How to Cook an Over-Medium Egg

[@cleavercooking]

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[@conorburke7356]

would there be an issue with using a plastic fork to poke the whites?

[@paulc1014]

For years I've been eating scrambled eggs because I was afraid to get sick from runny yolks, I just started eating eggs overeasy and medium, and wow! They taste amazing!

[@cleavercooking]

Paul C welcome to the dark side!

[@dehydratedpotato6643]

You were afraid to get sick? Wtf

[@shawndamccormick278]

@@dehydratedpotato6643 don't bring that here. Some people learned that not fully cooked is harmful. And sometimes it is..

[@shawndamccormick278]

Try dipping toast in the yolk! I like OM! Even on my bfast bagels

[@dehydratedpotato6643]

@@shawndamccormick278 I guess u don’t know what an immune system is 🤦🏻‍♂️ and why are u liking ur own comments 🤣

[@nothanks3330]

THANK YOU for explaining everything you did, why, and what to look for. I have found so many videos where they are super vague but this was INCREDIBLY helpful, thorough, and concise. I’ll be trying this tomorrow morning!

[@cleavercooking]

Whoohoo! I hope your breakfast is everything you hoped for. :)

[@chuckroast4650]

Beautiful Egg. Beautiful cook. Have a Beautiful day!

[@ginger_snaps]

Thanks for this! I made these for breakfast after watching.

[@cleavercooking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@slimjim4981]

She's got the "just out of bed" look going on.

[@seanygarza5364]

Yah she does

[@geomondiale1768]

A hot mess, I'd say

[@ChaseMcCain81]

Hm

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@@geomondiale1768 nobody cares what you say. She can look how she wants.

[@luke19935]

Thank you for making this right when you rolled out of bed 😁 dedication

[@cleavercooking]

My signature move!

[@jeffspires3800]

Great info, I've been cooking since the late 80s and I learned something new! Ty I've also noticed having eggs at room temperature helps with not breaking the yolk.

[@cleavercooking]

True dat

[@Bubbles_11]

Awesome, easy, how to video!!! Eggs are super hard to master....you must watch them the whole time!! Question...what size and brand Eggs do you use? Looks a lot bigger than my Cage free grade A Vegetarian Eggs and I love that! ❤ Thank you!

[@godsdaughter3158]

To the stove, George! Excited to make this! Thank you for your very easy to follow tutorial.

[@frederickfrost6561]

Thank you, I was able to make a surprise breakfast for my wife!

[@JonnyTenebrous]

Thank you! I succeeded the first time following this method... these are the best over medium eggs I've ever achieved. Life skills :)

[@cleavercooking]

Crushing it!

[@alejandramorfin6282]

Saved my life! This recipe was spot on thank you 😊

[@cleavercooking]

Glad to hear!!

[@EndlessMike]

Followed the instructions and it worked perfectly, even got the flip technique on the first try. Fantastic video.

[@gmoney9068]

Yummy! The egg looks good, too.

[@kkharkar]

Wow, you actually made the process easy--I made an egg this way today & it came out just right. Historically I've been queen of half-burnt/half-undercooked fried eggs with chewy edges and runny Egg Whites. Gross eggs are over for me-- thanks to you!

[@cleavercooking]

You bet, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Esrom_music]

Best description I've ever seen. Hands down.

[@taraschmidheini4674]

NICE‼️ Just for eggs pan, I like that!

[@jesusgzzesq1]

Thanks for the video. I've always had a hard time with over medium. Very helpful

[@cleavercooking]

Our pleasure, glad it helped!

[@marissavelasquez4787]

Wow thank you so much, I could never make my eggs just right. After watching a literally got up to make an avocado toast with an egg on top. The egg came out perfect 😗👌🏼

[@eddy3528]

Thank you for the video, I needed 😎

[@amaterasu8829]

Great job!

[@foxpuddles9753]

Thanks for this video!

[@seokjin6babies358]

Just how I like it! 👍🏼

[@juckimal]

Love it. Great video!

