For many, scrambled eggs are probably the very first dish they ever cook in life. You'd think — what's there to master? Grab an egg, crack it over the pan, and fry away to your heart's content. But it's not as simple as it seems. As with everything, there are nuances, secrets, and tricks here too that you won't pick up without a hint (well, or you'll figure them out much later).
The five most commonly used ingredients in scrambled egg recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
| Butter | 734 | 0.5 | 82.5 | 0.8 |
| Fresh herbs | 41 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 7 |
| Chicken eggs | 80 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.3 |
| Hard cheese | 366 | 24.1 | 29.5 | 0.3 |
The simplest kind of scrambled eggs is a "scramble" made from an egg beaten with a fork and fried on one side in butter. You can also stir the egg right during the frying.
The closest relative of this kind is the sunny-side up — when the egg is fried so the yolk stays whole while the white beside it turns opaque and white.
And the third kind of simple fried eggs is that same fried egg, only cooked on both sides.
There's also a not-so-simple version — when the egg is beaten with a mixer to a fluffy foam and baked so that this airiness holds. Or only the white is whipped to peaks, and once it sets in the pan, the whole yolk is gently placed on top. This way you can make a very pretty "eggs in the clouds."
The five fastest fried egg recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrambled eggs in the microwave | 2 min | 176 | +73 |
| Scrambled eggs | 5 min | 151 | +118 |
| Scrambled eggs for breakfast | 5 min | 249 | +16 |
| Scrambled eggs with bacon and cherry tomatoes | 10 min | 196 | +8 |
| Fried eggs with herbs and black pepper | 10 min | 224 | +20 |
There are other options for a beautifully presented egg breakfast: inside an onion ring, in a sausage bent into a heart shape, in a square of bread with the center cut out, in a tomato baked in the oven, or in a round bun.
Other fried egg recipes include many dishes with extra ingredients: vegetables, cheese, herbs, sausage, mushrooms, beans, peas, bacon, hot dogs, bread, olives, dry seasonings, spices, salt pork, cottage cheese, and so on. Under different names, they're part of many national cuisines. There are so many variations of the dish that they'd hardly fit into a single cookbook, even the thickest one))