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How to Make a Sunny-Side-Up Egg

Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★

Essential Ingredients and Tools

  • Eggs
  • Salt
  • Oil
  • Microwave with adjustable power settings or microwave with fixed power settings (see Additional Content for definitions and identification methods)
  • Chopsticks or toothpicks

Calculations

  • Use 1 egg.
  • Use 1 g of salt per egg.
  • Use 5 mL of oil per egg.

Using the above parameters, calculate the ratio of raw materials to be used.

Instructions

Microwave with Adjustable Power Settings

  • Prepare a small bowl. Pour in the calculated amount of oil, add salt, and stir to mix. Tilt the bowl to coat the inner surface with oil.
  • Crack an egg into the bowl.
  • Pierce the surface of the yolk. Use 5 punctures with a toothpick or 1 puncture with chopsticks.
  • Place in the microwave and cook on medium power for 3 minutes.

Microwave with Fixed Power Settings

  • Prepare a small bowl. Pour in the calculated amount of oil, add salt, and stir to mix. Tilt the bowl to coat the inner surface with oil.
  • Crack an egg into the bowl.
  • Pierce the surface of the yolk. Use 5 punctures with a toothpick or 1 puncture with chopsticks.
  • Place in the microwave and cook for 1 minute.
  • while (the egg is not fully set and solidified in large areas) microwave for 30 seconds;

Additional Content

while (the doneness of the egg does not match personal preference) microwave for 1 minute;

  • Microwave with Fixed Power Settings:
  • Definition: A microwave where power level cannot be adjusted, only the duration.
  • Identification: If the control panel lacks labels for low, medium, or high power, it is a microwave with fixed power settings.
  • Microwave with Adjustable Power Settings:
  • Definition: A microwave where both power level and duration can be controlled.
  • Identification: If the control panel has labels for low, medium, or high power, it is a microwave with adjustable power settings.

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