Fried Eggs Without Oil or Water (Over Easy Recipe)
This easy guide to making Fried Eggs Without Oil or Water includes a couple of tricks and tips so you end up with perfectly fried eggs every time. With fully cooked egg whites and totally runny yolks, all you need to fry eggs 'over easy' with no oil is a decent non-stick pan and a couple of minutes.
Place a medium frying pan over a medium high heat. Have your 2 Eggs ready to go near the pan and stove.
Once the pan is hot (you can't hold the palm of you hand close to the surface for more than a second or so), turn the heat down slightly and crack the eggs into the pan.
Don't touch the eggs until the white start to cook and turn white at the bottom - only about 10 or 20 seconds.
Use your spatula to push any rogue pieces of egg white in towards the yolk or fold them in.
The idea is to make the egg white a vaguely even thickness all the way around the yolk so it all cooks evenly.
By this time the egg white will have cooked though more. At this point, wiggle your spatula underneath an egg and lift it clear of the bottom of the pan.
Quickly flip the egg over so the top is now facing down. Repeat with the second/other eggs.
Us the edge of the spatula to gently press the egg white down all around the yolk. Don't press on the yolk or you will burst it!
This will help the egg white cook quickly without the yolk having time to set.
As soon as the egg whites are completely set, take the pan off the heat and serve up the eggs straight away.
You can flip the eggs back over in the pan, wiggle the spatula under and then move each egg to the plate. Or go straight in with the spatula and flip the eggs onto your plate so they are right side up again. (Don't break the yolks in the pan - sometimes I have to do silly things in the name of making photographs not totally boring!)
Notes
To cook more than two eggs at a time:
Use a suitable sized pan
Crack the eggs into the pan in a circle - start at the top of the pan and then work clockwise.
As you flip and serve the eggs, start at the top and work clockwise each time. This will prevent you from overcooking the first eggs into the pan.