How do I ask for eggs, sunny-side-up, but with the top cooked more thoroughly?
If I ask for eggs, sunny-side-up, they will have yellow barely cooked yolks. At home I avoid this by placing a lid and creating hot air or steam that cooks the top more thoroughly. How do I ask for this style at a restaurant? What term do I use?
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As you and others have observed, there is no unambiguous yet precise set of egg vocabulary for you to use here that will be understood generally, especially in countries where it is not common for people to have very specific egg requests in restaurants/cafés/diners/etc.
Instead, I would advise you to politely explain your preference when you order, in much the same way as the title and body of your question: 'I'd like my eggs fried but with the top cooked more thoroughly rather than runny, if that's possible'. The cooks are the food preparation experts here and they know what equipment is available to them, and this avoids linguistic issues or confusing them by demanding a specific method of achieving your goal.
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What do you call sunny side up eggs that are slightly cooked on the top?
Over easy eggs are cooked on both sides, but the yolk remains runny. Make sunny side up eggs, then flip and cook 30 seconds with the yolk side down. On the plate, the top of over easy eggs appear white.Is Sunny side up fully cooked?
A sunny-side up egg is cooked undisturbed until the whites are just barely set, and the yolk is still raw and translucent. Over-easy eggs are flipped \u201cover\u201d to lightly sear the top of the egg, containing the still-runny yolk in a package of set whites.How do you ask for sunny side up eggs?
Egg Ordering Quick Summary Over Easy: White is set on one side and barely set on the other so whites are slightly runny. Yolk is warm and runny. If you want firm whites but a completely runny yolk order sunny side up. Over Medium: The most popular cook.What is a trick you can do for sunny side up eggs so that they will cook more evenly?
Crack the egg directly into the pan. Let the white set on the bottom, about 30 seconds to 1 minute, then use a silicone spatula to tap the unset white in three places around the yolk. This breaks the structure of the white that encases the yolk and allows the white to fall away from the yolk slightly and begin to cook.EGG OVER EASY - How to make PERFECT OVER EASY EGGS demonstration
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Answer 2
You can ask for eggs over easy.
This is when the cook flips the egg over once it's ready and allows the yolk to cook a bit on the hot surface of the pan. The phrase is an American one, if I'm not mistaken, but is probably understood anywhere.
Answer 3
If they have a heat lamp, ask them to hold it beneath the lamp closer than it would be on the counter for half a minute. Use it like a toaster, because that's really only way you can get it cooked to that level of detail. You don't want to cover and baste it, nor can you flip them. You could use a torch but that may overcook them or burn the whites.
Answer 4
There are two different techniques possible here – obviously, simply frying for a longer time will cook the yolk more thouroghly. You might order this as “sunny-side up, well done”.
However, what you achieve by cooking with a lid isn't really considered just frying, but Basting, so what you want to ask for is probably a basted egg.
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