Can a large number of eggs be scrambled in a pot?
I am looking cook a breakfast goulash to serve 30 people. It seems like breakfast goulash is usually done in a large frying pan (see this recipe).
The quantity I am aiming to make, however, will not fit in any frying pan, so I am wondering if I can carry this out in a very large pot. However, will 30-40 eggs properly cook in a pot, and are there any nuances I should be aware of?
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You are going to have trouble scaling that recipe up to that size, due to the limited heat output of a home type burner element or electrical element. They can only have sufficient power to brown so many hash browns, or cook so many eggs at once. Furthermore, most home cooks don't have a pan with sufficient surface area to manage that quantity of ingredient in one go--there is a reason that restaurants and institutions use large flat griddles for the purpose, not large pots.
Instead, I recommend that you look to a class of similar breakfast casserole dishes that you can bake. This will offer you better scalability, and less risk of scorching or burning, and almost certainly be less work.
It is much easier to put two or three casseroles in the oven than to manage a stove top dish at that scale.
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How do you scramble large quantities of eggs?
We have found that a small saucepan is better for making scrambled eggs than a skillet. The shape of the saucepan traps the heat differently and is able to cook our eggs from the side and slightly from the top as well as from the main heat source on the bottom, providing a better cooked fluffier scramble.Can you scramble eggs in a pot?
In my experience 4 eggs tends to be the easiest to deal with in a standard medium-sized skillet and scrambles the most evenly. For a small skillet, try 2 eggs at a time. If you have a very large skillet (over 11\u2033), try 6 at a time.How many eggs can you scramble at once?
You can keep them warm in the crock pot for about 4-5 hours. If you leave them in too long eventually they will become rubbery, so it's best to eat them within 4-5 hours.Gordon Ramsay's Scrambled Eggs
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You can scramble your eggs in batches and keep them warm in the oven at around 60ºC. This way, when you're going to serve the scrambled eggs, they're going to be warm. At that temperature, the eggs are going to be safe and won't overcook.
Check-out these charts about food-safety, there's one for eggs.
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