How to Make Eggs Sunny Side Up

Eggs are a great breakfast food when you're running late in the morning and don't have time for a full meal. Cooking eggs sunny side up will take about 5 minutes and provide you with enough nourishment and protein to start your day off right. When cooked, sunny side up eggs have an intact yolk that becomes bright yellow and thickened with firm egg whites surrounding it.

Things You'll Need

• Non-stick pan
• 2 tsp. butter
• 2 eggs

Instructions

1. Heat a pan on medium heat on the stove and throw in 2 tsp. of butter and let it melt.

2. Crack 2 eggs directly into the heated pan. Be careful not to break the yolks; clean out pieces of the eggshell that may fall in.

3. Let the eggs cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Once the egg whites that are furthest from the yolk begin to firm up, but the whites by the yolk are still uncooked, lift and angle the pan towards the yolk. This allows the uncooked part of the whites to move and cook.

4. Slide the cooked eggs onto a plate and enjoy.

Tips & Warnings

• Help the eggs cook faster by covering the pan with another pan. But, be careful because too much steam or heat while doing this can overcook the yolks.

• Watch the heat on the pan. If the heat gets too high, the outer edges of the whites will cook too fast becoming brown on the edges and dried out before the rest of the whites are cooked. If this happens, turn the heat down to low-medium.