There is a fourth method. I learned it from an ex-navy cook, cooking eggs for a large number of people. It works for single eggs too. Start the egg in the pan as normal, when the egg is part cooked add a little water and cover with a lid. The top white steams cooked and the yoke remains runny. A perfect egg, completely cooked and looking great.
@@redmangoaty sunny side up does not require a lid. Putting a lid on top causes steam to cook the top of the egg getting rid of the sunny side ups signature bright yellow yolk.
Enjoyed the lesson. Grandma used the third method with bacon fat but spooned some of the hot fat over the yoke to give it a rosey sunset appearance .Surprisingly the yoke still came out liquidy .
Man I've cooked so many eggs cause I always eat them with my rice or ramen--love scrambled eggs, and gooey sunnyside up eggs with buttered toast. I have yet to crack an egg with two yolks T____T
The way I do it is with a flip. I get the bottom cooked like you, but before the top is set I flip it. It needs to be quick, but, you do like, a minute 30 to 2 then another minute on the other side done throughout and soft throughout. Do 2 minutes a side to gell the yolk. Other than that, it's the same. Good stuff, mate.
I'm using method 1 with butter and on a very low heat. I'm trying to avoid salting the egg yolk because I don't like the white, firm spots on it. And at the end of the process I'm braising the egg like you demonstrated in method 3. But I'm just shaking the pan to get the job done. Well done mate. Cheers
Hi Adam. Just discovered your channel via this video. Very good. I'll watch more of your vlogs. When I do a fried egg I use the spalsh of water with the lid on towards the end (like a few others have said). But all in all you've made a very good video here about how to fry an egg - there is more to it than people think (as you alluded to near the end of your video). So thank you for these three methods. Interesting and educational. I'll subscribe. 👍.
Hi Adam, love the videos, with regard eggs how about option 4, more oil and spoon the oil over the egg, quickly so it doesn’t crisp - personally I don’t like crispy eggs at the outside. I have tried with metal rings to create a perfect circular egg but can never get a cooked egg with no snotty bits without a crispy bottom - is it possible (challenge!!)
Simon bell - I get perfect eggs using a ring. My technique is to add some water to the pan and put a lid on. The steam from the water sets the top of the eggs
ok do method one but get a spood and keep on getting the oil from the pan or butter and keep on putting it on the egg and repeat but if ur using butter then let it melt and then do it
youll see the egg bubble and mostly put the oil on the yoke it'll bubble and if you like it runny then do that for a lil it'll be cooked and runny if you dont like it runny then let it cook for a while and salt aays at btw im 9 and ik how to cook and i do that to cook eggs ik you woeleve m nine and ik how to cook but its ok
You can season a stainless steel pan with lard. Once you season it its like cooking on Teflon, as long as you never use dish soap on that pan ever again. Just wipe it out with kitchen roll.
Oh cool, i'll have a look at that Rich. I generally just don't get on with stainless steel though. it's a pain to work with when there's so many easier options out there
Pooping Cat is ok but Egg Snot is a deal breaker! Come on Adam, talking about your cat pooping and cooking at the same time??! Thanks for the EGG TUTORIAL, I did learn something!
Thanks Adam for another great informative post, I am certainly going to try basting with butter next time, any chance you could give us your method of poached eggs Mike and family north wales
Hi, Adam. First of your many excellent videos that I can't agree with. IMHO, no part of a fried egg should be crispy. My method uses a quarter inch or so of fat, just hot enough (ie a single drop of whatever I happen to be drinking boils when dropped in); tip in the egg; spoon fat over it until the top is cooked, there's no snot and the top of the yolk is just starting to go white. Whip the egg out, drain thoroughly against the side of the pan. No crispy bits, no undercooked white, no snot, gorgeous runny yolk. My fried eggs are legendary the length and breadth of my immediate family . . . (Like the butter idea, though.)
