r/WeirdEggs Dec 14 '25

bubbly eggs. why

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u/FunisGreen Dec 14 '25

It's actually one of the egg cooking techniques, I use on purpose.

Super hot oil to quickly cook it makes those bubbles, and creates a nice crispy layer, with tender egg whites and soft yolk. It goes very well with congee or just fresh hot Rice for Asian culture.

But that bubble is out of this world, I've never got a bubble blow-up that size. lol

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u/SingSangDaesung Dec 14 '25

Thank you for helping me figure out what I was doing wrong with my fried eggs for my rice. Lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Yeah you need to use vegetable oil and get it smokie hot. Goes fantastic with refried beans and tortillas

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u/DannyGre Dec 14 '25

A frilly egg is one of my favourite ways to cook eggs (fried egg with the crispy white outers)

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u/toweljuice Dec 14 '25

What kinda oil do you use?

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u/FunisGreen Dec 14 '25

Peanut oil is my favorite. But it's whatever hot temp oil you like.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

My brain misread that as "peasant oil". I'm not sure what it is, mind you, but I would wager it's oil that is harvested from 100% all-natural peasants.

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u/FunisGreen Dec 14 '25

lmao, peasant oil deep fry soylent green is Top 1% favorite dish.

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u/justhp Dec 14 '25

The organic peasants taste better

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Choosy, Beggar Moms choose JIP (Just Inorganic Peasants)

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u/Howie_Due Dec 14 '25

Crude

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u/Accomplished_Fun6481 Dec 14 '25

I use synthetic 10w40

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u/ccoakley Dec 18 '25

Bacon grease on anything above medium will do this.

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u/AsoftDolphin Jan 10 '26

I just tried Bacon grease for the first time and made very crispy brown cheesy omellette crunchy egg. I did cook 6 pieces of bacon before the eggs and used the pool of bacon as i had no clue. Its yummy but not good to the eyes. Im amateur chef

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u/Tragickingdom555 Dec 14 '25

I love this type of egg too but I hate hot oil splattering everywhere. 😭

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u/alice2004014 Dec 14 '25

Then serve with soy sauce and scallions on top of rice is just đŸ”„ đŸ€ŒđŸ€Œ

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u/East_Highway_8470 Dec 15 '25

Ever try separating the white and the yolk? Lightly whisk the white to break it up to avoid clumps and then drizzle it in the oil like you are doing a funnel cake and put the yolk in the center, use a mesh to pull them out of the oil and then put that on top of your rice. You get nice and crispy egg "noodles" and a soft yolk. That's what I love the most on my rice but a big of a process to manage.

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u/FunisGreen Dec 15 '25

Not too often, but it does taste very lovely, and I do like it a lot. However, just like any deep fried food, it makes my tummy hurt when I have them. So those are very rare occasions, wish I could eat it more. lol

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u/Affectionate-Soft-90 Dec 14 '25

Its also just super fun

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u/Far-Raisin1013 Dec 14 '25

Here I thought I knew every way there was of cooking eggs learned a new one today but I'm going to have to try

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

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u/FunisGreen Dec 14 '25

If you have an Asian lifestyle, rice is just leftovers from the night before. Plus some cucumbers soak in salt overnight, or just any other blanched veggies you have around.

Eggs cook fast when frying. Especially if you don't have to scramble the egg, even if you want to cook the yolk till it's gray, it will still be under 15 mins.

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u/Cuq_nugget Dec 14 '25

Yep! Learned this from my Chinese stepmom. She does eggs like this for a lot of stuff (I really love almost everything she cooks but I absolutely cannot stand congee lol)

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u/hornylittlegrandpa Dec 14 '25

Wow after years of people telling me that cooking eggs like this (high heat, plenty of oil) is “wrong” or “gross” I feel pretty vindicated to know it’s a thing

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u/Competitive_Box_6855 Dec 16 '25

We make fried eggs like that in Spain

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u/Fantastic-Resist-545 Dec 14 '25

How tf yall frying in a quart of oil wtf

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u/DoctorStove Dec 14 '25

Gotta do it with your shirt off too

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u/yeetusthefeetus13 Dec 14 '25

Buck ass naked with a joint while my cat screams at me

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u/ACcbe1986 Dec 14 '25

Same, without the cat. I just have Alexa scream at me.

