FRI ED EG GS Fried eggs are my husband’s favorite. I think he’d be happy eating a fried egg, bacon, and buttered toast three times a day, and that sort of becomes our default dinner when I don’t have anything defrosted and we haven’t been grocery shopping in a while. So I’ve had a lot of experience cooking the perfect fried egg over the years. Fresh eggs are best for frying your eggs because you want the white to stay nestled around the yolk and not spread out in the pan. The yolk of a fresh egg is also less likely to break than the yolk of an older egg, which makes fresh eggs ideal for frying. My husband prefers his fried egg sunny-side up: a partially cooked orange yolk centered in the middle of the cooked egg white. I like mine over easy, with the yolk cooked a bit more. Fortunately, it’s simple to fry eggs sunny-side up, over easy, and over hard right in the same skillet. No matter which you prefer, eggs should be fried slowly so they cook evenly. 28
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