What's the secret to making scrambled eggs?

[DoubleROFL]

How come every time I make them, they taste like crap?

What is the trick to making them taste good?

 

[blackdogdeek]

butter?

 

[Amused]

First and foremost, don't over cook them.

Some add a little milk, I prefer to add water.

And seasoning is important.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Milk?

 

[Josh123]

I don't know but I'd like to know also. I've been trying to eat eggs more often since I started working out but I just can't really enjoy them.

 

[JohnCU]

yea, same problem until i started cooking mine in bacon grease, omg delicious

 

[KeithTalent]

Let your eggs get to room temperature before scrambling them, add a little milk/cream, s&p, and cook, quickly, in a hot, buttered pan. DO NOT OVERCOOK!

KT

 

[DoubleROFL]

when do i add milk/butter??

right when they are cooking??

into the oil?

 

[nakedfrog]

Don't under-cook them either, blech.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: DoubleROFL
when do i add milk/butter??

right when they are cooking??

into the oil?

No, in the eggs, while you are scrambling them with the fork/whisk.

KT

 

[DoubleROFL]

right now i am just frying it in a pan of veg. oil

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: DoubleROFL
when do i add milk/butter??

right when they are cooking??

into the oil?

Oil? What are you using oil for? Stir it into the eggs before you pour them into the pan.

I think we've located the problem... get rid of the oil.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: DoubleROFL
right now i am just frying it in a pan of veg. oil

Ok, let me start from the beginning:

1. Remove eggs from fridge and place on counter a good 15-30 minutes prior to scrambling. Having room temperature eggs makes them fluffier.

2. Crack eggs into bowl, add a splash of milk/cream and a little s&p; scramble like mad with a fork/whisk.

3. While doing steps 1&2 have your pan pre-heating. Once hot (not too hot, you're not searing a steak here) add some butter in the pan.

4. Place the eggs in the pan with the melted butter

5. Slowly fold the eggs (don't be too harsh with them) in the pan with a spatula until done. Do not overcook; the eggs should look fluffy and moist, not dry and rubbery.

6. Eat.

KT

 

[ShockwaveVT]

buy higher quality eggs

 

[imported_Imp]

Do NOT overcook them. The main egg-cooker in the house (not me) always does this, cooks them until they turn brown cause it "smells good": no it doesn't, and it messes up the taste.

Use butter to 'oil' your pan/pot and cook at about 3/4 heat. Use a non-stick pan cause 3 egss turn into 1 if you don't even with a liter of cooking oil. Bla bla bla, break the eggs, mix them, put them in pot, and keep stirring/mixing. Once most of the egg 'solidifies', turn the heat off and keep mixing the eggs for a few more seconds.

 

[meltdown75]

WTF i could do this when i was 6.

crack the damn egg into the pan and scramble it. if you want to get fancy, you can crack it into a bowl and stir it up beforehand, ensuring the consistency of scrambly goodness.

i never added seasoning until i was 9 or 10 so that might be a little too advanced for you.

start out with the egg and the pan and let us know how you make out.

 

[SSSnail]

Here's my recipe:

*Depends on if you like onions, chop a bit and kinda sautee it a bit, white or green, or both.*

1. Break eggs
2. Throw away shells - very important
3. Use a beater, beat up eggs (don't abuse them), and add a bit of milk while you're doing it
4. Heat frying pans, coat with butter (goodder the better, the moar better the eggs will taste and smell, or shall I say aromatic?)
5. Pour eggs into pans, stir a bit as you're pouring
6. Let it sits, poke holes to make sure you're not caking it, break it up and stir around (here's where you add the onions)
7. This is optional - you can either turn off the heat while everything hard up, or you can burn it a bit like I do
8. ...
9. Profits?

 

[amoeba]

Also depends on whether you like a french style loose scrambled egg (very moist, very small curds) or a country style scrampled egg (less liquidy, bigger curds).

 

[GrumpyMan]

Cook some bacon first, take out. Use the bacon oil that is left in the pan. Wisk with the eggs with a little milk for fluffyness, pinch of salt and pepper don't overcook. There.

 

[Linflas]

Personally my favorite way to make scrambled eggs is to break a couple of eggs into the skillet, salt and pepper to taste and stir them with a fork until almost hard cooked.

 

[sdifox]

add a little water, oil and Chopped scallions. Season with salt, white pepper and a touch of sugar. Scramble. wait for pot to be hot, pour, wait a little, flip. For extra point use lard.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Use condor eggs. They're delicious.

 

[Cogman]

ketchup fixes everything.

I like onion salt, milk, and a little hot sauce with mine. Oh, and some ketchup

 

[spidey07]

You're overcooking them.

You MUST take scrambled eggs off the heat when there is still some runny egg mixture. They will finish cooking on the plate. If you're cooking them until there is no yummy, yummy, runny egg then they are WAY past overdone, and by the time they are on your plate they are totally ruined dry rice cake tasting things.

Oh - cook over medium heat.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Use condor eggs. They're delicious.

Bald eagle eggs are better. Dodo eggs used to be the best.