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How long to fry egg

Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.

Your time 2:30

How do you want it?

How hot is the pan?

How to tell without a timer

Straight onto the plate — the pan keeps cooking it.

A runny yolk is not pasteurised. That is how most people eat eggs and have done for generations, but if you are pregnant, very young, elderly or immunocompromised, use pasteurised eggs or pick a firmer yolk.

A runny yolk is not pasteurised. That is how most people eat eggs and have done for generations, but if you are pregnant, very young, elderly or immunocompromised, use pasteurised eggs or pick a firmer yolk.

How it goes

  1. Butter or oil hot but not smoking. Crack it in low and close.
Every combination, as a table
How do you want it?How hot is the pan?Time
Sunny side up Low — soft whites, no browning 3:30
Sunny side up Medium 2:30
Sunny side up Medium-high — crispy edges 1:55
Over easy Low — soft whites, no browning 4:25
Over easy Medium 3:10
Over easy Medium-high — crispy edges 2:20
Over medium Low — soft whites, no browning 5:15
Over medium Medium 3:45
Over medium Medium-high — crispy edges 2:50
Over hard Low — soft whites, no browning 6:45
Over hard Medium 4:45
Over hard Medium-high — crispy edges 3:35

The app does this, then learns

The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.

Cooked the same way

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