Perfect Fried Eggs
 
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Dana:
Serves: 2 eggs
Ingredients
  • 1 tsp coconut oil (substitutes: avocado, ghee, butter, or bacon fat)
  • 2 eggs
Directions
  1. Take out a small skillet, measure out your oil in the pan, and heat it over medium-high heat for about 1 minute.
  2. Carefully crack your egg on the side of the pan (not enough to break it open) and then use both hands to fully crack it open in the skillet. Do the same with the other egg. They should immediately form a white layer on the bottom of the pan.
  3. Turn the heat to medium-low and set your timer for 5 minutes.
  4. Walk away. (But not so far that you can’t hear your timer)
  5. When 5 minutes are up, the yolks should still be yellow and pretty runny, but the whites should be completely cooked through. An easy way to test this is to jiggle the pan and see if the whites move. If they’re not done, cook for an additional minute. And re-test.
  6. Take the pan off the heat, turn off the burner, and use a spatula to remove the eggs from the pan.
  7. Eat up! Put those eggs on top of some delicious things and garnish (or douse) them with delicious toppings. Deliciousness all around.
Notes
Want to know a secret? Sometimes I’m super impatient and don’t want to wait 5 minutes. So I pop a lid on the skillet and those babies are done in about 3 minutes. A thin white layer will form over the top of the yolks. Just keep checking on them (with the jiggle trick) because it’s much easier for the yolks to overcook this way.
Recipe by Dana Monsees Nutrition at https://www.realfoodwithdana.com/perfect-fried-eggs/