[@TwistedSoul2002]

That egg is the perfect addition for a sandwich! Happy Holidays from the UK! 👍🏼

[@silentj624]

Just got a part time job at a breakfast restaurant because I'm broke but also want to learn some skills. I like that some of the terminology you used makes sense. #progress

[@alimustapha5878]

Good job girl!!

[@iwantthebobo]

I’ll be trying this tomorrow morning. THANK YOU :)

[@shawndamccormick278]

I learned how to flip an egg with no spatula with a slice of bread. Skillet out of cabinet, bread from bag. Practice that way. It's all in the wrist! She flipped that perfectly!

[@billf7585]

I started doing this immediately after watching. I dropped some butter in my nonstick pan and just started spreading it around with the tip of my bread knife. It was at that moment I knew... I fucked up

[@deborahsullivan9765]

Excellent video. Great explanations given for each and every step of the process. I’m going to make an over easy egg tomorrow morning.

[@trishoneill651]

Great instruction - thanks!!

[@fredgutierrez1881]

Awesome thanks!...now I can show up my wife!😂🍳🍳

[@cleavercooking]

Haha, let the games begin! Happy cooking.

[@AtulS.Guitar]

That flip 👍👍

[@PurpleBox89]

Loving the hair! :D

[@afox8050]

Leap is starting a.k.a. a big test at the end of the year and I want to cook a good egg like this in a sandwich along with it and eat that because I really want to know how to cook eggs better thank you for showing me this

[@johnferrier2803]

Perfect. Seems very few grill chefs know how to cook a medium over egg. My feeling is when there busy they just can’t be bothered and it’s always over easy.

[@scorpioladylgbtq281]

This was actually cooked to long in my opinion, but I use a compatible spatula for my egg pan so that it doesn't scratch. That gives me ability to puncture the whites sooner so they can get done allowing me to flip them to cook on the other side. It gives you more of the runny yolk & fully cooked whites.

[@cleavercooking]

This is why no one wants to work brunch.

[@cleavercooking]

Mmm if a restaurants busy I wouldn't bother. Even if it is cooked perfectly it needs to get to your table in about a minute or it will carry over and loose the runniness.

[@pinkhoty1]

I always have issues getting my egg perfectly medium bc I love the jammy yolks where it isn’t running right out but I always get it too runny or too hard. Even breakfast places have a hard time bc I tried ordering them medium at ihop and I just got a sunny side up egg with a pure liquid yolk

[@cleavercooking]

That is hard! Especially with frying an egg you have such a small window of time to before they go from jammy to hard. Even if it’s cooked perfectly at a restaurant the time it takes to get from the window to your table can over cook it from carryover heat. Honestly, for jammy eggs I would recommend poaching or soft boiling. You can control the factors there a lot easier and the yolk isn’t flat so there’s more of a window!

[@mariestandish4746]

thank you I'm still struggling withe the over -medium egg.. :(...but I'm trying.

[@toddfredric9845]

yes. it looks great. this is my favorite

[@DennisMathias]

Wow, okay kids, this is how you do a demonstration!!

[@samantha-lx8nh]

i frickin LOVE over medium eggs but i always mess up lol so thats why am i here thx queen❤️

[@chacecardiff3441]

Thank you! ☺️

[@sullym1867]

I actually like that crisp around the edges.

[@sullym1867]

^^ This guy gets it.

[@cleavercooking]

This is why no one likes working a breakfast line. :p

[@sullym1867]

Cleaver Cooking, haha.

[@henry7765]

I like my eggs 🍳 between over medium and over hard. I make them myself , I’m not sure how you would over that in a restaurant

[@danielclooney6248]

Thank you! Now that's how I like my eggs. Just about anywhere I eat out never gets it right. Most of the time my eggs Benedict have runny whites even. Yuck! And all my over mediums come out over easy. too runny for me.

[@cleavercooking]

You bet! It's a tricky one to order when eating out for sure.

[@Conner254]

I love over medium eggs, so I always order overheard eggs and they come out over medium it’s very weird

[@maddox_p7968]

Thanks for teaching me

[@seanygarza5364]

Im coming here almost a year and a half later and im now able to make almost any type of egg but this video was a big help cause I only knew how to make scrambled eggs. And this video almost has 50k views and almost 1000 likes much love and thank you.

