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there are three recipes that i think
every home cook should know how to make
first step the perfect roast chicken
second a killer vinaigrette you can put
in anything from salad to grilled
vegetables to meats and last but not
least a perfect fried egg one that has
crisp edges tastes a little buttery the
whites are fully cooked through but that
yolk is still a little runny which is
what i'm going to show you how to make
today okay now first off let's talk
about the pan we're going to use a
12-inch non-stick skillet because i'm
making four eggs so you want a lot of
surface area non-stick for the obvious
reason that you want the eggs to come
out of the pan without breaking the yolk
also i have two teaspoons of veg oil
this pan is heating up over low heat and
you want to let it preheat for five
minutes that way there's no hot spots in
the pan so the eggs will cook evenly all
right so while that's heating up let's
talk about the eggs i'm going to use
four large eggs and you don't want to
crack them one at a time into a hot pan
because the cooking time on these eggs
is really short about a minute so if you
crack them one at a time they're all
going to be at various stages of
doneness so you want to crack them into
two bowls so you can add them at once no
magic here just cracking except you
don't want to break any yolks because in
my world a broken yolk means you have a
rough day ahead so take your time
all right
now we're just going to season with a
little salt and pepper and if you want
to this is when you can jazz it up a bit
you want to add a little cayenne a
little smoked paprika a little chili
powder or a little cereal pepper if
you've ever had that on eggs it's good
stuff all right so the eggs are ready
and now this skillet has been heating up
for five minutes i turn the heat up to
medium high and i'm going to look for
this oil to start to shimmer that's
going to let me know that the skillet is
hot enough to fry the eggs and get those
crisp edges so while that is heating up
i'm going to get some butter that i've
been keeping cold in the fridge
the oil is starting to shimmer now i'm
going to slice off just a little bit of
butter about two teaspoons a little less
than a tablespoon again this butter is
nice and cold cutting it into small
pieces we're going to add it to the
skillet
yup a little bit of sizzle is perfect
now the butter
just adds flavor
we're gonna swirl the skillet around get
that butter to melt nice and quickly
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oh perfect all right now in go the eggs
and as soon as the eggs go in i'm gonna
put the lid on cooking the eggs under
the lid is the other thing that most
people skip but it's really important
because you want to trap the steam and
that'll help cook the egg whites that
are sitting on top and the timer gets
started for one minute
okay here i have some plates all ready
to go with some nice oven-cooked bacon
if you don't cook your baking in the
oven you are missing out because it
cooks through perfectly and my favorite
whole grain toast some coffee and orange
juice you can find that bacon recipe by
the way on our website america's
americastestkitchen.com
all right that's been a minute and now
last but not least the key to perfectly
cooked eggs is to slide the skillet off
the heat to let them finish cooking that
way you won't overcook the yolk now
you're going to let this sit off the
heat anywhere from 15 seconds up to a
minute or more depending on how you like
your yolks now i like my yolks on the
runny side so i'm usually around 15-20
seconds
okay now look at these eggs the top of
the yolks that albumin that egg white
has just clouded over but you can see
the yolks are still runny all right i'm
gonna cut this in half
here we go we're gonna slide
on one plate
oh
time to dig in while they're good and
hot
i love doing it with a piece of toast
best bite of the day right here
oh
yes
mm-hmm
you breaking oh
look at that
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good morning
now i'll use the fork
this part this fried edge
it's like diner style eggs right i dip
it a little in the oak
oh yeah
let the day begin so if you want to make
perfect fried eggs remember to heat that
skillet up first for five minutes
next you want to make sure you cover
that skillet while you're cooking the
eggs and last but not least slide that
skillet off the heat to finish cooking
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home perfect fried eggs
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