Cooking the perfect fried egg can be tricky – but one expert has shared their simple hack to make sure your eggs are always perfectly cooked without the need to flip them
There’s nothing quite like a breakfast of fried eggs with gooey golden yolks, but achieving this without breaking the yolk during flipping can be a challenge. Sunny-side up eggs don’t require flipping but result in a runny yolk and barely set whites, while over-easy eggs yield a perfectly set egg but necessitate flipping, which can lead to them breaking and turning into scrambled eggs.
However, Meaghan Webster, an egg recipe developer and founder of Meags Eggs, has found a simple way to cook flawless over-easy fried eggs without the need for flipping. Meaghan explained: “I tried to like frying eggs over-easy.
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“Except it wasn’t that easy, and I became lazy. So I regularly practice the lid method instead. Letting the heat of a pan cook the bottom of an egg, and covering the pan to steam the top of the egg.”
According to Meaghan, there are “no egg gymnastics required” for this straightforward recipe, as all you need to do is allow the heat to reach the top of the egg to cook it perfectly without flipping.
Simply add olive oil to a frying pan and let it warm on medium heat for about a minute, reports the Express. Then crack the eggs into the pan and let them cook for around one minute until the egg whites start to turn white, then place a lid on top of the frying pan.
Meaghan advises: “Cover the pan with a lid for the last 45-60 seconds, or until the top of the egg whites have set, but the yolk is still soft. To check, wiggle the pan to see if the yolk still jiggles.
“When cooked to your preference, use a spatula to transfer the egg to a plate. Repeat previous steps with the second egg”. The beauty of this method is no flipping is necessary, thus eliminating the risk of the egg breaking during the cooking process and guaranteeing perfectly fried eggs each time.
For those rushed mornings or when preparing breakfast for a crowd, she suggests that you can cook all your eggs at once. Meaghan explains: “On especially lazy mornings, I fry both eggs at the same time and let the egg whites join them together.
“You can separate them later using the spatula for two separate pieces of toast or if you just prefer eating them as 2 separate eggs!”