what is the trick to cooking an egg over easy without breaking the yoke?

Answer 1

It's called a 30/10, all in the motion of the arm and wrist, slide the egg forward and jerk back with a smooth catch, count 10 repeat flip, plate. ORDER UP!

Answer 2

My husband has the most luck with over easy eggs (dunkin' eggs as my 4 year old calls them). He says the trick is hot and fast! Your skillet must be hot before the egg touches it. The skillet has to be hot enough to cook the white fast enough before the yellow starts to harden. When your white starts to brown a little on the edge, just slightly- using a metal spatula(they have a thinner edge and will do a better job), carefully loosen the egg from pan and flip close to the pan. The higher you drop the egg from, the harder it will fall and will likely break the yolk! If the white has not started to brown a little, the white is not very strong and your yellow could break through when you pick it up off the pan. The more you practice the easier it will get.

Also- Fresh eggs!!!!!! You must use fresh eggs- old yolks are more likely to break upon cracking the egg. A sign of a fresh egg- When you crack open the egg, a fresh yolk is thicker and higher. Old eggs tend to spread all over the pan more than fresh ones!

Good luck

Answer 3

You could try cracking the egg over boiling water and letting it cook in there. Then drain the water and you'll have a yoke that's not broken! Just don't cook it to long or the yoke will be too hard and not runny. Or you could try spreading the white part over when you cook it on a skillet so you have an extra long half to fold it over to protect the yoke this also works great! Good luck!

Answer 4

Crack the egg close to the surface of the pan and open it slowly. Let the white have time to form more of a "bed" before you let the yolk go. Other than that a nonstick pan is a nice thing. Also I spray some non stick spray on my spatula.

Answer 5

No trick, Practice. Get an 8" sauté pan & practice flipping a slice of bread with a forward motion & slight jerk back. Try not to get too much altitude. When you're comfortable with That, try an egg.

Answer 6

take your pan, warm it with the oil your going to use, let it heat up nice and hot before you add the egg. once you add the egg watch for the white of the egg to turn firm on the edge once that happens flip the egg. it happens fast, over easy is hard so practice.

Answer 7

cooking with non stick pan usually does it but i think its in the wrist also a lightly pan spray so egg doesn't stick.if pan is greased enough non stick spatula used should do the trick.happy flipping and flip over as carefully as you can .enjoy.take care.chow 4 now.

Answer 8

Put a lid on the frying pan while the egg is cooking

Answer 9

spray a non stick pan with cooking spray, and spray your spatula.........you also have to let the egg cook long enough before flipping it, otherwise you could pierce the yolk from the bottom, but I've found that spraying the spatula is key especailly if you want to avoid all the fat that the butter method uses.......it's tasty, but deadly

Answer 10

if cooking with butter splash a bit of the butter on top I prefer to flip the egg purchase a large soft flexible spatula its easier to lift and flip eggs