Fried eggs are a culinary staple thanks to their affordability and quick cooking time - but this chef's simple method will take your eggs to the next level

A fried egg is cheap, simple to make, and versatile, making it a culinary classic . It can be served with toast, on top of a rice dish, or slipped in between the bun and patty to add an extra surprise to your burger. But while a fried egg may seem like an easy thing to make, given that the cooking instructions are literally in the name, many of us may have actually been making it wrong.

Culinary consultant J. Kenji López-Alt, author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science said, that a fried egg should actually taste fried, and have cratered, bubbly whites, and “crispy brown edges”. He wrote on the Serious Eats site

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