Fried egg
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A fried egg is a cooked dish made from one or more eggs which are removed from their shells and placed into a frying pan and cooked. They are traditionally eaten for breakfast or brunch in many countries but may also be served at other times of the day.
Regional adaptations and specialities
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
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Fried eggs over (or side-by-side with) pan-fried potatoes is another common dish, sometimes served with spinach as a third component of the meal. Some German cooks break the yolk and distribute it across the surface of the white during the frying.
All of the above are typically lunch, rather than breakfast, dishes, although eggs themselves (like boiled or scrambled eggs) are a common part of a German breakfast.
Cambodia and Vietnam
In Cambodia, a fried egg is often served on top of a common dish called beef lok lak. It is made of a ring of spinach, onion finely shaven, and tomato with either a portion of venison or beef with gravy, topped with a fried egg, either duck or chicken egg.
In Vietnam, a fried egg (Trứng ốp la) is served over white rice, topped with a dab of oyster or hoisin sauce; this is also popular in east Asia. Fried eggs are also sometimes used in a bánh mì.
Indonesia
In Indonesia, fried eggs are served either as telur ceplok or telur mata sapi (Indonesian for "bull's eye egg") which refer to sunny side up eggs, as telur dadar (omelette) or as telur orak-arik (scrambled eggs). The fried eggs are either setengah matang which is half cooked with still runny yolk or matang which is well done. When speaking English, an Indonesian waiter may ask if you want the egg fried "one side" or "two sides". Fried eggs, especially bull's eye egg, are a popular topping for Indonesian fried rice (nasi goreng)[1] and fried noodle (mie goreng), either freshly prepared noodle or cooked from instant noodle Indomie Mi goreng.[2]
A simple dish of fried sunny side up egg served on top of steamed rice drizzled with kecap manis sweet soy sauce, is a favourite dish among Indonesian children.[3] Other than served with rice, fried eggs might be served with bread as a sandwich for breakfast. Seasoning includes salt and pepper, sweet soy sauce, and sometimes hot and spicy sambal chili paste.
Ireland and the United Kingdom
Fried eggs can be served on toast, or in a sandwich, with bacon, sausages, and a variety of condiments. Eggs are often part of the full breakfast commonly eaten in Britain and Ireland. Fried eggs are often served with ham or gammon steak as a popular pub meal. The egg is cooked on high heat and hot fat, oil, or water may be splashed onto the top of the egg to baste it and cook the white. They are usually cooked without turning over.
Hispanic and Lusitanic world
In Portugal and Brazil, a runny egg placed over a steak with a side dish of rice and fried potatoes (and the addition of black beans in Brazil) is called a Script error: No such module "Lang"., literally "horse-riding steak".
A similar dish, with the name Script error: No such module "Lang". in Spanish, is also common in Argentina, Ecuador, and Uruguay (called churrasco); fried potatoes and salad replace the beans and rice.
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In Ecuador, llapingachos include a sunny-side up egg served over pan-seared cheesy mashed potatoes and fried sausage.
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In Spain fried eggs (huevos fritos) are a common dish. They are eaten alone, with meat, or with sausages. In this country, a fried egg served with boiled rice covered in tomato sauce is called arroz a la cubana in Spanish and the same dish is served in parts of Latin America, Italy (so-called occhio di bue, transl: ox's eye), the Philippines, and Portugal as well.
Poet Nâzım Hikmet says, in an interview, that he stayed with a Spanish friend for a month and ate fried eggs almost every day.[4]
Malaysia and Singapore
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Netherlands
In the Netherlands, a fried egg (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is normally served on top of a slice of bread (white or whole wheat), often with fried bacon, for breakfast or lunch.[5]
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Nigeria
What is known as "scrambled eggs" in the US and UK is called "fried eggs" in Nigeria, while what is known as "fried eggs" in the US and UK would be known as "half-fried eggs" in Nigeria. The mai shai stalls cook scrambled eggs to the point of being heavily crisp.[7]
Philippines
In the Philippines, fried eggs are often cooked like a sunny-side egg but the yolk is half cooked - referred to as malasado (from the Spanish, meaning undercooked) - by sprinkling it with salt and oil while being fried, giving it a distinctive pink-colored membrane. Garlic rice (sinangag) with an egg (itlog) is a common combination known as silog, usually served with a choice of breakfast meat such as beef tapa to make it tapsilog, longaniza (longsilog), fried milkfish, dried fish, tocino (caramelised pork), Spam, or corned beef, etc. In addition, fried eggs are eaten in a dish called Arroz a la cubana, which is seasoned ground beef with raisins, cubed potatoes, tomato sauce, and olives, along with white rice and fried ripe plantains. Fried eggs are also a main ingredient in the noodle dish Pancit Batil Patong, where a fried egg is topped over stir-fried noodles.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Thailand
In Thai cuisine, when the words Script error: No such module "Lang". (lit. "star egg") are placed after the name of a dish, it means that one wants that dish accompanied by a fried egg. The very popular Script error: No such module "Lang". for instance, translates to "basil fried pork on top of rice with a fried egg". Sometimes this is referred to as a "top egg".[8] Fried rice is also popularly accompanied with a fried egg, such as with khao phat Amerikan and khao phat (standard Thai-style fried rice).[9][10] Another popular way of eating fried eggs in Thailand is to use it as the main ingredient of the Thai salad called yam khai dao.[11]
United States and Canada
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North Americans use different terms to describe the degree and method to which fried eggs are cooked, including:
- Over easy or over light
- Cooked on both sides; the yolk is runny and the egg white is fully cooked.
- Over medium
- Cooked on both sides; the yolk is cooked through but soft and near liquid at the center. The egg white is thoroughly cooked.
- Over hard or over well
- Cooked on both sides all the way through, with the yolk broken (immediately after the egg is cracked).
- Sunny-side up
- Cooked on one side only, until the egg white is set, but the yolk remains liquid. Gently splashing the hot cooking oil or fat over the sunny side uncooked white may be done to thoroughly cook the white. Covering the frying pan with a lid during cooking (optionally adding a cover and half-teaspoon of water just before finishing) allows for a less "runny" egg, and is an alternative method to flipping for cooking an egg over easy (this is occasionally called sunny side down or basted). Sunny-side up eggs are also commonly referred to as "dippy eggs" or "dip eggs" by Pennsylvania Dutch people living in central Pennsylvania, in parts of Ohio, and in Pittsburgh mainly due to the practice of dipping toast into the yolk while eating. This term is also occasionally used in Canada. They are also sometimes called moon eggs by those residing in eastern Maryland.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Egg in the basket
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See also
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References
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