4/5/2020 The Best Scrambled Eggs Recipe - NYT Cooking

The Best Scrambled Eggs

By Mark Bittman

YIELD 2 servings

TIME 40 minutes

For silky, outrageously good scrambled eggs, cook them low and slow. This method, which Mark Bittman learned from James Beard, is very low and very slow: you place the eggs over very low heat, stirring frequently, breaking up the curds as they form. The results are without compare. Make them for breakfast on the weekend, while the coffee brews and the bacon fries.

INGREDIENTS PREPARATION

4 or 5 eggs Step 1 Salt and freshly ground black pepper Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them, just until the yolks and whites are combined. Season with salt and pepper and beat in the cream. 2 tablespoons cream

2 tablespoons butter or extra virgin Step 2 olive oil Put a medium skillet, preferably non-stick, over medium heat for about 1 minute. Add the butter or oil and swirl it around the pan. After the butter melts, but before it foams, turn the heat to low.

Step 3 Add the eggs to the skillet and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. At first nothing will happen; after 10 minutes or so, the eggs will begin to form curds. Do not lose patience: Keep stirring, breaking up the curds as they form, until the mixture is a mass of soft curds. This will take 30 minutes or more. Serve immediately.

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Adapted from "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman

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