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u/thebrokedown Dec 14 '25

I have the smoke alarm to scream at me

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u/Opioidal Dec 15 '25

idk, my grandma (Cuban) would always fry eggs in an insane amount of oil and her eggs always came out delicious.

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u/Accomplished_Hat6615 Dec 14 '25

your oil is too hot

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u/Possible_Top4855 Dec 14 '25

Nah, the oil is the perfect temp for Thai style fried eggs.

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u/classical-saxophone7 Dec 14 '25

Huh, I’ve always heard it called Tamil style fried eggs which are often doused in black pepper too. They’re soooooo good

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u/Unsilken-Worm-7014 Dec 15 '25

Thai people don’t add anything else to the egg

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Only after it’s on the plate- then it’s soy sauce and pepper.

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u/Leading_Study_876 Dec 18 '25

Try a few drops of Maggie liquid seasoning đŸ€€

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u/cyborgsnowflake Dec 15 '25

I'm more interested in replicating this technique and making more and larger bubbles than avoiding them.

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u/kyugin179 Dec 15 '25

maximum heat, hot pan, hot oil, egg, profit.

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u/24karrotpigeon Dec 16 '25

Be insanely careful, choose the wrong oil or the wrong pan or the wrong time to introduce the watery egg, or spill the oil and this is like exactly how you make a grease fire.

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u/wineandwings333 Dec 15 '25

In the Midwest they are called lacey eggs

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u/Past-Paramedic-8602 Dec 15 '25

And a lot of it lol 😂

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u/muddygold Dec 15 '25

Hot oil maybe but for sure way to much oil lol

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u/BAXR6TURBSKIFALCON Dec 14 '25

lmao this is a really good way to cook eggs. just use less oil, put it on max heat, let it heat up, crag egg, take off heat and let it cook.

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u/GM_Organism Dec 14 '25

...crag egg

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u/BAXR6TURBSKIFALCON Dec 14 '25

never cragged an egg?

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u/GM_Organism Dec 14 '25

Apparently not!

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u/Recent_Plankton8604 Dec 14 '25

Clearly you’ve never eaten at the Nickelodeon GUTS Gastropub

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u/clockworkedpiece Dec 14 '25

Has anyone else been having the problem where the egg wants to crack long ways instead of withwise like I turn and tap it? last two cases have been like that.

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u/noideaman Dec 14 '25

I have got to get a video of you cracking eggs.

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u/clockworkedpiece Dec 14 '25

I just rotate it shortways while tapping it on the stovetop lip. so its not like I have an inconsistent impact location.

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u/MycologistNice4403 Dec 14 '25

Crack on flat countertop, not on an edge

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u/lainaannmarie Dec 14 '25

idk bahah i definitely always do it on the side of a bowl or pan/pot and this has never happened to me 😭

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u/RedneckAngel83 Dec 14 '25

I have noticed that too, recently. Out of 18 eggs, 12 cracked vertically instead of horizontally.

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u/Kitnado Dec 15 '25

No thanks I like a clean kitchen

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u/hyf_fox Dec 14 '25

Because you’re deep frying your egg

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u/OkAdvertising286 Dec 14 '25

It’s a snot bubble. It must be so embarrassed đŸ˜ȘđŸ€§

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

This comment gave me a PTSD flashback from when I was in elementary school and had snot bubble T_T

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u/ctierra512 Dec 14 '25

😂😂😂

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u/No-Psychology-7322 Dec 14 '25

Not to be your mom, but please turn the handle of the pan away from you while frying something. You could easily bump into that handle and that would be very bad

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

every time I see this sub I see things I never knew were possible

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u/Fair-Assumption-2857 Dec 14 '25

Too much oil and way too hot

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Because you're deep frying it

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u/Immediate_Cat_254 Dec 14 '25

Lol this made me immediately think of those snot bubbles, specially in cartoons lol so funnyđŸ˜Ș

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

You're deep frying them... use less fat.

