How to Make the Perfect Omelette: Here's What to Do with a Frying Pan Lid

29.11.2024 00:30

Omelette has long acquired the status of one of the most popular breakfasts.

The love of gourmets for this dish is quite understandable: it is prepared quickly, and it turns out tasty and filling.

But there are also disadvantages. For example, not all amateur cooks manage to cook a truly fluffy omelet.

According to the expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, cook, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova, in many cases the failure is explained by the incorrect use of... a frying pan lid.

The Surprising Secret to the Perfect Omelette

To ensure that the dish maintains the right consistency, do not remove the lid from the pan for at least 10 minutes after the egg mixture has been cooked.

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However, many gourmets know about this rule.

Let's move on to a less obvious trick. It turns out that before you cover the pan with a lid with an omelette being prepared, you should grease the latter with butter.

Of course, the glass device must be coated with a greasy product from the inside.

Use this life hack and you will get an airy and tender omelette.

For reference

An omelette is a fried egg to which milk or another liquid is added, such as water, cream, broth, decoction, juice and, in some recipes, a small amount of some flour, such as wheat, oatmeal, buckwheat, barley, rye, potato, or pea.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief
 
Expert: Julia Arkhipova Expert / Belnovosti