Scrambled Eggs

Dad Basics Ep. 1: eggs, butter, salt, and medium heat. That’s it.

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This is Episode 1 of Dad Basics, my simple cooking series for anyone who wants the basics. Two or three eggs, a tablespoon of butter, medium heat, and keep them moving. Pull them while they’re still shiny, because they keep cooking on the plate. I gave it a 9/10. My wife gave it a 9/10.

Scrambled Eggs

Soft scrambled eggs with butter over medium heat, kept moving for small curds and pulled while still shiny. Dad Basics Ep. 1.

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Total Time 15 minutes mins

Servings: 1 serving

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Calories: 280

Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients

  

• 2-3 eggs
• 1 tbsp butter about
• salt to taste

Method

 

1. Crack the eggs (two-handed first, then one-handed if you want). Shell in the bowl? Scoop it out with another piece of shell.
2. Beat in a circular motion until aerated.
3. Melt about a tablespoon of butter in the pan over medium heat.
4. Add the eggs and keep them moving for small curds.
5. If it cooks too fast, lift the pan off the heat.
6. Pull them while still shiny. They keep cooking on the plate.

Notes

If it cooks too fast, lift the pan off the heat. Pull them while still shiny; they keep cooking on the plate.

Tips and swaps

• Got shell in the bowl? Scoop it out with another piece of shell.
• Butter, medium heat, and keep the eggs moving for small curds.
• Pull them while they are still shiny.

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