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How to Make the Best Scrambled Eggs

You won't find these eggs at Denny's. These achieve a soft texture like polenta and are akin to scrambled eggs you'd get at a 4 Star restaurant

Micah n' Eric Do Food

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Once you have eggs like these you'll never go back! The difference with these eggs and the rubbery ones you get at short order places, is the time invested to cook. We used 5 eggs to serve 2 people

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Combine eggs and 1Tbsp of the butter in a room temperature fry pan and season lightly with salt. Place over low heat to cook

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Break the yolks and whisk gently and constantly at a slow speed while scraping the bottom and sides of the pan

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Keep whisking gently while your eggs are cooking

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Once the first batch of butter melts away, add the remainder of the butter and a pinch of cayenne pepper (optional, if you're into that sort of thing)

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The eggs will start to thicken, get creamy and small curds will begin to form. This will take about 3-5 minutes. Continue whisking remembering to scrape the bottom and sides of the pan

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Once your eggs start clumping together, they are almost done. Be careful not to over cook, you want to retain a little bit of moisture.

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You'll know your eggs are done when they look like golden cottage cheese and glisten a little bit.

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Plate your eggs, crack some black pepper on top to provide some nice color contrast and serve. GET READY FOR THE BEST SCRAMBLED EGGS EVER!

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5 Eggs

1 ½ Tablespoons Butter

2 Pinches Kosher Salt & Cracked Black Pepper

1 Pinch Cayenne pepper(optional)

1 Nonstick Fry Pan

1 Whisk

Love this recipe. For just a little bit of saltiness I add a few capers. Yum.

Parveen Ahmed 3 weeks ago

I just read that the secret to scrambled eggs is patience. It really works!

Cathy Mitchell 4 weeks ago

@sophie haha you're welcome. I do what I can

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 4 weeks ago

@sn thanks for the tip @tutorialdoctor

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 4 weeks ago

THANKYOU SO MUCH!!! They tasted amazing I hate eggs but now I love them. You little boss. Hahaha.

Sophie B last month

Adding some milk will make them fluffy. Nice eggs!

Tutorial Doctor last month

That's a lot more butter than i would care for. Any less fattening substitute you can suggest to retain the creaminess? :)

S N last month

@jenna that sounds like an awesome substitution! Gotta try that out

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last month

@nahlaking that's awesome!

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last month

@asia you are correct, it does look like more than a half tbs. I'm glad it turned out well! I don't ever really like putting measurements down since cooking is more like how you put it... Best to "go with the flow!"

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last month

I make mine that way too except I use milk and cheese instead of butter and they are the best ever so good I eat them almost every weekend😀

Jenna Hallock last month

So good! Haha, eating them now! Added cheese, very delicious!

NahlaKing 🐯 3 months ago

Never mind, I just went with the flow as far as how much butter I used, but it turned out great! I didn't even have the desire to add cheese to my eggs like I usually do. The cayenne pepper added a nice little kick to the eggs...

Asia Williams 4 months ago

I see that your recipe calls for 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter. In the first step, you apparently added 1 tablespoon of the butter. I'm assuming that later on when you add the remaining butter that its only supposed to be 1/2 tablespoon right? I'm asking because it looks like more than that in your picture.

Asia Williams 4 months ago

@ansel hmm never tried it before. it would change the consistency but give it a shot... couldn't hurt to try. if you do let me know how it turns out! @ginger shredder cheddar sounds good

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Add shredded cheddar cheese yummmy

Ginger Kissinger 5 months ago

Yeah can I replace the butter with milk? Tks

Ansel Ou 5 months ago

@bruce you're welcome! let us know how it turns out @ansel are you meaning to replace the butter in this with milk?

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Nice. Thank you! Can I mix some milk with eggs, just like butter with eggs?

Ansel Ou 5 months ago

Now that's what I call an entirely new twist to fried eggs. Thanks. Definitely trying this soon.

Bruce Igor 5 months ago

@vesko you're welcome! thanks for reading

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Thanks for posting this!

Vesko Petkov 5 months ago

@jeremy Paula Dean would not be mad at these eggs haha @ryan that's what I like to hear! @leona slow and steady always wins

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Yum, cooking them slow mo is the key!

Leona Penman 5 months ago

Dominated it. Tasty. Cheers!

Ryan Gardiner 5 months ago

Paula Dean eggs..just keep adding butter!!

Jeremy Rowe 5 months ago

@bil thanks! I agree

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Nothing like a plate of scrambled eggs done right. These look and taste fantastic, I am sure.

Bil Hartman 5 months ago

@ja'nohn welcome! let's us know how it goes

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Sounds fantastic! Thanks guys.

Ja'Nohn Bowen 5 months ago

@anita give it a try

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 5 months ago

Gordon Ramsey has a recipe like this and it's the best! He recommends using a rubber spatula and sporadically removing the pot from the heat while beating the whole time. Don't know if it makes a difference taste wise but thought I'd share!

Steve Madden Mag 5 months ago

Looks good

Anita Sims 5 months ago

@rich haha you're welcome. glad you're gunna keep tweaking it. let me know what you do when it's perfect

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 8 months ago

Loved these! But I put a little too much butter in (if that's possible). I am going to make over and over again tweaking for my tasting. Thanks for the eggcellent recipe!

