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Fried Egg

Ready in 5 mins

Recipe by Graham 

Yeah, I know that for most of you, frying an egg poses no problems, but spare a thought for Cousin Vinny who is convinced that eggs come out of the shell ready-broken, just to annoy him, and that they automatically end up like a piece of velcro at the bottom of the pan!

If you feel that it's really too easy to have a recipe for fried eggs, please read my introduction. There, I say that the only assumptions I have made about you, the visitor to NeedaRecipe.com, is that you know what an egg is, and that you can tell the difference between the sharp end of a knife and the blunt end! Because of this, you may find some of the recipes a little elementary. If this is the case, don't worry because it means that you have a head start on some of your fellow site visitors. Even visitors who have some basic culinary skills will find that this site contains plenty of useful ideas and short cuts that they have not come across before.

Preparation Time

1 Minute

Cooking Time

4 Minutes

Ingredients for Fried Egg

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1 or more eggs
1 tablespoon corn oil, duck fat or goose fat

How to Cook Fried Egg

  1. Place the oil into a frying pan. Heat until it is just warm, then carefully break your egg into the pan. Continue to heat very gently. Once the white of the egg is firm, 'splash' a little of the hot oil over the top of the egg until the yolk takes on a cloudy appearance. Remove the egg from the oil with a slotted spatula (an egg slice) and allow to drain on the spatula for a few seconds. Serve immediately either with other fried food or just on its own on a slice of hot buttered toast.
  2. ALTERNATIVELY: Place the oil into a frying pan. Heat until it is just warm, then carefully break your egg into the pan. Place a lid on the pan and increase the heat until the yolk takes on a cloudy appearance. Remove the egg from the oil with a slotted spatula etc...
GRAHAM'S HOT TIP:
The most common fault when preparing a fried egg is to break it into oil that is too hot. This almost always causes the yolk to break and makes the underside of the egg like burned velcro! Break your egg into the oil very early on and cook gently. If the oil begins to spit, turn down the heat straight away.

If you want to save the oil after frying an egg, make sure that you use it only for frying, otherwise it will affect the flavour of your other food.