A fried egg is an egg that is cooked in a pan with oil, butter, or another fat without being stirred, keeping the yolk intact. There are different ways to fry an egg, including sunny side up (cooked on one side with a runny yolk) and over easy/medium/hard (flipped and cooked to different levels of doneness). It is a common breakfast dish around the world. In Indonesian, fried egg is translated as telur ceplok.
Synonyms:
- Egg ceplok (Indonesian term)
- Pan-fried egg
- Egg cooked in a pan
- Sautéed egg
- Skillet egg
- Egg fry
- Breakfast egg
- Oil-fried egg
- Butter-fried egg
- Single-cooked egg
Sentences Using “Fried Egg”:
- I like to eat a fried egg with toast in the morning.
- He cracked the egg into the pan and made a perfect fried egg.
- The restaurant serves a delicious fried egg on top of their rice bowl.
- She flipped the fried egg too early, breaking the yolk.
- I ordered my fried egg sunny side up with crispy edges.
- The chef placed a fried egg over the burger for extra flavor.
- Would you like your fried egg over easy or over hard?
- A perfectly cooked fried egg should have a runny yolk and crispy edges.
- My grandmother taught me how to make a traditional fried egg with butter.
- Instead of boiling an egg, I decided to make a simple fried egg for breakfast.
Related Words:
- Sunny side up
- Over easy
- Over medium
- Over hard
- Egg dish
- Pan-fried
- Scrambled egg
- Omelet
- Poached egg
- Egg fry
Phrasal Verbs Related to “Fried Egg”:
- Crack open (to break an egg before frying it)
- Fry up (to cook a fried egg quickly in a pan)
- Sizzle in the pan (to make a sizzling sound while cooking)
- Flip over (to turn the egg over while frying)
- Break the yolk (to accidentally or intentionally puncture the yolk)
- Let it sit (to allow the egg to cook without stirring)
- Turn up the heat (to increase heat while frying the egg)
- Slide onto a plate (to move the fried egg from the pan to a dish)
- Season with salt and pepper (to add seasoning while frying)
- Serve with toast (to eat a fried egg alongside bread)
Idiomatic Expressions Related to “Fried Egg”:
- Put all your eggs in one basket (to rely on one single thing for success)
- Walk on eggshells (to be very careful about what you say or do)
- Egg on your face (to be embarrassed after making a mistake)
- Break the yolk (to ruin something that was going well)
- Sizzle like a fried egg (to be very hot or active, often used humorously)
- As easy as cracking an egg (to describe something very simple)
- Cooking up a storm (to prepare a lot of food, including fried eggs)
- A good egg (a kind and reliable person)
- Sunny side up attitude (to have a positive and cheerful outlook on life)
- Hard-boiled personality (someone who is tough and unyielding, unlike a soft or fried egg)
