How to Cook Eggs

Learning how to cook eggs is a great step in learning to cook because you can do so much with eggs. Whether it is a boiled egg, scrambled, quiche or you are creating a meringue, eggs are used in a variety of dishes. This cooking lesson will teach you some cooking methods for eggs as well as how to make stiff peaks from egg whites and recipes to try.

How to Cook Eggs

Cook Hard Boiled Eggs

This is the best way to cook hard boiled eggs. Add your eggs to a medium pan and cover with water. Once it starts boiling put a tight fitting lid on and turn off heat. Let sit 10-15 minutes. I like to start this process earlier than I need them. Then I walk away and come back after awhile to use the hard boiled eggs.

How Fry an Egg

Heat skillet until warm. Crack egg directly into the frying pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Turn heat to medium-low. Cover with a lid and cook several minutes. Flip to other side and continue to cook until done. If you like your yolk runny, you'll need to quit cooking when egg whites are set.

Cook Scrambled Eggs

1-2 eggs
1 teaspoon water
pinch of salt and pepper
Chopped ham, as much as desired, optional
Shredded cheese, as much as desired, optional
shredded zucchini, chopped vegetables, optional
Crack eggs into bowl.  Stir in water and season with salt and pepper. Add any "extras" you might like. Blend together. Heat skillet on the stove. Add eggs to hot pan and stir with a spatula until eggs are completely cooked.

How to Cook Poached Eggs

Cook Eggs in Microwave

You don't neccesarily need a microwave egg cooker, although I really love mine. You can make them right in a glass. See how to cook eggs in the microwave.

How to Make an Omelet

How to Make Quiche

How to Separate Eggs

To separate eggs, crack an egg over a bowl. Using the shell or an egg separator tool, separate the egg white from the egg yolk. You need to do this when make puddings, hollandaise sauce, or making meringue.

You make Angel Food Cake with egg whites. This is a good recipe to practice separating eggs as it takes almost a dozen egg whites to make an angel food cake.

Beating egg whites for a long time turns into stiff peaks.

Angel Food Cake
1 Cup flour +2 Tablespoons
3/4 Cup sugar +2 Tablespoons
12 egg whites
1 ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ Cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon almond extract
Heat oven to 375. Sift flour and ¾ C. + 2 T. sugar; set aside. Combine extracts in small bowl and set aside. Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and slat until it forms peaks. Add the ¾ C. of sugar slowly, then beat on high until stiff peaks form. Beating on low add flour mixture and extracts slowly. Spoon into an angel food cake pan. Move a knife through batter to remove air pockets. Bake 30-35 minutes. Invert pan onto tin funnel to cool.

Baked cake with strawberries

More Egg Recipes

What else can you cook with eggs? LOTS! Here are a few starters:
French Toast
Crepes
Cookies
Cakes
Pancakes
Quick breads
Egg Casserole
Egg Drop Soup
Egg Cupcakes
Egg Salad

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