I learnt to fry a perfect egg from Delia Smith, which is basically your method No. 3. She adds some butter straight to the oil and then cracks the eggs and bastes them. That’s the way my family loves their fried eggs done. Butter adds gorgeous flavour! 👍🏻🍳 By the way just this morning I was watching Jamie Oliver’s ‘how to boil an egg” video and noticed your comment there about April fool’s day! 😀 Wasn’t sure it was you at first 😀.
There is a technique to stainless steel egg frying and you have to bring the pan up slowly to temp then add oil or grease never spray oil from a can, then a room temp egg will give best results. I got rid of my old pots and pans and bought tri-clad stainless and i love them however, just because i have them i tend to grab my non stick pans. My mum loved her eggs crisp fried in red hot bacon grease and basted with it and that's how i learned to cook a fried egg in a well seasoned cast iron frying pan. fried bread in bacon grease with fried eggs omg yuppers xx Lou is going give you down the banks over this nicely done demo ^_^
I can make an amazing filet mignon with beautiful asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes. I rarely make eggs and needed this video because I'm craving a great drippy fried egg this morning.
@@Adam_Garratt Nothing better than a fried egg and some bacon on a Sunday morning. I have to do #2, over easy. Both the fried egg and the bacon have to be American style though lol, hello from California!
Have you ever seen a Thai person eat a fried egg? Ok? They want that egg crispier than bacon around those edges and then some. These methods are nice for many, but the lesson is a lot of people have way different expectations for what makes a fried egg.
The first 2 methods I thought to myself: "This dude doesn't know how to cook if his life depended on it." Then I got to method 3 and thought: "I may have spoken too soon." Lol. Although adding a few drops of water to the pan and putting a lid on top so the steam cooks the top of the egg also works extremely well too :)
I just use more oil and swirl the pan to get the hot oil on top of the egg and get the snoty bits cooked off. Or use a spoon to get the hot oil on top of the egg like he did with butter. This way only a thin layer on the top of the yolk is cooked. I think flipping over kills off more of the good stuff in the yolk but not sure about that.
Well not a useless video I always learn something watching your videos. Never knew the uncooked part of the egg was called snot. I like 1st way, however if you put a lid on it, you get a better cooked egg. Version 2 anytime I did it I would break the egg, and version 3 I never tried but I might need to. Hope all is well Adam.
I cannot stand a crispy white. I don’t like the texture or the taste. I cook eggs in a lot more oil, hot at first, then add a lid and reduce the heat to virtually nothing or even turn the heat off. This cooks the egg through without the crispy bit. I also season the egg once it is on the plate.
I use method 3 but a bit different. I don't flip the egg as agree the yoke can break. I spoon over the top of the whole egg, including the yoke for a few seconds with the oil that is in the pan. I like the yoke runny but cooked a bit on top. Going to try with the butter though as bet it tastes even better than using the oil. Sorry but I don't like crispy on the white so I cook mine for less time so the white part has no crispness.
Just ditched my Teflon for Cast Iron and the milk cartoon liquified egg sauce for actual eggs (which are now CHEAPER) and I’m looking for the optimum heat/time… would go from #2 to #3 but I’m lactose intolerant and YES it does cause me problems!!!
I don't have any fixed way. I do an Over-Tacky or a basted one. For a Sandwich it has to be tacky otherwise you lose half the yolk on the first bite and need to wash your shirt. Otherwise, not fussey. To be honest I prefer a poached egg on a plate. Never dared try one in a sandwich and hard boiled in a sandwich but a fried egg sandwich is decadent.
No oil. Water in a very quite hot pan, double the amount than oil you would use. Water in the hot pan, egg in, season it, lid on... wait a few minutes. Less fat, poached-fried egg... my method for years.
I know you'll think I'm being sqeamish and perhaps hyper-sensitive but I do abhor references to food in conjunction with mention of nasal mucus. I also take the view that things that can be eaten raw don't need much cooking. Try this, a raw egg in a pint of Guinness, pour the stout into the glass, let it settle and drink-off an inch. Then break the egg into the Guinness, it will sink to the bottom which leaves with a 'treat' as you finish the glass, not unlike eating an oyster. I once did this in a pub in London, that will remain nameless, 6 pints, 6 eggs and I left the empty egg book. Gone on I dare you. As far as cooking the eggs is concerned you could have put more 'fat' in number 1 and left out 2. Leaving you more time to empty the cat litter tray. I suspect given your location you're in 'super lock-down' just now but stay strong we're rooting for you.
