Basted Egg Food

BASTED EGG

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• Crack in the egg.
• Cook until whites are nearly fully set and then add the hot water to the skillet. Cover the skillet.
• Cook the egg in the covered skillet until the whites are set and the thin layer of whites that tops the yolk has turned white as well.
• Remove egg from skillet. Serve.

SAVORY OATMEAL WITH A BASTED EGG

Steps:

• » In a small saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups of water with a pinch of salt to a boil and stream in the oats. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the oats are soft, 30 to 45 minutes. Baste the egg while the oats are cooking.
• » Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the olive oil and cheese. Top with the egg and season to taste with salt and pepper. Eat immediately.

OLIVE OIL-BASTED FRIED EGGS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium nonstick skillet (a 10" skillet is perfect for 2 eggs) over medium-high. When oil is shimmering, carefully add eggs one at a time, shaking pan gently after each addition. Cook eggs, shaking pan occasionally to keep them from sticking to each other (a rubber spatula can help nudge them apart if needed), until edges are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Carefully tilt skillet toward you so that oil pools at front edge of pan. Spoon hot oil over egg whites, especially anywhere they are still translucent, while avoiding yolks, until whites are set, about 1 minute more. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to blot oil; season with salt and pepper.

BASTED EGGS

Steps:

• Heat butter until melted; add eggs.
• Fry until white is starting to set.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Add water and cover immediately; some people add less water but I like a little more. The steam will cook the top of eggs; it takes just a minute or so, depending on how well done you like your eggs. Hard will be just like hard boiled eggs, that yellow color.
• I serve these with toast and fried potatoes, just like over easy eggs.

STEAMED (BASTED) FRIED EGGS

Steps:

• Spray a non-stick frying pan (size to accomodate the number of eggs) with oil spray. I often use well-seasoned cast iron skillets.
• Place the pan over medium heat.
• When pan and oil are heated, break eggs and place in pan with some separation between eggs.
• When the egg whites begin to turn opaque (about 1 minute depending on how hot your "medium heat" is, pour water into the pan
• Cover the pan tightly
• Cook for 30 seconds before looking at the eggs
• Cover the eggs after checking and cook until the eggs are the desired degree of doneness.