[@cleavercooking]

Whoooo!!

[@alannotemo2835]

thanks trying this in the morning

[@emim6954]

I CANT WAIT TO DO THIS FOR BREAKFAST TOMORROW. it's eleven pm oh my god wish it wasn't

[@insanecomicdude]

Learned what I've been doing wrong. Thanks for this.

[@seanygarza5364]

thank you for your help i tried making over medium eggs before this video and lets just say it didnt turn out well

[@cleavercooking]

Sometimes the first ones are a sacrifice. Good luck!

[@MinhvuLy]

Can you put a link to where you bought the frying pan from? Thanks

[@cleavercooking]

Honestly do not remember. Look for something heavy. Light-weight or branded/colored pans like Tasty are usually a pos.

[@craftycreater681]

looks great nan! :)

[@cleavercooking]

Thank you!

[@overkillblackjack2910]

Hi, thanks, was that about 3 minutes and 30 seconds total, or just for the second half (after flipping)?

[@F1neShyt]

After my 16 years of living I know how to cook the best egg

[@Blublod]

I cook my over medium eggs in half the time it took to cook these and without all the fuss, and nearly identical results with higher heat. What part of this slow approach aren’t I getting?

[@cleavercooking]

Congrats, you're ready for the line. This is for beginners, my friend.

[@Blublod]

@@cleavercooking - What? Me? Food preparation? Never! 😋

[@marissaleanne4544]

The cook at the kitchen where I work always makes the perfect eggs over easy and medium and I always wanted to know how he does it...thanks for the video! I know what I'm doing for breakfast before work tomorrow

[@cleavercooking]

You bet!

[@tonyjax8454]

The trick is 'Patience' when you cook an egg, I always do mine starting on a medium heat so that the white starts to show immediately, then turn that heat right down to 2 or 1, after around 10 minutes perfect egg 👍

[@JacobBlack2023]

Did you keep the egg on the pan for another 3 mins and 30 secs after you flipped it? Also thank you so much for this!! Best advice :)

[@cleavercooking]

Nope, pull it off

[@junewakefield2944]

Is that an 8" or 10” pan?

[@luqy7197]

Thank you so much It worked really good

[@rubenechevarria4892]

I hate when I order overmedium eggs at a restraunt and the eggs are super running. When I complaint they always say that's the way overmedium eggs are cooked...then I end up just ordering scrambled eggs. Why is it so hard for cooks to get it right. This happens alot at baker's square.

[@cleavercooking]

Because, even as previous comments in this thread show, people have different ideas of what an over medium egg should be and to be honest, it is the hardest type of egg to cook on a busy line. Your window of error is about 10 seconds and you have to account for everything else going on that plate and the timing, along with all other plates going to that table, plus keeping track of the next three tickets you’re already working on. If you overcook it it is sure to be sent back so most cooks err on the side of undercooking rather than over. In short, ordering scrambled is a much safer bet if you want it right every time. Over medium is just a lot more chance for error.

[@greetl0ll1]

I like the crunchy…

[@Webuyelectronics]

Thanks I just made the best eggs!

[@QuesoCookies]

Seems like your heat was still a little too high. You ended up with a combination hard/easy rather than a consistent medium. Really hard to get that perfect jammy consistency on a pan, but I keep trying. Thanks for the pointers!

[@jonathanbartley7442]

I tried this and it was 1 of the best, well, 4 of the best eggs ever! Absolutely no brown edges. What is your favorite pan??

[@darkseeker1112]

Seasoning with salt before the egg is finished can make them break down and become watery.

[@asecondmilefan]

Why does she look like she had pigtails right before this started and someone pranked her by cutting one side off

[@wildyt2104]

0:56 you are a god of heat AND I CANT EVEN TOUCH THE PAN ON LOW

[@cleavercooking]

Well, we all have our gifts

[@209K231]

Thanks for a great, easy to understand tutorial! How do you cook more than one egg though? If I cook them one after the other it takes a long time and the first is cold. Thanks!

