If eggs are a staple breakfast for you, but you’re looking for a way to elevate them for the weekend, then look no further.
Gordon Ramsay has shared that you just need to add one ingredient to your pan to make the staple dish 100% better.
On his official TikTok, the celebrity chef said he was making “eggs to die for”. He trick is to start off with a huge nob of butter in the pan, which already had a tiny amount of oil in it to stop everytihng burning.
You should then “crack [eggs] on a flat surface, open them up, and [put them] into the pan”.
Gordon recommends seasoning them almost immediately with pepper and “a touch of salt”. He also likes to add chilli flakes for another dimension of flavour.
Gordon said: “Once you’ve got that butter foaming, just, clockwise, just roll the pan round, and that foaming butter cooks the egg whites beautifully”.
Because let’s be honest, nobody really wants a snotty egg coming out of their pan do they? It’s enough to give anyone the egg ick.
Gordon continued: “When you roll them round like that, it sort of almost floods the centre of that egg with that foaming butter. So it’s quite an art in frying an egg perfectly. I like the ends nice and crispy, I like all the white beautifully cooked”.
To make the eggs extra decadent, he decided to add some sriracha sauce, but, of course, this step is optional, as they’ll be so delicious without it.
Gordon also enjoys going the extra mile with his eggs by adding some Worcestershire sauce while it’s still in the pan.
So why add butter to the pan at all? For one, the decadent ingredient adds a rich, creamy flavour that complements the taste of eggs and makes them more delicious.
What’s more, butter can give the edges of fried eggs a slightly crispy texture while keeping the yolks and whites tender.
The eggs did look perfect, with an amazing golden middle and well-set white. And judging by the comments section, people were very impressed by the tip.
One said they “wish” they saw the video “sooner” because they’d just made two fried eggs and they didn’t look as good as these do.