Do Over Easy and Sunny Side Up Taste the Same

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Sunny Side Eggs Versus Eggs Over Easy, which do you prefer?

• Thread starter entremet
• Start date Oct 8, 2021

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• #101

I ain't got time to do a proper sunny side up anymore. Unless I feel like eating raw whites on top.

Over easy is just more convenient.

• #102

Jacques Pepin sunny side up eggs that are shown in an earlier post are amazing. They take very little time to make and will absolutely be worth your time.

• #103

Have you guys ever had baked eggs? They're the most delicious way to make eggs. I hate runny, soppy yolks.

• #104

Growing up my family used the terms interchangeably. I was probably 20 before I even knew there was a difference, lol. I generally still go with over easy because I don't like the whites to be underdone which they tend to be most of the time with sunny side, but I have done the basted egg thing over the years and its quite good. Just more work than a quick flip. Of course that quick flip ends up with my yolk broken probably 30% of the time and basted doesn't so its definitely the better option if you aren't lazy like me.

• #105

sunny side but i prefer a soft scramble over all.

• #106

that over easy explosion of color is always worth it

Now I'm hungry.

• #107

I like over medium, honestly. A little bit of cooked yolk, a little bit of dippable yolk.

Over easy ain't bad though.

• #108

indeed

need some bread to sop that up

• #111

Only two eggs?

Solidus must be off today.

• #112

aint that just a messier hard-boiled egg?

• #113

Sunny Side (sort of) with the crispy bottom

Looks good to me.

• #114

Have you guys ever had baked eggs? They're the most delicious way to make eggs. I hate runny, soppy yolks.

Does khachapuri count? It's a Georgian dish I make where you make a bread "boat" and fill it with cheese, eggs and herbs, then bake them in the oven. The egg firmness is adjusted to the diner's liking by adding them at the right time.

• #115

Over hard. Not a fan of runny yokes.

• #116

Sunny side is how I visualized ideal eggs in my mind but in actuality, I can't tell the difference in the flavor between sunny side and over easy so they're practically the same. Sunny side presentation is definitely the more "iconic" look in my mind though.

• #117

The real answer is poached

• #118

The real answer is poached

poached is so damn finicky

• #119

I've somehow gone my whole life not knowing what "sunny side" and "over easy" mean, so I just ask for poached, which I prefer anyway.

• #120

you dont get "over easy" eggs in the uk and thank fuck for that

• #122

I was a big fan of sunny-side-up when I was a kid, but over-easy is the way to go. Adds a bit more flavor to the yolk, and there's still plenty of goop to dip your sausage into.

(I swear I didn't mean that last part to come out like that, but I can't think of a better way to say it right now)

My problem is that I don't quite have the skill to do a proper flip to make them myself, I only get them right about a third of the time when I try to make them over easy. One of the cooks at work is a genius when it comes to flipping eggs, he makes it look so damn easy. At home, I end up making scrambled about half the time anyway.

• #123

over easy

love the burst of orange out of the white

yup, this is it.

Poached is still best imo but I'm going over easy for a weekday breakfast.

• #124

Use a sous vide makes it so easy

THE SOUS VIDE, THE SOUS VIDE

WELL LA-DEE-DA MR FRENCH MAN

• #127

poached is so damn finicky

Cheat. I put plastic wrap in a ramekin, add a little cooking spray, crack the egg in there and then tie the wrap off. Then boil it.
Doing it the 'proper' way is a pain in the butt.

• #128

THE SOUS VIDE, THE SOUS VIDE

WELL LA-DEE-DA MR FRENCH MAN

Come at me, my instant pot, sous vide, and air fryer bro!

Maybe I have a cooking appliance addiction...

• #129

Cheat. I put plastic wrap in a ramekin, add a little cooking spray, crack the egg in there and then tie the wrap off. Then boil it.
Doing it the 'proper' way is a pain in the butt.

cheating is just as much work as trying to nail the poach proper, id rather just fry the damn thing

• #131

I hate runny egg whites so over easy

• #132

cheating is just as much work as trying to nail the poach proper, id rather just fry the damn thing

I use an egg poaching pan - it makes it trivial.

• #133

cheating is just as much work as trying to nail the poach proper, id rather just fry the damn thing

Poaching couldn't be easier. Put eggs in, wait some minutes, done. It's as easy as boiling water.

• #134

Never heard of basted eggs, looked them up, and I will definitely be trying this, looks super easy too.

Youre going to love it! Enjoy!

Goldenroad

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• #135

Over easy means I don't have to pull out/dirty up a lid. Taste wise, it really doesn't make a difference.

• #136

Over hard and it's not even close. You goddamn weirdos and your yellow goo

• #137

I used to do over easy because I love the really runny yolk.

However, at some point years ago I became disgusted at the uncooked whites that surround the yolk in over easy, so because of that mental block I've had to start cooking mine over medium. Kind of a bummer, but I want to throw up when I see the those uncooked whites now.

• #138

Over medium is the supreme egg

entremet

You wouldn't toast a NES cartridge

• #139

Over hard and it's not even close. You goddamn weirdos and your yellow goo

Why do you like that chalky texture of blandness?

• #141

Over easy because it's the easiest and quickest way to be sure the egg whites are cooked but the yolk is nice and runny. Anyone who's breaking yolks with their flip either needs a new pan or new spatula. I can't remember the last time I broke a yolk.

• #142

Fried hard, no runny yolks. Or just straight up scrambled.

• #143

Over easy because it's the easiest and quickest way to be sure the egg whites are cooked but the yolk is nice and runny. Anyone who's breaking yolks with their flip either needs a new pan or new spatula. I can't remember the last time I broke a yolk.

My mother would some times make eggs for her and my father. Some times a yolk would break. By some remarkable coincidence, it was always my father's egg that had broken.

• #144

Sunny side or is there such a thing as medium? I don't want the egg whites runny, egg yolk being runny is fine, just not the whites. It kills my appetite. Also like it soft boiled or scrambled too.

• #145

people never make sunny side correctly, so fuck it flip that shit

• #146

I generally do over-easy unless I'm looking to impress someone, as they're a bit quicker to make and taste exactly the same, with the sole compromise being that they don't look quite so attractive.

• #147

I've never eaten the uncooked yolk of an egg and am afraid to try.

• #148

Sunny side. I love dipping toast in the yolk.

You can do that with over easy. It's only flipped over for a moment, just to make sure the egg whites on top are cooked. You get just as much runny yolk.

• #149

Anyone who picks "over" over Sunny is a monster to me.

And to those that don't like undercooked whites, you can just tilt the pan slightly and spoon up a bit of the hot oil and drop it on top of the whites. That will solve that problem.

• #150

I was always an over easy guy but found a great breakfast place and they do sunny side up perfectly so I've leaned that way lately

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