Rich Munro 8 months ago

Thnk u:)

Gio Pascual 8 months ago

@gio if you don't have a non stick pan, melt the butter first. that will make it so the eggs don't stick as much. if it still sticks, try a little bit of oil. maybe only a teaspoon

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 8 months ago

Uhm..one question? Wat if ur not using a non stick pan? Can u still cook it or u hav eto use oil or sumthing?

Gio Pascual 8 months ago

@karen that's awesome!

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 8 months ago

Wow. It took great patience on my part to completely change my life long "fast cook, high heat, lump egg" method, but I did it. And your method turned out perfect. FYI I have a silicon coated whisk and use a 5" non stick skillet which is perfect for 3 jumbo eggs.

Karen McKnight 8 months ago

@Amy hahah I'm glad you made it out alive. @Summer good job! a year ago I used to never cook... now it's my favorite @Nikki you're welcome!

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) 9 months ago

thanks for the guide. 👍 am gonna add some mushrooms and tomatoes to this 🍳

Nix Yu 10 months ago

I made it and it actually worked !!! :D - can you tell I don't cook much haha

Summer B 10 months ago

I use milk instead of butter but I mix them all to gather before I turn on the heat

Emmy IsCool 12 months ago

P.S. I am the WORST cook ever! The fact that I even made these while only sustaining 1 egg casualty is amazing. And if in a few hours I don't have food poisoning... Well it will be a first.

Amy Feinstein last year

I just made these and the taste is definitely awesome but the texture of mine was a little weird. They didn't curd up like eggs so much as like baby food. I had the stove all the way up to 3 and I whisked the whole time (which took longer than I think it's supposed to) and by the end the whisk was just picking up all the eggs instead of mixing them so I figured they were done.

Amy Feinstein last year

Thanks Omar! glad you and the little sis like em

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Ok so I made them for my little sister and she loved them!! In the past 3 days I ate eggs twice once for breakfast and once for lunch! thanks for sharing how to make super deluxe eggs Micah :)

Omar Balaa last year

@Rick That's how I like mine

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Tried it and liked it. Made mine with extra cayenne.

Rick Brock last year

@Portia @Yuri Awesome! glad it turned out well for you

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

This is great!!!just tried and it is delish

Yuri Quiaoit last year

I added some milk and grated cheese*

Portia Grubbs last year

I just tried it and you're right, I'm not going back! this is the way to cook scrambled eggs. I added some I love the texture

Portia Grubbs last year

@David grated cheese and carrots? I gotta try that

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Really good, Im eating it for breakfast right now. Added grated cheese and grated carrots. Think i had to much butter though.

David Thunander last year

Cool guide. Sometimes the simplest meals are the hardest to perfect. Thanks for sharing!

Brittney Riley last year

Well then Khan, GET OFF

Ariel Evelyn last year

"Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

looks pretty :D I'll definitely try it out! and khan? yeah. we are praising EGGS, what of it? just let us, don't like it, ignore it.

Evvvvvvvvvva 😉 last year

....Uhm thanks... I was legit impressed with how these looked but thank you for calling me an idiot without knowing anything about me...says way more about your character than it does about mine! These eggs still look great though and I'm excited to try em :)

Adrian Noronha last year

@Eric couldn't of said it any better haha

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Yea, I mean, if it's "just eggs, bro", why the hell is he looking at this guide?! Some people are just troublemakers! He's a cyber bully! Lol

Eric Ramirez last year

@Ariel Thanks! At that point I was just going to ignore him. Not worth it haha

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Mmmm yummy they r good. Lol as soon as u mentioned a four star restraint that sells eggs, Khan shut up! Lol

Ariel Evelyn last year

will try it soon

peggy conrad last year

looks like a grest idea

peggy conrad last year

Omg these look amazing! Can't wait to try this out!

Adrian Noronha last year

I would add tomato to it :)

Isacc Demoz last year

@Sheryl Definitely done that before! You're right the texture is great

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

I like mine with whipping cream stirred into the eggs before pouring into the pan or scrambling...so creamy!

Sheryl Cleverly last year

Can't go wrong with butter

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Mmmmmm..butter

Marsha Brecht last year

Yum that how I do my lol

Janelle Sonya Foreman last year

Graet i like it

Do7a Hem last year

Will try ASAP!

Eric Ramirez last year

@Eric Try em out! @Karen knows what she is talking about

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

That's how I do mine ... That are sooooo good !!

Karen Mac last year

Looks amazing!!

Eric Ramirez last year

Be first to comment on Step 1.

you right, I will try carefully

Leung Kevin last year

the texture would probably change and it might scorch in the pan but what the heck, never hurts to try

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

can I use cheese instead of butter?

Leung Kevin last year

sure thing! let me know how it goes

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Thanks bud. I will definitely try this on the weekend

Omar Balaa last year

Don't preheat the pan. Just add the eggs and butter in the pan and then turn on low heat

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year

Do you preheat the pan or do you add the eggs and butter in the pan then turn on the heat?

Omar Balaa last year

There are silicon coated whisks. I've made similar things with a simple spatula, but you get larger curds.

Josh Baltzell 5 months ago

it's almost unavoidable. we use an older pan and light pressure with the whisk. If we notice the nonstick surface suffering too much, I'll reseason it like a cast iron skillet and it helps

Micah n' Eric Do Food (author) last year