How To Fry An Egg Perfectly, Every Time

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Anyone can master a perfect fried egg-- and we're here to show you how!

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00:00Hey, it's Tia in the Delish Kitchen studios.

00:03Eggs are a precious commodity,

00:05and so I wanna make sure that you make the most of yours.

00:08Here's how to make a perfect diner-style fried egg.

00:12Let's get into it.

00:13So I've got the pan going over medium heat,

00:15and I'm just gonna put a teaspoon or so of butter.

00:19I'm using a nonstick pan for these eggs.

00:22So the butter is melting.

00:24Just gonna swirl the pan to get it nice and coated.

00:28And I'm waiting to see it bubble a little bit.

00:30At this point, I'm ready to put the egg in.

00:33Always crack an egg on the countertop.

00:35Cracking the egg into the bowl

00:37ensures that if the yolk breaks, you have time to pivot.

00:40It also helps you control the flow of the egg

00:44when it goes into the pan.

00:45I'm gonna drop it super gently in.

00:47It's your baby, baby the egg.

00:50My favorite trick for evening out the egg whites

00:52is to take a fork and just gently poke at the egg white

00:57that's closer to the yolk,

00:59just to kind of encourage it to flatten out in the pan.

01:01So this is gonna take about three minutes.

01:04If it gets to a point where the egg looks like it's done,

01:07but the inside, the closer part to the yolk

01:10still looks kind of like not done,

01:12one trick you can do is add just a little bit of butter,

01:15melt that in the pan,

01:16and spoon it over just the white to help it set.

01:20So now that we see that the egg is set on top

01:24and a little crispy around the edges,

01:26it's time to plate.

01:33So maybe you're not a fan of what my family

01:35always called the dipper or sunny side up eggs.

01:38You can do over easy,

01:40and most of the technique is still the same.

01:43We still have the pan going over medium.

01:45Our butter is all melty and sizzling,

01:48so we're good to go with the egg.

01:49So we're waiting until that egg white looks just set.

01:54It can still be translucent on the top.

01:56This is gonna take about one to two minutes.

01:58This is the same technique whether you're doing over easy,

02:01over medium, or over hard.

02:03Gentle, very gentle.

02:06It's honestly way more important

02:08that you don't break the yolk right at this point

02:11than getting the egg white perfectly over.

02:14If you're going for over easy, nice and runny,

02:16it's about a minute.

02:18Over mediums, you're gonna go for one to two minutes.

02:21Over hard, completely cooked, two to three.

02:24Fried eggs absolutely demand toast.

02:27You just want a carby thing to absorb all that yummy yolk.

02:30If you're looking for the perfect diner style egg,

02:33look no further.

02:38For this and other easy everyday recipes,

02:41stick around on delish.com.

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