually get it right. Just accept the fact that you suck at cooking.

[Anonymous No.11507059]

>>11506715
>Can you guys teach me the secrets of perfect fried egg cooking?
Sure.

>>Walk away...
Stop that you dumb fucker.

[Anonymous No.11507062]

>>11506715
Don't cover. Just take the time. Let them cook gently until whites have set. Then cut heat and give them another minute or two. Perfect sunnyside every time.

[Anonymous No.11507129]

>>11506715

butter the pan
cook on low you can cook on med in the beginning but it should be on low the majority of the time and definitely when you flip
after the bottom is sufficiently cooked flip once to lightly cover the yoke with white and sort of seal it in after the flip cook as long as you want based on how liquid or solid you want the yoke
ideally if you do everything right no part of the egg should get very browned

that's it

[Anonymous No.11507221]

My technique:

Fry the eggs in medium-high heat. Even mix of butter and oil (butter for browning and flavour, oil for the higher smoke point and does a better job of keeping them from sticking)

Once the edges of the egg are starting to brown, turn off the heat. Leave the pan on the element and cover with a glass lid. Give it a little time and the steam will cook the top of the egg without overdoing the middle.

Perfect dipping eggs.

[Anonymous No.11507222]

>>11506715
>center is still too snotty
that's because you didn't pop it
>teach me the secrets of perfect fried egg cooking
1. preheat some oil in the pan
2. have the eggs ready
3. have a lid ready
4. if the oil is hot turn the heat to low
5. put the eggs in the pan
6. pop the yolk
7. put the lid on the pan
8. wait for a min or two and turn off the heat
9. leave alone with the lid on for 5-10 mins
>eat salt pepper
werks 4me

[Anonymous No.11507231]

>>11507222
this is the only legit way to cook eggs btw because eggs are VERY 'fragile' and any normal cooking is hard for them which is why ppl put a shit load of eggs and after they're cooked they're a lot less

[Anonymous No.11507241]

Spatula and small nonstick fucking faggot

[Anonymous No.11507290]