Jump to navigation Jump to search Over medium eggs the style of eggs known as “fried egg” in Nigeria, see scrambled eggs. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. A fried egg is a cooked dish made from one or more eggs which are removed from their shells and placed into a frying pan and fried with minimal accompaniment.
Fried eggs are traditionally eaten for breakfast in many countries but may also be served at other times of the day. Some German cooks break the yolk and distribute it across the surface of the white during the frying. In Bangladesh and India, fried eggs are commonly served alone or as an accompaniment to bread. It may also occasionally be served with dosa, paratha, or roti.
A fried egg is commonly referred to as a “poached egg” in Indian English. In Cambodia, a fried egg is often served on top of a common dish called beef lok lak. It is made of a ring of spinach, onion finely shaven, and tomato with either a portion of venison or beef with gravy, topped with a fried egg, either duck or chicken egg. Fried eggs are also sometimes used in a bánh mì. Fried egg prepared sunny side up is known as “volské oko” or “sázené vejce” in Czech cuisine and they are served either alone as part of breakfast, or for lunch with side of spinach and boiled potatoes.
In Egypt, fried eggs are a common breakfast food. Mi Goreng noodle served with fried egg and vegetables. A simple dish of fried sunny side up egg, served on top of steamed rice drizzled with kecap manis sweet soy sauce, is a favourite dish among Indonesian children. Other than served with rice, fried eggs might be served with bread as sandwich for breakfast. Fried eggs can be served on toast, or in a sandwich, with bacon, sausages, and a variety of condiments. Eggs are often part of the full breakfast commonly eaten in Britain and Ireland.
In Portugal and Brazil, a runny egg placed over a steak with a side dish of rice and black beans and fried potatoes is called a bife a cavalo, literally “horse-riding steak”. In Ecuador, llapingachos include a sunny side up egg served over pan-seared cheesy mashed potatoes and fried sausage. They are eaten alone, with meat, or with sausages. Poet Nazım Hikmet says, in an interview, that he stayed with a Spanish friend for a month and ate fried eggs almost every day.
They may be served with salt and pepper, soy sauce or Japanese-style Worcestershire sauce. Fried eggs are a popular breakfast dish, with toasted sliced bread or rice. Eggs are fried in cooking oil, sometimes with a sprinkle of salt. Just like in Indonesia, nasi goreng, one of the popular fried rice dish in Malaysia and Singapore is often served with a fried egg.
An uitsmijter is a dish consisting of two or three fried eggs, sunny side up. Another version is placed on buttered bread over a generous slice of cold meat, e. What is known as “scrambled eggs” in the US and UK is called “fried eggs” in Nigeria, while what is known as “fried eggs” in the US and UK would be known as “half-fried eggs” in Nigeria. The mai shai stalls cook scrambled eggs to the point of being heavily crisp. The very popular kaphrao mu rat khao khai dao for instance, translates to “basil fried pork on top of rice with a fried egg”. Sometimes this is referred to as a “top egg”. The egg white is thoroughly cooked.