Can one use cooked egg to make fried eggs (sunny side up)? [duplicate]

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A Close-Up Shot of a Sunny Side Up Egg with Two Egg Yolks

As a kid, I never really liked cooked eggs, but fried ones. Naturally, I've always wondered if cooked eggs could be reused to make fried eggs with sunny side up instead of using new raw ones. I thought it was probably a really stupid question, but then I've found these related questions:

Now, obviously, it seems a very tall order to get runny yolk if it's already cooked, but what is the closest thing we can get? How close can we get to dipping bread into yolk?



Best Answer

As far as i know, there's no way to actually uncook the egg or change it from a boiled egg to a fried one - even the method used in the question about un-boiling only referred to whites. You might be able to alter the texture and perhaps presentation to make your boiled egg look similar to a fried one, if that helps?

Well, solid whites are solid whites - I would expect the texture to be pretty similar from boiled to fried, though you might slice them thinly and fry them if you want the extra grease, hardened edges and browning in your egg whites. Additionally, if you have them sliced thinly, and lay them overlapping on a very hot oiled pan, you might encourage them to stick together (with browned and hardened bits holding the pieces together) in a shape similar to fried egg whites, although it will still be more fragile and prone to breaking at the seams.

Yolk is trickier, since it won't un-set into liquid once it has set up - even the process noted in un-boiling an egg was only for egg whites. A hard boiled egg is dry enough to act as a paste, so just mashing it won't do - on the other hand, adding some liquid (perhaps butter for flavor and color) and blending into a thick liquid could get you a looser, still egg-flavored and buttery-tasty sauce to dip your toast in, very similar to dipping in just yolk. As a bonus, you would likely have more yolk-sauce than you would actual yolk, so you get extra dipping action.

I've used set yolks to make a sauce (although that was gelatinized by drying, not set by boiling), and the result was very thick - it took a lot of liquid and still wanted to set up as a paste when I let it sit. So a set-yolk sauce may turn out to need quite a bit of liquid to reach runny yolk consistency, or it may have a tendency to re-thicken quickly. But I think it would still be possible.




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Are fried eggs and sunny side up the same?

Sunny-side up: The egg is fried until the white is just set and the yolk is runny. It is not flipped and is served with the yolk up. Over-easy: The egg is fried, then flipped, and cooked briefly on the yolk side. Over-medium: The egg is fried, then flipped and cooked until the yolk is only slightly runny.

What is a fully cooked sunny side up egg called?

Sunny side up: The egg is fried with the yolk up and is not flipped. Over easy: The egg is flipped and the yolk is still runny. Over medium: The egg is flipped and the yolk is only slightly runny. Over well: The egg is flipped and the yolk is cooked hard.

Is Sunny Side Up yolk cooked?

Both sunny-side up and over easy eggs are fried in fat until their whites (albumen) are set. A sunny-side up egg is cooked undisturbed until the whites are just barely set, and the yolk is still raw and translucent.

Are sunny side up eggs half cooked?

Sunny side up eggs are eggs cooked until the whites are solid but the yolk is still runny. Usually it takes about 2 to 3 minutes to cook on medium low heat. The round yellow yolk gives a sun-like appearance, hence the name.



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