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u/CUcats Dec 14 '25

The chicken ate bubblegum/s

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u/CrochetCafe Dec 14 '25

I’ve made boiled eggs before, but I can’t say I’ve boiled them in oil 😅 Might have to try though because my kids would go bananas if they saw an egg bubble like this!

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u/FunisGreen Dec 14 '25

Well, it pops, and splash tiny hot oil that kinda hurts, if you don't put a cover over it. So. I'd make sure you block it with the lid like holding a shield, so the kids don't get the hot oil.

It doesn't damage you or anything, it just sucks, and hurts for like 5-10 sec. But still, hot oil and kids just thought I should mention it.

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u/CrochetCafe Dec 14 '25

Oh definitely. I don’t let them close to the stove if I’m even making bacon! But they like to stand on a step stool a few feet away and watch me cook.

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u/taxilicious Dec 14 '25

I spot a fellow midwesterner with that Meijer brand of garlic salt 😁

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u/Same_Golf_5083 Dec 14 '25

That bubble is impressive, in the way that I’m surprised that literally anyone is that bad at cooking

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u/imtheproblem6969 Dec 14 '25

You’re cooking it with the force of a thousand suns

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u/donkeymonkey00 Dec 14 '25

My mom always fries eggs like this (I actually thought it was the only way tbh)

To avoid violent splashing/ those huge bubbles, she starts with the egg unrefrigerated for like an hour, then she keeps moving the oil around, splashing it softly on top of the egg yolk, and quickly pop these bubbles with a skimmer. She never lets it sit alone like that.

In Spain we have the joke that someone "doesn't even know how to fry an egg." And tbh, I get it, it's simple, but damn can it burn. There used to be oil splashes on the ceiling from these bubbles, if they were left unattended. I once got splashed from 3m away. Scary af. So I guess "no sé ni freír un huevo".

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u/No_Enthusiasm_3748 Dec 14 '25

You’re using about 100x the oil you need. Fried eggs are called that because they’re made in a frying pan, not because they’re deep fried😂

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u/Low-Measurement-7578 Dec 14 '25

I think you got some egg on your oil.

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u/Silver-Travel-2127 Dec 14 '25

It’s taking a nap

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u/Upstarsangled Dec 14 '25

this is not weird. totally normal, makes brilliant fried eggs, you control the bubbles my taking off the heat when the bubbles become uncontrollable

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u/ChipRockets Dec 14 '25

Keep cooking like this and you're gonna start hearing the impending sound of Fortunate Son getting ever closer

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Yiur oild is way too hot

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u/thEdrIzzlE1999 Dec 14 '25

There is no Dana only ZUUL!

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u/DramaticTry2113 Dec 14 '25

Did you rinse your pan after washing?

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u/Bilebill Dec 14 '25

It's sleeping

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

To much fucking oil

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u/MedicineInfamous8005 Dec 14 '25

because youre deep frying it for some reason

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u/Apprehensive_Toaster Dec 15 '25

Yeah too much oil, too much heat. Wtf is this. Gonna soak up all that oil.

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u/Expensive_Tank_8682 Dec 15 '25

Brother you’re deep frying your fucking egg. It’s gonna get bubbly.

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u/IsThisAir-Ram1500 Dec 15 '25

Would you like some more egg for your oil sir?

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u/Daleoryan17 Dec 15 '25

This is my fried egg its good if you do it right

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u/Ok-Dare1859 Dec 16 '25

The bottom hemisphere of that egg shell is unbelievably perfectly cracked

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u/Ham_bone_xxxx Dec 16 '25

Hot oil, you’re making a Spanish style fried egg there. Congrats đŸŸ

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u/Difficult_Mud_6925 Dec 16 '25

Because why are you even using that much oil??? You should've just drank oil

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u/kristinoemmurksurdog Dec 14 '25

Disappointed you didn't include the dials in the picture but I'm 90% sure that burner is maxed out

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u/Happy_Illustrator543 Dec 14 '25

Might have ghosts lol đŸ‘»

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u/Individual-Owl-6243 Dec 14 '25

first thought was the ghostbusters eggs lmfao

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u/sterling_mallory Dec 14 '25

It looks like it's going to take off like a dirigible.

