Memorize This Technique for Perfect Over-Easy Eggs

Cooking an egg sounds easy until you’re trying to flip it in the pan.

With their perfectly set whites and runny yolks, these over-easy eggs are begging for lots of buttered toast. Joe Lingeman/TNS

A breakfast of over-easy eggs sounds simple enough, right? Just crack some eggs into a pan and flip ’em over when they’re ready. But how do you achieve perfectly set whites that surround runny, intact yolks?

Perfect over-easy eggs aren’t hard to fry up (even if you haven’t had your first cup of coffee yet)—as long as you keep a few key things in mind. Here’s how to do it.