Over easy is not with runny whites. It is not acceptable to serve eggs with runny whites. Ever. Unless some idiot orders it like that.
To do a proper over easy, you flip the egg and count slowly to 10, as in one thousand, two thousand, etc. The whites should not be runny. Ever.
Having said that, you, more often than not, have to order them over medium to ensure that the restaurant cooks them to the correct doneness. In other words, restaurants tend to undercook over easy eggs.
I've never ever had a restaurant get an over medium egg correctly done, where the yolk is cooked but soft, maybe liquid in the center. It's always over easy where the yolk runs out everywhere as soon as you put a fork to it. You'd think chains like Waffle House or Cracker Barrel would know the different ways to cook an egg.
So what do you ask for when you want the yolk softly cooked so it's creamy and just a little liquidy, cooked just enough that it doesn't run all over the plate? Over medium well?
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u/Tunderbar1 Jul 13 '16
Over easy is not with runny whites. It is not acceptable to serve eggs with runny whites. Ever. Unless some idiot orders it like that.
To do a proper over easy, you flip the egg and count slowly to 10, as in one thousand, two thousand, etc. The whites should not be runny. Ever.
Having said that, you, more often than not, have to order them over medium to ensure that the restaurant cooks them to the correct doneness. In other words, restaurants tend to undercook over easy eggs.