[@cleavercooking]

Just add them to the same pan, rotate the pan so the heat alternates between eggs if one is cooking faster than the other

[@OsvaldoFerrer]

Why did I feel so insecure about cooking eggs while watching this video?

[@KingstonsMuva]

How long did it take to cook this egg..omg

[@cleavercooking]

About 3 1/2 minutes if I recall correctly. On the line I cook them at medium-high heat and it goes a lot faster but its takes a lot of ruined eggs to get it down with higher heat.

[@OnyxLotus]

Who's coming here after just failing an over medium egg? 🤣🤣

[@andrescen7577]

*Use Silicone utensils on non stick pans. Plastic will scratch it.

[@hex7n]

Thanks!

[@jonathanhella7194]

Use a rubber spatula to spread the whites won't scratch your pan

[@darthdecent24]

Wish literally any restaurant could get this right. It's either an explosive runny yoke or solid 100% bone dry

[@mescott8212]

Thanks! I really want to master eggs... I HAVE CHICKENS!!! It's an amazing thing!!!

[@cleavercooking]

CHICKENS ARE AN AMAZING THING! My big secret for mastering eggs is don’t be afraid of ruining them. Mess them up! Then, once you’ve messed up enough of them you’ll be really good at them.

[@mescott8212]

@@cleavercooking Believe me! I HAVE mastered the messing up part to perfection! BUT... I make THE best creme brulee EVER!!! It's a great way to use up eggs! Thanks again for your video... oh, and BTW, I LOVE your hair! Ah, youth!

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

I like it better on medium-high with slightly crispy edges

[@cleavercooking]

See and I think that's gross. And that difference in opinion is exactly why no one likes to work brunch.

[@danielnance604]

How can I fry an egg so that the entire yolk is jammy but not hard, is that even possible?

[@cleavercooking]

I'd go with a poach or soft boil. Typically, frying has too direct of a heat source to provide even cooking throughout.

[@PGLos]

What if u wanna cook 2? 🤔

[@cleavercooking]

Go for it, rotate the pan for even heating.

[@BaljitSingh-xy5mq]

👏👏👏👏

[@cswann8]

I've been ordering over-medium eggs for years....I never get them. If I'm very lucky I'll get over-easy with completely cooked egg white..often times though I get eggs so undercooked there's still some liquid egg white.

[@pamelashelton3766]

I Think Over Well Is What You Ask For In A Restaurant

[@chriswilson9215]

Closer to over medium well

[@mikemcguinness1662]

Do diner and breakfast cooks touch my eggs with their fingers?

[@cleavercooking]

Only the lunch cooks.

[@Sbannmarie]

Is that a jammy egg?

[@cleavercooking]

Over medium should be jammy on edges, runny in the very center.

[@TheZerokool187]

Eggs are good

[@Zeal808]

Low heat duh 🙄. Thank you!

[@lescobrandon6694]

So my uncle has had brain cancer was an excelent cook still makes middle eastern food well but him and i have a freiendly argument on what an iver medium egg is he will make over easy for a runny yolk or cooked yolk for over medium and the excersize for his brain is the challenge so this was a good video of an explanation of what it is

[@tad3rr]

Who else here from FPS creations

[@gqcbutworse]

sup

[@DD-du7nm]

You have to use butter there’s no compromise

[@litartistry1469]

I’m wondering if anyone know why she uses a large pan for just one egg? Is this the norm? And should we only cook one egg at a time? Dumb question I know.

[@everettcarroll7428]

A small pan can only ever cook one egg. While a slightly larger can do one or four with less cookware.

[@bkoz319]

BOOM

[@Illyria1217]

I always order over medium and get out over easy. None of these restaurants cooks know how to cook eggs

[@therandomshow1265]

I cracked my egg into the flame :(

[@khetsoulfoodxpress]

Is it me or does she say "gonna" waaaayyy too many times. Damn!🤣

[@sherylb8836]

When I flipped egg over..failure!! 😂

[@cleavercooking]

It happens! Try, try again.