The Young Persons Guide To Leaving Home
To start with I thought I would keep The Young Persons Survival Guide To Leaving Home nice and simple. I think it makes sense and if these posts are a touch to simple, then I apologise!
When I told my daughter that I was sharing a ‘recipe’ for perfect fried eggs she rolled her eyes. She did a similar thing last week when I shared how to cook runny eggs and soldiers, but two days later guess what she was cooking?… Result!
Tweet ThisIt’s not that easy to get fried eggs just right. You know? Perfectly cooked whites with nice soft yolks. Well, that’s how I like mine. Not ‘snotty’, but not hard either. So I hope this guide helps.
Eggs are a definite ‘must have’ in the kitchen too, so if you’ve just left home, be sure to always have some in.
Perfect Fried Eggs
One tip to cooking perfect fried eggs is not to cook them in oil that is too hot. That will just cause them to bubble and spit. You want the oil hot, but not overly so.
Cook the eggs covered with a pan lid or one of those lids designed for covering frying food. Keep an eye on them though. Once the eggs turn white turn the heat off and leave to sit for a minute or so until the yolks turn opaque.
Serve your fried eggs on toast or a nice slice of crispy fresh bread.
For me, the perfect fried eggs are nicely set with a runny yolk.
Straight from the tin??!!…I get that feeling my daughter will fit into student life, no problem. Don’t you?
Getting fried eggs perfect does take practice. This recipe is a guide to cooking them 'just right'.
Prep Time
10 minCook Time
10 min
Save RecipeIngredients
- 2 medium/ large eggs
- 2 pieces of bread for toasting or nice crusty fresh bread
- Cooking oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- If having your eggs on toast. Pop your bread into the toaster.
- Pour enough oil into a frying pan to coat the bottom.
- Heat the oil over a medium heat. Taking care not to overheat it as you want to gently cook them. In fact it's better to have slightly cooler oil than too hot.
- Carefully break the eggs into the oil.
- Cover with a pan lid or a splatter lid.
- Keep an eye on the eggs, checking after two minutes or so. You want the egg whites to almost be set. When they are, turn the heat off and keep them covered for another minute.
- Butter your toast or bread.
- Check the eggs. You want the yolks to have turned slightly opaque.
- Remove them from the pan using a spatula.
- Drain them on a piece of kitchen roll to remove any excess oil.
- Pop them onto your toast or bread.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Cooking times are a good estimate, but please bear in mind that egg size and ring heat will dictate the exact cooking times.
How do you like your fried eggs?
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