How do you cook over easy eggs?

Question

The proplem is that when I cook them, the yoke of the egg is fully cooked, not liquidy..I just don't want to get sick--so how do I know when It is cooked long enough?

Answer 1

The way my mom taught me to take it is to
1) Put about 2 tablespoons of oil in pan on high heat
2) Test to see if oil is sufficiently hot with a tiny drop of water ..see if it splatters
3) Cark the egg and drop it in
4) Wait till the white is white
5) Using a Spoon tilt the pan and gather some hot oilpour over the yellow part of the egg until the white on top of the yellow part gets white
6) Carefully take out of pan with open spatula and drain excess oil
7)Serve
Hope this helps

Answer 2

Eggs Over Easy Recipe courtesy Alton Brown





2 eggs (the fresher the better)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Salt and pepper

Heat a small non-stick skillet over low heat and add butter. As soon as the butter stops foaming, crack the eggs into the pan. Lift the handle about an inch so that the eggs pool in the far corner of the pan. Hold for 30 seconds or until the whites start to set, then lower the handle and give the pan a jiggle just to make sure there's no sticking. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and continue to cook over low heat until the whites become opaque. Jiggle to loosen the eggs, then lift the pan, holding it about a foot above the heat. Now, flip the eggs over by pushing the pan away and snapping upward simultaneously. Once the eggs start their somersault, raise the pan to meet them so that the exposed yolks experience the softest landing possible. The goal of course is to avoid breaking the yolks. If you succeed, count to 10 slowly then flip the eggs again, slide them onto a plate and serve. If the yolks do break, act like you meant them to, fry for another minute and serve. They'll still taste great.

Answer 3

There's an easy way to cheat:
Use a normal-sized (smallish) drinking glass, and make a hole in the middle of a piece of bread. Brown both sides of the bread in butter in a skillet. On med-low heat, put about a teaspoon of butter in the hole of the bread, let it melt, and crack an egg in it. Lift the corners of the bread with the spatula, let the white run under the bread. let it cook a moment, then flip it over .Do the same with the white of the egg, if there's any left. Let it cook 30-45 seconds. and serve it. Keep track of the times you let it cook the first time, and the heat it was at, adjust as needed.
This is a good way I like to cook eggs, you have toasted bread, yoke and all.

Answer 4

When you crack the egg, just tap it as lightly as possible on the top, turn the egg toward you as you open it and hold it down as close to the pan as possible so it slides gently and doesn't have too far to fall. Then, as it cooks, slide the spatula gently under the white part when it has solidified. Jiggle the spatula back and forth a bit against the bottom of the pan, under the egg white, to prepare for the hardest part - flipping the egg. It has to be totally cooked on the bottom and unstuck before you can flip it over. It doesn't take long after you flip it over for the egg to be done. If it's overcooked, the yolk won't be all nice and runny.

Answer 5

Put a lid on the pan when cooking the eggs. First wait until they are about half finished (liquid half gone). Once there is a film cooked on the top because of the lid, they are more solid. then you can flip them for a small "burn" without breaking the yoke.

Answer 6

Check the edges of the white when you cook them ~ when they turn opaque, flip the egg quickly and cook for a few seconds more. If you use pasturized eggs, there isn't much of a risk cooking them over easy. I worked in a fine dining restaurant on the morning line and we had no problems cooking them this way. Good luck!

Answer 7

For ch+++ sake don't be a wuss. Your not going to croak from an egg. As far as over easy, cook it until you can handle it(with a spatula) flip it over for about 5-7 seconds. Any longer it makes a good door stop.! Damned medical studies, one day it's oak leaves, the next it's touching door knobs. You'll die from worrying about getting a germ. The stress is unbelievable..

Answer 8

crack your eggs and put them in a pan. Then let the one side of your eggs cook for about two minutes. Then flip your eggs and let the other side cook for about two minutes try not to let the yoke crack. PUT your spatula under the eggs and put it on your plate.

Answer 9

I have always wanted to make perfect over easy eggs. Usually I just fry mine and when the white starts to get solid I add some water and cover. Lately though I have also about that time, carefully started to lift the egg and gently turn it over. Works pretty good.

Answer 10

You say the problem is that the yolk is fully cooked, you want ti liquidy, but you're afraid of getting sick??? WTH???

Just touch the yolk w/ your spatula or jiggle the pan... if the yolk is still runny it will wiggle. Use a fairly high heat.