Oh jayyyysus no 😂😂. You won't catch me doing that ever 🤮😂. Hats off to you though having the stomach for that though. All the best and thank you for the support. 😉🙂
There is a fourth method.
I learned it from an ex-navy cook, cooking eggs for a large number of people.
It works for single eggs too.
Start the egg in the pan as normal, when the egg is part cooked add a little water and cover with a lid.
The top white steams cooked and the yoke remains runny.
A perfect egg, completely cooked and looking great.
8:30
That's jus sunny side up.
@@redmangoaty sunny side up does not require a lid. Putting a lid on top causes steam to cook the top of the egg getting rid of the sunny side ups signature bright yellow yolk.
@@redmangoaty I believe it's over easy. The condensation would make the egg soft. A sunny side up egg is crispy.
I've always added a teaspoon of water and put a lid on for 30s to a minute to cook the top of the egg.
i just crack tthe yoke and let it evenly coat the top of the egg and cook perfect
Just flip it
@@MrSnellyG I'm not a psychopath
@@cozza819 Hahaha oh
@@MrSnellyG 😅😅
I always do method 2 for my eggs, but now method 3 looks like it is going to be my new way, great vid Adam, Thank you, for sharing :-)
Cheers Joe! Hope you're well mate
Agreed.
That taught me that there is more to frying an egg than frying an egg. BE confident. Thanks luvv
Love your videos Adam , great recipes and perfect escapism during these mad times. Thanks for doing what you do
Ahh thanks Mark! Nice of you to say mate. Cheers to you 👍🍻
Enjoyed the lesson. Grandma used the third method with bacon fat but spooned some of the hot fat over the yoke to give it a rosey sunset appearance .Surprisingly the yoke still came out liquidy .
Thank you John 🙂
*yolk
Hi Adam I bought 6 eggs from the co op last week and everyone had a double yolk the kids were amazed 🤣
JACKPOT! 😂
BOGOF lol 😂
Man I've cooked so many eggs cause I always eat them with my rice or ramen--love scrambled eggs, and gooey sunnyside up eggs with buttered toast. I have yet to crack an egg with two yolks T____T
Adam you’re a master at teaching us how to cook properly, thank you and God bless!
Thank you Richard 👍🙂
Butter basting eggs, fish, steak, whatever is a tried and true fine restaurant technique. Well done, Adam!
Thanks John
I cook mine gently and place under the grill for a short time.Works beautifully.
I always do my eggs on the lowest heat without turning them.. Duck eggs😋.
Ooh nice, love a duck egg. Not so keen on the white of a duck egg though.
Never thought of using butter....kind of gives frying an egg a new meaning....will try it in the morning....👍🍳
Enjoy 🙂
Turds and eggs and what Dingleberry muffins ? Lovely mate you are !
I never thought of using butter, looks delicious and I'll definitely try it that way! Thanks Adam, stay safe👍😃🏴
cheers Daniel mate! stay safe too bud
never thought of cooking with butter? what? youre in for a treat.
The way I do it is with a flip. I get the bottom cooked like you, but before the top is set I flip it. It needs to be quick, but, you do like, a minute 30 to 2 then another minute on the other side done throughout and soft throughout. Do 2 minutes a side to gell the yolk. Other than that, it's the same.
Good stuff, mate.
I'm using method 1 with butter and on a very low heat. I'm trying to avoid salting the egg yolk because I don't like the white, firm spots on it. And at the end of the process I'm braising the egg like you demonstrated in method 3. But I'm just shaking the pan to get the job done. Well done mate.
