Fried egg
A fried egg is a cooked dish made from one or more eggs which are removed from their shells and placed into a frying pan and cooked. They are traditionally eaten for breakfast or brunch in many countries but may also be served at other times of the day.
Regional adaptations and specialities
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
Fried eggs are a crucial part of such traditional German dishes as Strammer Max or Hamburger Schnitzel / Holsteiner Schnitzel / Fernfahrerschnitzel – a similarly prepared fried egg served on a Wiener Schnitzel.Fried eggs over pan-fried potatoes is another common dish, sometimes served with spinach as a third component of the meal. Some German cooks break the yolk and distribute it across the surface of the white during the frying.
All of the above are typically lunch, rather than breakfast, dishes, although eggs themselves are a common part of a German breakfast.
Cambodia
In Cambodia, a fried egg is often served on top of a common dish called beef lok lak. It is made of a ring of spinach, onion finely shaven, and tomato with either a portion of venison or beef with gravy, topped with a fried egg, either duck or chicken egg.Indonesia
In Indonesia, fried eggs are served either as telur ceplok or telur mata sapi which refer to sunny side up eggs, as telur dadar or as telur orak-arik. The fried eggs are either setengah matang which is half cooked with still runny yolk or matang which is well done. When speaking English, an Indonesian waiter may ask if you want the egg fried "one side" or "two sides". Fried eggs, especially bull's eye egg, are a popular topping for Indonesian fried rice and fried noodle, either freshly prepared noodle or cooked from instant noodle Indomie Mi goreng.A simple dish of fried sunny side up egg served on top of steamed rice drizzled with kecap manis sweet soy sauce, is a favourite dish among Indonesian children. Other than served with rice, fried eggs might be served with bread as a sandwich for breakfast. Seasoning includes salt and pepper, sweet soy sauce, and sometimes hot and spicy sambal chili paste.
Ireland and the United Kingdom
Fried eggs can be served on toast, or in a sandwich, with bacon, sausages, and a variety of condiments. Eggs are often part of the full breakfast commonly eaten in Britain and Ireland. Fried eggs are often served with ham or gammon steak as a popular pub meal. The egg is cooked on high heat and hot fat, oil, or water may be splashed onto the top of the egg to baste it and cook the white. They are usually cooked without turning over.Hispanic and Lusitanic world
In Portugal and Brazil, a runny egg placed over a steak with a side dish of rice and fried potatoes is called a bife a cavalo, literally "horse-riding steak".A similar dish, with the name bife a caballo in Spanish, is also common in Argentina, Ecuador, and Uruguay ; fried potatoes and salad replace the beans and rice.
In Colombia’s bandeja paisa the egg is accompanied with avocado and chorizo.
In Chile and Peru, a fried egg is included in Lomo a lo Pobre, Chorrillana, Paila de huevo, and several other dishes.
In Ecuador, llapingachos include a sunny-side up egg served over pan-seared cheesy mashed potatoes and fried sausage.
In northern Mexico, huevos montados are served with refried beans and fried potatoes. Another common method of serving eggs in Mexico is huevos a la mexicana, which blends fried eggs with diced tomato, onion, and green chili pepper; the amount of pepper added is often to order.
There are several other egg dishes in Mexico which combine different ingredients: Huevos motuleños, aporreados, and huevos rancheros. Also, in some parts of Mexico, fried eggs are served with fresh tomato, onions, and cilantro salsa. Red chili is optional, as is a blended sauce.
In Spain fried eggs are a common dish. They are eaten alone, with meat, or with sausages. In this country, a fried egg served with boiled rice covered in tomato sauce is called arroz a la cubana in Spanish and the same dish is served in parts of Latin America, Italy, the Philippines, and Portugal as well.
Poet Nâzım Hikmet said in an interview that he stayed with a Spanish friend for a month and ate fried eggs almost every day.
Malaysia and Singapore
Just as in Indonesia, nasi goreng, one of the popular fried rice dish in Malaysia and Singapore is often served with a fried egg.Netherlands
In the Netherlands, a fried egg is normally served on top of a slice of bread, often with fried bacon, for breakfast or lunch.An uitsmijter is a dish consisting of two or three fried eggs, sunny side up. One version is fried together with ham and cheese, or bacon and cheese. Another version is placed on buttered bread over a generous slice of cold meat, e.g., cooked ham or beef, similar to the German Strammer Max or Strammer Otto, and usually garnished with a dill pickle. It is a common lunch dish served in many cafes, canteens, and lunch rooms in the Netherlands. Uitsmijter, which literally means "out-thrower", is a Dutch word for a bouncer.
Nigeria
What is known as "scrambled eggs" in the US and UK is called "fried eggs" in Nigeria, while what is known as "fried eggs" in the US and UK would be known as "half-fried eggs" in Nigeria. The mai shai stalls cook scrambled eggs to the point of being heavily crisp.Philippines
In the Philippines, fried eggs are often cooked like a sunny-side egg but the yolk is half cooked - referred to as malasado - by sprinkling it with salt and oil while being fried, giving it a distinctive pink-colored membrane. Garlic rice with an egg is a common combination known as silog, usually served with a choice of breakfast meatsuch as beef tapa to make it tapsilog, longaniza, fried milkfish, dried fish, tocino, Spam, or corned beef, etc. In addition, fried eggs are eaten in a dish called Arroz a la cubana, which is seasoned ground beef with raisins, cubed potatoes, tomato sauce, and olives, along with white rice and fried ripe plantains. Fried eggs are also a main ingredient in the noodle dish Pancit Batil Patong, where a fried egg is topped over stir-fried noodles.