7 hours Ago By Grace Piercy
Even though we all love a simple breakfast , scrambled eggs can be tricky to get right - but adding one ingredient can change it all. In fact it's such a clever trick that it is beloved by Dolly Parton , who made a brunch for her and her husband every weekend that included her fluffy scrambled eggs , french toast, and biscuits and gravy. So what is the clever egg hack that costs nothing at all to put into action? Apparently a little ice water in scrambled eggs can elevate them with minimal effort, making them lighter and fluffier by creating steam during cooking, which makes the eggs puff up.
Taste of Home recommends starting with a tablespoon of ice water for every few uncooked eggs . You can adjust the amount of water to your liking, but adding too much will change the flavour of the eggs. There are other tips too that can help you crack the perfect scrambled egg formula.
To master the basic scrambled egg, Mark Bittman at Medium recommends cracking eggs on a flat surface and whisking with salt and pepper until combined. If you’d like a silkier and less eggy-tasting scramble, you can add some milk or cream to this mixture - only about one teaspoon for two eggs. Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Once foaming, pour the eggs in and begin stirring frequently, moving the pan on and off the heat to control the cooking. More stirring and a lower heat mean smaller ‘curds’ and therefore silkier eggs. Less stirring and a higher heat mean larger ‘curds’ and potentially more ‘rubbery’ eggs.
Summer Miller at Simply Recipes shared her go-to trick for scrambled eggs. The cook advises that “anything goes” and there’s no reason why you can’t make it into a larger meal. There’s a wide range of possible combinations to consider adding to eggs, from sweet peppers and goat cheese to ham, onion, mushrooms, spinach and tomatoes.
She suggests using leftover vegetables from a meal to act as a boost of flavour and saving them from going to waste. She said: “If you create something you hate, you aren’t out much, so go for broke and get crazy. It’s a low-risk kitchen experiment; eggs are inexpensive and require minimal time commitment.
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