Cheers
Thanks for watching mate. Hope you're keeping safe and well
Very very good
Hi Adam. Just discovered your channel via this video. Very good. I'll watch more of your vlogs. When I do a fried egg I use the spalsh of water with the lid on towards the end (like a few others have said). But all in all you've made a very good video here about how to fry an egg - there is more to it than people think (as you alluded to near the end of your video). So thank you for these three methods. Interesting and educational. I'll subscribe. 👍.
Great video thank you
Thanks you bro
Hi Adam, love the videos, with regard eggs how about option 4, more oil and spoon the oil over the egg, quickly so it doesn’t crisp - personally I don’t like crispy eggs at the outside. I have tried with metal rings to create a perfect circular egg but can never get a cooked egg with no snotty bits without a crispy bottom - is it possible (challenge!!)
If you don't like the white crispy, just lower the temperature a bit more. Thanks for watching Simon 🙂
Simon bell - I get perfect eggs using a ring. My technique is to add some water to the pan and put a lid on. The steam from the water sets the top of the eggs
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Thank you!! I know how to cook an egg now lol they turned out great 👏👏
You're very welcome! 😊
Congratulations...you learned how to do something I learned at 8 years old
I just put a lid on and still end up with a runny yoke
👍
ok do method one but get a spood and keep on getting the oil from the pan or butter and keep on putting it on the egg and repeat but if ur using butter then let it melt and then do it
youll see the egg bubble and mostly put the oil on the yoke it'll bubble and if you like it runny then do that for a lil it'll be cooked and runny if you dont like it runny then let it cook for a while and salt aays at btw im 9 and ik how to cook and i do that to cook eggs ik you woeleve m nine and ik how to cook but its ok
Great video, thanks mate!
You can season a stainless steel pan with lard. Once you season it its like cooking on Teflon, as long as you never use dish soap on that pan ever again. Just wipe it out with kitchen roll.
Oh cool, i'll have a look at that Rich. I generally just don't get on with stainless steel though. it's a pain to work with when there's so many easier options out there
Pooping Cat is ok but Egg Snot is a deal breaker! Come on Adam, talking about your cat pooping and cooking at the same time??!
Thanks for the EGG TUTORIAL, I did learn something!
Thanks Adam for another great informative post, I am certainly going to try basting with butter next time, any chance you could give us your method of poached eggs
Mike and family north wales
Hi Mike. I've actually got a poached egg video up. It's poached egg 4 ways. Hope you're keeping safe
Hi, Adam. First of your many excellent videos that I can't agree with. IMHO, no part of a fried egg should be crispy. My method uses a quarter inch or so of fat, just hot enough (ie a single drop of whatever I happen to be drinking boils when dropped in); tip in the egg; spoon fat over it until the top is cooked, there's no snot and the top of the yolk is just starting to go white. Whip the egg out, drain thoroughly against the side of the pan.
No crispy bits, no undercooked white, no snot, gorgeous runny yolk. My fried eggs are legendary the length and breadth of my immediate family . . .
(Like the butter idea, though.)
Nice touch. Reading through the comments, I see that folks like there fried egg many different ways.
Hack for seasoning the egg put the salt and pepper after
If you’re at the pub you won’t notice the snot on the cackleberries if you’ve a had a couple or three cold ones .
Bloody great vid Adam, funny as hell 😂😂
And interesting 👍
Haha cheers David mate
I learnt to fry a perfect egg from Delia Smith, which is basically your method No. 3. She adds some butter straight to the oil and then cracks the eggs and bastes them. That’s the way my family loves their fried eggs done. Butter adds gorgeous flavour! 👍🏻🍳
By the way just this morning I was watching Jamie Oliver’s ‘how to boil an egg” video and noticed your comment there about April fool’s day! 😀 Wasn’t sure it was you at first 😀.
Love our Delia. She's brilliant. Hope you're keeping safe and thanks for watching 🙂
4th method. Last two minutes cover with a lid to cook to snot
Good video, thanks
Butter fried bacon and eggs are my go-to😍
Yes and yes!