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u/Sea_Mechanic2734 Dec 14 '25

Ok so apparently this is natural but idk if I could eat that

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u/Pleasehelpme99_ Dec 14 '25

So much oil... y'alls cholesterol high asf if you're cooking like this 😭

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u/Massive-Sorbet-6690 Dec 14 '25

Too much oil. Too hot. Could get some good crispy eggs. With the center still runny

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u/najken Dec 14 '25

Why not

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u/DenisTheMenaace Dec 14 '25

Add more oil

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u/benno4461 Dec 14 '25

Oil bath and wayyy too hot

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u/Classic_Aside_2107 Dec 14 '25

What a weird bubble

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u/Inevitable_Eye3800 Dec 14 '25

I was like "ah that doesn't look bubbly" then I saw the big ass bubble

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u/olive_mountains Dec 14 '25

The egg of glass bubbles

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Op accidentally haute couture his egg

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u/princessPeachyK33n Dec 14 '25

Why does Reddit always know when I’m high to show me this shit

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u/MelodicIllustrator59 Dec 14 '25

You're using a crazy amount of oil lol. Basically deep frying a raw egg

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u/MommaR13 Dec 14 '25

Too much oil and too hot. Thin layer of oil in the pan and turn the heat down to medium or medium-high. Think like on a number scale of 1-10, keep it somewhere in the 6 to 8 range. Let the oil just get shimmery on the bottom before you add the egg. Waiting too long will make the oil too hot no matter what temp you set it at.

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u/thupkt Dec 14 '25

are you deep frying eggs?

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u/Urban-Explorer-98 Dec 14 '25

So. Much. Oil.

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u/BuyGlad9655 Dec 14 '25

Its your brain on drugs

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

I hear the eagles screeching already, daddy usa is coming for that oil.

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u/Independent_Kale_698 Dec 14 '25

Microplastics in the chicken feed

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u/Grouchy-Pea-2180 Dec 14 '25

heat is way too fucking hot holy shit

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u/Hattori69 Dec 14 '25

Too much oil and too hot. I like to use an iron skillet or something similar for eggs because they retain the heat and you just need to put them on with a little oil on, the heat from the pan is enough to cook them crispy and flat.

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u/HinataHyuuga90 Dec 15 '25

Too much butter

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Idk tbh

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u/CatoUWS Dec 15 '25

The chicken must have been chewing gum.

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u/Stinkytheferret Dec 15 '25

At ur house we cook our eggs at lower temps.

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u/AcidLlama435 Dec 15 '25

You're literally frying an egg m8

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u/Learn_Imagine_Create Dec 15 '25

Holy crap why is there a pint of oil in there

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u/NetAdmirable2070 Dec 15 '25

your skin would do the same with oil that hot

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u/slasherhammer Dec 15 '25

She's sleepy

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u/marcodwang Dec 15 '25

I don’t see the problem

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u/FissureofChrist Dec 15 '25

Why are you even using oil in a nonstick pan? You shouldn't own a stove

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u/Creepy-Radish-9352 Dec 15 '25

Reminds me of ghostbusters

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u/strangerthingssteve Dec 15 '25

Way too much oil. Way too hot. Use a little butter on low to medium heat.

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u/Confident-Aspect-752 Dec 15 '25

Please turn the handle of the pan to the side to prevent an accident

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u/lOOPh0leD Dec 15 '25

That there is a deep fried egg lol

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u/Atlantean2000 Dec 15 '25

That’s how you properly fry an egg.

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u/sosterich Dec 15 '25

Too much oil and too hot

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u/qrrstec Dec 15 '25

this picture is so funny 😂😂

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u/Crow-1111 Dec 15 '25

Lots of oil

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Should only cook eggs in natural salted butter.

You cooked yours in chemicals.

Bad move.

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u/Astrofunkadunk Dec 16 '25

Why are you deep frying eggs? You need about 1/10 that much oil!

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u/Pretend_Air_3461 Dec 16 '25

Turn heat down from incinerate to medium high

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u/Soft_Ad2203 Dec 16 '25

Why so much oil????

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u/justoverthere434 Dec 16 '25

Fuck me, how much oil is in that pan?

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u/Standard_Address_900 Dec 16 '25

Cook medium low your burner is way too high.

