Frying only one side of eggs on a pan

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When you break the egg on the pan directly [the situation when yolk is left intact], what measures can be used to fry the egg from one side only and also kill the bacteria on the non fried side?

Do I need to fry the bottom til it becomes "brown" which will ensure that heat has reached up to the top?

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Best Answer

There are three ways I know of to cook the egg all the way through without turning it:

  1. Break the egg into a hot pan and turn the heat down, wait until the egg is cooked all the way through - this would probably be considered over-cooked sunny side up.

  2. Break the egg into the fat left in the pan, or the fat that has been put into the pan (there needs to be a lot of it), once the bottom firms up a bit, use the spatula to sweep the hot fat over the top of the egg, cooking it on top with the hot fat while the bottom cooks from the burner/fire whatever.

  3. Break the egg into the hot pan then cover the egg(s) or the entire pan with a lid and turn the heat down a bit; this will steam the eggs, cooking the top and the bottom at the same time - this is called smothered eggs.

All that being said, understand that undercooked and raw eggs are eaten regularly by many people; some examples are Caesar salad dressing, raw egg in milk shake (protein booster), steak tartare, sunny side-up eggs to name a few.



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Quick Answer about "Frying only one side of eggs on a pan"

The difference is that over-easy eggs are flipped before removing from the pan, while sunny-side-up eggs only cook on one side. Eggs over-medium and over-hard just require longer cook time on their flipped side so the yolk is semi or completely cooked, respectively.

Do you have to fry an egg on both sides?

There a four basic styles of fried eggs\u2014sunny side up, over easy, over medium and over well\u2014indicating the level of doneness. 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.

Which method of cooking egg is fried on one side only?

Sunny-side up This style lets only one side of the egg cook.

How do you cook one fried egg at once?

But there's a simple solution that will have you serving up a batch of perfect eggs\u2014that aren't stuck together\u2014in no time. The trick is to drop each egg into the pan about 10 to 15 seconds apart. Adding each egg to the pan just a few seconds apart allows the whites to firm up and will stop them from sticking together.

How long does it take to cook one side of an egg?

3 minutes for really soft boiled yolk and set white. 4 minutes for slightly set yolk and set white. 5 minutes for a medium cooked firmer yolk and white.


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Answer 2

I do not worry much about salmonella myself, but I know it is possible to pasteurize your egg first.

After this, fry your egg as normal and enjoy it just as you like it.

  • note: this will only reduce the risk. But then again the risk is already quite low, esp. if you take care to heat the eggshell before using the egg. You can never completely eliminate the risk, even if you burn the egg to a crisp.

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