There is a technique to stainless steel egg frying and you have to bring the pan up slowly to temp then add oil or grease never spray oil from a can, then a room temp egg will give best results. I got rid of my old pots and pans and bought tri-clad stainless and i love them however, just because i have them i tend to grab my non stick pans. My mum loved her eggs crisp fried in red hot bacon grease and basted with it and that's how i learned to cook a fried egg in a well seasoned cast iron frying pan. fried bread in bacon grease with fried eggs omg yuppers xx
Lou is going give you down the banks over this nicely done demo ^_^
Correct Aunty Brenda, Stainless steel needs a bit more attention to work with. And Lou is going to love this video! XD
@@Adam_Garratt lmao you are probably right but good job she doesen't live next door
Gonna try third method 😇
Sunny side up, over medium, basted.
I use butter only, low and slow.
Cats have no regard whatsoever when they need to lay a turd. ;)
He does it at the most inconvenient moments 😂
I can make an amazing filet mignon with beautiful asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes. I rarely make eggs and needed this video because I'm craving a great drippy fried egg this morning.
A proper fried egg is a thing of beauty isn't it 😋
@@Adam_Garratt Nothing better than a fried egg and some bacon on a Sunday morning. I have to do #2, over easy. Both the fried egg and the bacon have to be American style though lol, hello from California!
Hilarious and well done.
Ty
Have you ever seen a Thai person eat a fried egg? Ok? They want that egg crispier than bacon around those edges and then some. These methods are nice for many, but the lesson is a lot of people have way different expectations for what makes a fried egg.
Haha lou is gonna love this video
It'll be her favourite video of all time Jen haha
The first 2 methods I thought to myself: "This dude doesn't know how to cook if his life depended on it." Then I got to method 3 and thought: "I may have spoken too soon." Lol. Although adding a few drops of water to the pan and putting a lid on top so the steam cooks the top of the egg also works extremely well too :)
🤣🤣🤣
i always spoon over the oil or if i have beans i put them in and spoon them over the egg oh yeh !!
Bean juice basted egg. Makes sense, but also slightly unnvering for some reason 😂😉
@@Adam_Garratt So now i've just had fried egg and tomatoes on toast with some chinese 5 spice for fun delish !
I just use more oil and swirl the pan to get the hot oil on top of the egg and get the snoty bits cooked off. Or use a spoon to get the hot oil on top of the egg like he did with butter. This way only a thin layer on the top of the yolk is cooked. I think flipping over kills off more of the good stuff in the yolk but not sure about that.
Thanks... I sometimes mess up my egg... As it gets stuck to the bottom... Yet on some pans they don't... Now you made me realize. I love fried eggs
Great video
In PAKISTAN we eats fried eggs with Paratha not with spoon or knife because Paratha enhance fried egg's taste.
Well not a useless video I always learn something watching your videos. Never knew the uncooked part of the egg was called snot. I like 1st way, however if you put a lid on it, you get a better cooked egg. Version 2 anytime I did it I would break the egg, and version 3 I never tried but I might need to. Hope all is well Adam.
Thank you Chris! Appreciate it mate. Yeah egg snot is nasty, I don't think that's the official name for it but that's what I call it 😂
Adam Garratt hehe
I cannot stand a crispy white. I don’t like the texture or the taste. I cook eggs in a lot more oil, hot at first, then add a lid and reduce the heat to virtually nothing or even turn the heat off. This cooks the egg through without the crispy bit. I also season the egg once it is on the plate.
I use method 3 but a bit different. I don't flip the egg as agree the yoke can break. I spoon over the top of the whole egg, including the yoke for a few seconds with the oil that is in the pan. I like the yoke runny but cooked a bit on top. Going to try with the butter though as bet it tastes even better than using the oil. Sorry but I don't like crispy on the white so I cook mine for less time so the white part has no crispness.
The butter just adds a little extra. Much better than flavourless oil. Thanks for watching Neal, hope you're keeping safe
@@Adam_Garratt Thanks Adam. Yes, I'm fine thanks. Hope you are too.
Just ditched my Teflon for Cast Iron and the milk cartoon liquified egg sauce for actual eggs (which are now CHEAPER) and I’m looking for the optimum heat/time… would go from #2 to #3 but I’m lactose intolerant and YES it does cause me problems!!!