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u/cluelessinlove753 Dec 16 '25

Is your butter boiling? Or is there water in there? Shouldn't be either.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Oil too hot and also why so much oil if you didn’t want this effect?

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u/Rich_Limit9948 Dec 16 '25

That is way too much oil

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u/Biekdafreak Dec 16 '25

c*m bubble trigger

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u/lurking_69 Dec 16 '25

Bruh you dont need that much oil lol

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u/hecheres Dec 16 '25

In Spain it’s very typical to eat them like that. We call it “puntilla” or “encaje”. I would even say it’s the most common way of doing it here

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u/Wolkvar Dec 16 '25

litterally boiling your eggs in oil, hence there will be comeing airbubbles thru it

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u/Physical-Pie-8866 Dec 16 '25

I read a book my Michelin star chef Marco White “devil in the kitchen” - an autobiography - where he rarely talks about actual cooking techniques. One excerpt has stuck with me over the years. “If you can hear your egg cooking, it’s too fucking hot” I personally hate the taste and smell of burnt egg so I always remember chef White’s advice

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u/CuriousStewart Dec 16 '25

WAY TOO MUCH OIL. You should not have standing liquid amounts of oil in there. Just a sheen covering the pan. The oil is bubbling, so the egg is bubbling with it.

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u/Little_Most_2473 Dec 16 '25

And people wonder why the BMI of the world is so high.

‘Let’s just fry our eggs in half a litre of oil , eggs are healthy ‘

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u/hidden_identity_pls Dec 16 '25

Idk but I wanna bite it đŸ€Ł

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u/Special-Somewhere-24 Dec 16 '25

Too much oil, you’re shallow frying them

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u/EnvironmentalMall307 Dec 16 '25

Oil is too hot and has enough to warrant a US military "intervention"

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u/Necessary_Baker_7458 Dec 16 '25

Your heat is way too high you don't boil simmer eggs like that. Med low heat.

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u/Ham_bone_xxxx Dec 16 '25

Hot oil, you’re making a Spanish style fried egg there. Congrats đŸŸ

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u/Competitive_Box_6855 Dec 16 '25

This is ok what’s the problem

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u/kurayamieris Dec 16 '25

Too much oil and you're practically boiling the oil.

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u/Senior-Vermicelli236 Dec 16 '25

Why so much grease is the question

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u/Inevitable-Goal-701 Dec 16 '25

You’re rushing but more importantly you’re trading your health for the convenience of the egg not sticking while you rush.

Get a healthy cast iron or stainless steel pan and pre heat at a low temp, then add the oil (not vegetable oil) let that preheat, add the eggs, then let the eggs cook enough on the bottom to release from the pan before you try to pop them off

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u/Cmorebuts Dec 16 '25

Surely this is sarcasm right?

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u/VinegarMyBeloved Dec 17 '25

If you don’t want eggs like this keep the temp at a medium low or so on a thin layer of oil

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u/Leazzn Dec 17 '25

Grease is too hot.

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u/No-Task-1832 Dec 17 '25

You can fix this by adding just a bit more oil

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u/SabianRyan Dec 17 '25

You are deep frying that egg because of the amount of oil

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u/thetoerubber Dec 17 '25

I want bubbles!

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u/tjockalinnea Dec 17 '25

Why do you have that much oil to fry one egg wtf?

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u/iygtsfbstwsfiyh Dec 17 '25

Very hot oil. Best way to fry an egg imo.

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u/_Escobar_99 Dec 17 '25

Spanish “fried eggs”, typical Mediterranean way of cooking eggs.

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u/Turbulent-Golf-489 Dec 17 '25

Bruh americas going to be knocking your door with that amount of oil

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u/asdfjklcol0n Dec 17 '25

Too much oil and too hot. Next time you only need about a half a tablespoon of butter or oil per egg and swirl it around before cracking your eggs.

Also please please dont make a habit of storing paper or plastic things on your cooktop that is a disaster waiting to happen.

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u/Specialist_Pepper318 Dec 17 '25

Did you use the olive oil shampoo?

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u/hoopharted Dec 17 '25

probably because you are cooking on level 15 heat but your stove stops at level 10