Current Events > Can you cook eggs sunny side up without fucking up?

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Can you? (If you fuck up every now and then it's okay shit happens)

You finish by putting the lid on the pan

SweetieBeIle462 posted...

You finish by putting the lid on the pan

Yup. Such a useful, simple technique. Blew my freaking mind.

I've only tried cooking sunny side up once and I naturally messed it up.

So no, until I learn how to do it right.

sometimes

SweetieBeIle462 posted...

You finish by putting the lid on the pan

If you are doing that you should add a teaspoon of water as well.

But I like a little crunch personally.

I assume he means without breaking the yolk. Anyone with the hand eye coordination to beat 1-1 should be able to.

I mostly do hardboiled so that theres virtually zero chance of me fucking it up lol >_>

mustachedmystic posted...

I assume he means without breaking the yolk. Anyone with the hand eye coordination to beat 1-1 should be able to.

The other mistake you can make is overcook the yolk trying to get the whites to cook

uwnim posted...

The other mistake you can make is overcook the yolk trying to get the whites to cook

True, didnt think of that, as I like a runny yolk.

For sure! With Luck!

never tried. not a fan of eggs.

I too am trying to figure out what "without fucking up" is referring to and the whole lid thing.

Are you referring to when you cook eggs over easy and have to flip them? Because that's the only situation in which one would fuck up, since I personally still haven't perfected the flip and as such do not bother to flip them at all. But cook them straight up as soon as you crack open the shell? That's pretty easy peasy innit?

Occasionally. I'm getting better at it. But I still fuck up and over cook it.

Yep. I do it 3x a week.

I can cook a perfect sunny side up, except it's boring as fuck. I prefer some texture to my egg and the asian fried egg style is great with crispy edges and a runny yolk.

yes, over easy is the hard one after all. never understood why people like runny eggs though.

saspa posted...

I too am trying to figure out what "without fucking up" is referring to and the whole lid thing.

Are you referring to when you cook eggs over easy and have to flip them? Because that's the only situation in which one would fuck up, since I personally still haven't perfected the flip and as such do not bother to flip them at all. But cook them straight up as soon as you crack open the shell? That's pretty easy peasy innit?

if you put a lid on the pan near the end of the cook time, for something like 30 seconds or so, it gives the top of the egg a slightly firmer skin layer.

I can but rarely cook eggs that way.

monkmith posted...

yes, over easy is the hard one after all. never understood why people like runny eggs though.

if you put a lid on the pan near the end of the cook time, for something like 30 seconds or so, it gives the top of the egg a slightly firmer skin layer.

Is the idea to sort of create the effect of an over easy cook without having to flip them, something akin to a crutch of sorts?

I could, but omelets are way more awesome.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/9/5/AAEhCpAAC5Rv.jpg

You need a good non stick pan

After frying one side good enough, I flip it real quick and fry the other side low heat for about 10 seconds. Some people call that over easy but the yolk is still wet af

saspa posted...

Is the idea to sort of create the effect of an over easy cook without having to flip them, something akin to a crutch of sorts?

i think its just to make them more firm, you're essentially steaming the top of the egg so its not crunchy.

Kobe Bryant posted...

You need a good non stick pan

After frying one side good enough, I flip it real quick and fry the other side low heat for about 10 seconds. Some people call that over easy but the yolk is still wet af

i dont think i've ever even used a non-stick pan, a well seasoned cast-iron pan and a bit of butter will do it. or bacon grease, but i dont eat that and never have some on hand.

Something I enjoy is learning all the different ways you can cook an egg.

Like, cantonese style scrambled eggs vs American diner scrambled vs french scrambled.

Or Thai street food fried egg versus british almost-poached fried egg.

Questionmarktarius posted...

I could, but omelets are way more awesome.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/9/5/AAEhCpAAC5Rv.jpg

Ive never seen/heard of people putting corn in their omelets

Water_Rat posted...

Ive never seen/heard of people putting corn in their omelets

yeah that's a weird one, the flavor might be fine but the texture would turn me away i think.

That's easy now a poached egg that's easy to fuck up

ya. I've made quite a few over the last few weeks.

been making avacado toast with a Sunnyside up egg on top for breaky

Kobe Bryant posted...

You need a good non stick pan

After frying one side good enough, I flip it real quick and fry the other side low heat for about 10 seconds. Some people call that over easy but the yolk is still wet af

Over easy is when the egg is flipped but the yolk is fully runny. The over part refers to the flipping of the egg. Over medium is when the yolk is partially cooked(soft with some liquid yolk in the middle) and over hard is when the yolk is fully cooked.

Irony posted...

That's easy now a poached egg that's easy to fuck up

poached egg is indeed the easy one to fuck up

Questionmarktarius posted...

I could, but omelets are way more awesome.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/9/5/AAEhCpAAC5Rv.jpg

I love that knife.