Put a lid on the pan to cook the top 👌🏽👌🏽 the egg won't be as golden but it'll still look good
3 for me
As ever good
Cheers Gary
Don't think medium heat will burn extra virgin olive oil lol. I'v been cooking eggs with it my entire life and no complaints
I actually watched a video recently that said the same thing, as long as it's not too hot it should be fine. So I think i'll try it
that egg mess happened to me too!
I don't have any fixed way. I do an Over-Tacky or a basted one. For a Sandwich it has to be tacky otherwise you lose half the yolk on the first bite and need to wash your shirt. Otherwise, not fussey. To be honest I prefer a poached egg on a plate. Never dared try one in a sandwich and hard boiled in a sandwich but a fried egg sandwich is decadent.
Absolutely James. A fried egg sandwich is a simple but awesome little treat. Hope you're well mate
I have read top restaurants get a new starter to fry an egg as part of the interview process
Correct. Rick Stein used to do this with his new chefs
Adam Garratt cheers I knew one of those chefs did as it’s a skill to get it perfect Butter makes a huge difference
No oil.
Water in a very quite hot pan, double the amount than oil you would use.
Water in the hot pan, egg in, season it, lid on... wait a few minutes.
Less fat, poached-fried egg... my method for years.
Nice👌👌
Cheers Binita
Oh how they took the piss out of St.Delia for teaching people how to cook eggs!
I know you'll think I'm being sqeamish and perhaps hyper-sensitive but I do abhor references to food in conjunction with mention of nasal mucus. I also take the view that things that can be eaten raw don't need much cooking. Try this, a raw egg in a pint of Guinness, pour the stout into the glass, let it settle and drink-off an inch. Then break the egg into the Guinness, it will sink to the bottom which leaves with a 'treat' as you finish the glass, not unlike eating an oyster. I once did this in a pub in London, that will remain nameless, 6 pints, 6 eggs and I left the empty egg book. Gone on I dare you. As far as cooking the eggs is concerned you could have put more 'fat' in number 1 and left out 2. Leaving you more time to empty the cat litter tray. I suspect given your location you're in 'super lock-down' just now but stay strong we're rooting for you.
Oh jayyyysus no 😂😂. You won't catch me doing that ever 🤮😂. Hats off to you though having the stomach for that though. All the best and thank you for the support. 😉🙂
I always use method 3 -- but I don't like crispy whites
It seems quite a lot of people don't like a crispy white. I like both to be fair. I just like the frilly lacey savouryness of a crispy edge. X
@@Adam_Garratt Oh Adam - don't use words like frilly and lacy --- ruins your street cred ;) x
@@hammadoolass 😂😂😂😂
been up long
DON’T use extra virgin olive oil? Never heard that before.
i’m 2
If you are stuck with a pan everything sticks to, place a sheet of baking paper in the pan before you start.
Cool tip, thanks Ian
Have you ever used egg coddler?
I don't think i have. although i have heard about them
I have got some.
Nice to "celebrate" breakfast.
Not for every day.
I like to cook my eggs without saying snot.
That's nice for you 🤷♂️
How to boil an egg up next?
Good idea
💯 ❤
How ever
SUNNY SIDE UP
With eggs and in real life as well.
Thanks mate.
You're welcome mate
Move the litter box outta the kitchen area! 😂😬
It was in the hallway. He just craps a lot 😂
@@Adam_Garratt I hope you’ll feature him in a video now: “the man behind the poop!”
Watching this video nearly made me sick, runny yolk, ick, ick and triple ick.
I hate egg snot >.
Horrible isn't it 😂🤮
Why open with cat poo
I would not eat any of those eggs sorry 😐
How NOT to fry eggs, 3 different ways!
Your point? 🤷♂️
Snot. What a way to make me want an egg. Ewwwww
yummy egg snot 😂
I HATE SNOTTY EGGS
I'd rather smell cat poo than eggs 🤣🤣🤣
Well that's a new one still loool