Do you love eggs as much as we do? Find a few different ways to cook an egg! You may just find a new favorite egg recipe.
We love eggs! We love eating eggs and cooking eggs and all the health benefits that come along with adding eggs to your diet. Read more about eggs are the perfect food.
How Many Ways Can You Cook an Egg?
- Fried Eggs – Sunny Side up, Over-Medium or Over-Hard
- Poached Eggs – Eggs Benedict
- Scrambled Eggs – with cheese or ham and chese
- Hard Boiled Eggs – Deviled Eggs
- Soft Boiled Eggs
- Baked Eggs
- Sunny Side Up Eggs
- Over Easy Eggs
- Over Hard Eggs
- Microwave Eggs
We Love Fried Eggs –
Fried eggs are easy to prepare. All you need are eggs, butter, a little salt and pepper and a quality skillet. There are a few ways to make fried eggs: sunny side up, over-easy, over-medium or over-hard.
Instructions: Melt butter in medium-sized skillet. Gently crack eggs into pan. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Let cook for about 2-3 minutes. Flip eggs and cook additional 30 seconds to 1 minute or until white is firm to your liking.
Sunny Side Up – Egg are cooked but not flipped.
Over-Easy -Eggs are flipped but only cooked briefly on the flipped side – yolk is runny.
Over-Medium – Egg is flipped and cooked on both sides and the yolk part is just a little runny.
Over-Hard – Eggs are cooked longer on the flipped side and the yolk is hard.
Learn how to make our Pittsburgh favorite – Dippy Eggs!
See how to cook over-hard eggs
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs are the favorite of many. There are so many options when it comes to your basic scramble eggs. Scrambled eggs are quick, delicious and also nutritious. The basic ingredients for scrambled eggs are: eggs, milk, salt & pepper and butter to cook the eggs in the skillet. See Basic Scrambled Eggs Here.
Instructions: Crack 2 eggs into a small bowl and add 2 tablespoons of milk. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Whip lightly using a fork. Melt 1 tablespoon butter into a medium-sized skillet. Pour eggs into skillet and let cook for about 30 seconds. Using a spatula, push eggs around the skillet lightly until eggs are cooked through and light and fluffy.
Simple Additions to Scrambled Eggs: cheese, ham, herbs, salsa, cream cheese, jalapenos, and tomatoes is a few healthy additions.
Learn how to make our favorite Scrambled Cheese Eggs.
Baked Eggs
Baked Eggs almost seem like a luxury. Yum. Something you might read about in a good book. What you need for your baked eggs is: 2 eggs, butter, salt & pepper and two ramekin cups.
Instructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter two ramekin cups and gently break each egg into 1 cup. Lightly salt and pepper. Bake on a cookie sheet for about 10 -12 minutes. You can also add a little oil or cream to the bottom of the cups if you like.
Try our Recipe for Yummy Baked Eggs
Poached Eggs
Definitely a favorite egg of ours – the beloved poached egg. Nothing beats a delicious plate of Eggs Benedict with English muffin, ham or Canadian bacon, poached egg and savory lemony sauce. Learning how to make poached eggs may take a few tries, but once you get the hang of it, you will love these eggs.
Instructions: Bring about an inch of lightly salted water to a boil in a small skillet. Crack your egg into a small cup and then gently pour the egg into the simmering water. Cover the skillet and cook for about 3-4 minutes. Cook a bit longer depending on how firm you would like your yolk. You can also add a small amount of white vinegar to the water. There are also Teflon poached egg cups that make this process very easy.
Same as the fried egg, you can time the cooking of the eggs to have the yolks runny or hard. You can learn more about poached eggs here.
Poached eggs are easy to store and then quickly reheated for breakfast every morning.
Boiled Eggs
Hard Boiled Eggs are simple to cook just add water to a pan and gently drop in your eggs. Once the eggs come to a light boil set the time for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes of cooking time, drain the eggs and refill the same pan with cold water to stop the cooking process. Let sit for a few minutes to cool before using. Read more on how to boil eggs.
A soft-boiled egg where the yolk is still a bit runny is similar to a poached egg. Cook eggs for about 6 minutes in the boiling water.
Add chopped hard-boiled egg to your fresh tuna salad along with some chopped celery and homemade mayonnaise.
Make Egg Salad and Deviled Eggs with Hard Boiled Eggs.
Microwave Eggs
What can we say? Sometimes you’re in a hurry and you just need to toss those eggs in your microwave.
Scrambled Microwave Eggs – Beat Togher 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of milk and salt & pepper. Coat a microwave safe small bowl or ramekin with olive oil or butter. Cover with plastic wrap with a small vent. Cook for about 1 minute. Remove and stir and then cook for an additional 10 – 30 seconds. Add cheese to eggs after 1 minute of cooking time.
Two More Easy Ways to Cook an Egg –
Make an Omelet. An omelet is similar to scrambled eggs with the exception during cooking the eggs are not scrambled but left to cook on very low heat until firm.
Instructions: Beat together 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons of milk or cream and a little salt & pepper. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a medium-sized skillet on medium heat. Gently pour the egg mixture into the skillet and let cook on low for about 1 minute. Use a spatula to gently start to lift the edges of the egg away from the pan. Tilt the pan back and forth to get the uncooked parts cooked. Cook for about 2 1/2 minutes or until cooked to your liking. Add cheese to one side of the omelet if desired and then use the spatula to lift and fold over the edge. You can garnish your omelte with cooked ham and tomatoes or sprinkle with herbs. Heat up some salsa and add to the top with some Mexican cheese.
Make a Frittata – Another interesting way to cook eggs is to make a Frittata. A Frittata is very similar to an omelet only is cooked and then baked. There are many interesting ways to make a Frittata pie.
There are many ways to cook an egg but not all eggs are created equal. Find out the best eggs to purchase from your local grocery store. The Best Eggs to Buy or How to Choose Your Eggs.
- Remember – Eggs will continue cooking after removed from the heat. Adjust your time for this additional cooking.
Try a few of our Favorite Egg Recipes –
Scrambles Eggs on Cinnamon Toast
Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Cheese
Salmon with Eggs
How to Cook Sunny Side up Eggs
