Make the perfect fried egg with this genius hack

Who doesn’t love a good fried egg, perfectly crispy on the outside while the yolk inside stays runny according to your desired level. While frying up an egg requires no special skills, one of the chief challenges of making perfect fried eggs, is to be able to keep the yolks intact.

Now, if you love your fried eggs to be done on both sides, flipping the egg on the skillet is perhaps the peskiest part of the cooking process. The yolks invariably might break either because you flipped the egg too hard, or perhaps because you did not place your spatula in the right position.

A TikTok video has just surfaced which shows a very easy hack to flip your fried eggs, leaving with the perfect yolks done just the way you like.

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Hack for the perfect fried egg

Tiktoker @mealsandmunchies who shares recipes, food hacks and health content, shared a hack for a easy way to flip fried eggs. The video has now been viewed millions of times and has more than 100k likes.

The video is captioned ‘Egg flip hack’

In the video, the creator breaks two eggs onto a skillet and fries them as per usual. When they are sufficiently done on the first side, instead of using a spatula or some other method, the cook uses a genius hack instead.

She uses the lid of the skillet, sliding the fried eggs smoothly onto the lid from the skillet. Thenshe turns the skillet upside down, and places it on top of the lid. All that’s left to do then is to turn the skillet with the lid upright. The eggs land back on the skillet on the side that needs to be done.

The fried eggs are thus flipped easily keeping the yolks intact and with no mess.

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Reactions to the genius fried egg hacks

The viral reel has garnered a variety of reactions, with some people appreciating the simplicity and effectiveness of this hack, while others were not so convinced.

An impressed viewer stated,

Nice...some of us need all the help we can get. as for spatula, doesn't always work.

One comment said,

or I would invent an implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used for mixing or FLIPPING things. especially in cooking. I would call it SPATULA

To this, the creator responded saying,

You’ve never unsuccessfully flipped an egg with a spatula? This is just an easy way to not mess it up

There were also viewers who left their own tips to get the perfect fried eggs. One advised,

Nice...some of us need all the help we can get. as for spatula, doesn't always work.

Sources used:

TikTok: @mealsandmunchies