James Kenji Lopez-Alt
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How to Make Buttery Fried Eggs
🕑 Added 2025-01-29 18:00:10 +0000 UTCYou can find this technique and a few others in my Youtube video Four Ways to Fry Eggs.
These are eggs the way my grandmother used to make them. Tender, bareley-set whites, yolks that are thoroughly liquid, and a buttery emulsified sauce enrobing all of it.
Buttery Fried Eggs
Every recipe I publish here is personally tested, tasted, and approved.
What I like about this recipe:
Adding water and covering ensure that the tops of the eggs get gently cooked, ensuring whites that are not liquid or clear.
Emulsifying the butter with water creates a sauce that coats the finished eggs.
YIELD: Serves 1 or 2
ACTIVE TIME: 3 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 3 minutes
Notes: use unsalted butter, or if using salted butter, go light when seasoning the eggs.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter
2 to 4 eggs
2 tablespoons water
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sliced chives or parsley (optional)
Procedure:
1. Place butter in a 8 or 10-inch non-stick skillet over medium heat and swirl until melted and lightly foaming but not browned.
2. Add eggs to the skillet and cook without moving until the bottoms are lightly set but not browned, about 30 seconds. Add the water and cover with the lid. Increase heat to medium-high.
3. Cook until the eggs are as set as you'd like them, about 30 seconds for soft or 1 minute for jammy. Remove the lid and swirl the pan to loosen the eggs. Slide the eggs onto a plate and pour any remaining sauce over and around them. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with chives or other herbs if using. Serve immediately.
Comments
Joe Harrington
What kind of burner is that? I have an Iwatani VA-30 Portable Butane Stove. I have an old electric stove in my apartment so I bought this to cook with a flame indoors. Are there any additional precautions I should take? Stove ventilation fan on, windows open, room fans on to circulate air? Or should I only use this outdoors?
Doris Yonker
Thank you! This is a great way to cook eggs. I like mine jammy.
JB
Inhaling eggs wasn’t originally on the agenda today. Thanks, Kenji.
Lisa Rowe
What are your thoughts about runny yolks in a time of bird flu? I love them like WHOA but am getting nervous.
Sara Belfour
This is the way!! Hubby and I enjoy them on my toasted sourdough.
Thomas Scheff
I wish I could consistently crack an egg well
AnonymousMagikarp
Eggs?! In this economy? 😜
