🍳 Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs are eggs beaten and gently cooked while stirring, creating soft curds. They’re quick, versatile, and a breakfast classic around the world.
🥚 Basic Ingredients
- Eggs
- Salt
- Butter or oil
Optional: milk, cream, cheese, herbs, black pepper.
👨🍳 Simple Method (Soft & Creamy)
- Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk until fully blended.
- Heat butter in a non-stick pan over low to medium-low heat.
- Pour in eggs and let sit briefly.
- Stir gently with a spatula, pushing from the edges inward.
- Remove from heat while still slightly soft (they keep cooking).
⏱️ Total time: 5–7 minutes.
🔥 Texture Styles
- Soft & creamy – Low heat, slow stirring.
- Fluffy diner-style – Slightly higher heat, bigger curds.
- French-style – Very slow cooking, tiny delicate curds, often extra buttery.
🧀 Popular Add-Ins
- Cheese (cheddar, feta, goat cheese)
- Fresh herbs (chives, parsley)
- Spinach or mushrooms
- Smoked salmon
- Cooked bacon or ham
🥗 Nutrition
Scrambled eggs are high in:
- Protein
- Healthy fats
- Vitamin B12
- Choline
If you’d like, I can share a restaurant-style creamy technique or a high-protein meal prep version.
