What did you mix them with? If you mixed them with margarine, diet margarine, or squeeze 'butter', the water in those will leach out and make the eggs watery.
Or maybe they are just not cooked long enough. It is not necessary to even add fluid to your eggs when making scrambled eggs. I add just a teaspoon of water when I am mixing them just to make them lighter. I cook my eggs like the Barefoot Contessa does. Put about 1 tbsp of butter in your pan and let it melt. Meanwhile, beat your eggs and add about a tablespoon of heavy cream. Pour them in the skillet and as the edges begin to set, raise them with a spatula and turn the pan where the runny eggs can go under the edges.
Advertisement I admit I can't leave them alone and stir them around a little as they cook but they are never watery. I wastold one time to use water instead of milk but I like this method best.
Overcooking scrambled eggs will cause them to be wattery. Use you favorite recipe and remove the eggs from the heat before the eggs are complety set. The eggs will continue to cook with the residual heat, and hopefully will be perfect. Hope this helps. My scrambled eggs are never watery and I don't add anything to absorb water. At one time, they were. There is something about the cooking method that makes them watery.
I found out what that was, but have forgotten. Cooking Scrambled Eggs ends up with excess liquid Ask Question. Asked 2 years, 2 months ago. Active 9 months ago. Viewed 13k times. Improve this question. Isabella Isabella 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges.
Welcome to SA, Isabella! And congratulations on finding a basic cooking problem weeping eggs that we have somehow mysteriously not covered! My answer below. Are the eggs runny or are they wet with a clear liquid? What is "super cooking"? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Here's some tips for avoiding weepy scrambled eggs: Add very little, or no, extra liquid to the eggs.
This means that if you tend to add milk or cream to your beaten eggs, it should be no more than 2 tsp. Make sure to scramble the eggs uncovered, so their moisture can escape as steam. Salt the beaten eggs minutes before cooking them, instead of salting them while cooking. This changes the protein structure of the egg white so that it's less likely to lose moisture. If you forget, or don't have time, then wait and salt the eggs on the plate; salting them in the pan is almost a guarantee of weeping, in my experience and Kenji's.
Avoid overcooking the eggs. If you cook them "dry", they're more likely to weep. If you like your scrambled eggs dry, then cook them until almost firm, and let them continue setting up off-heat. Try cooking over low-medium heat until you get the hang of things. In addition to wet fillings, fillings that are very acidic like fresh tomatoes or tomatillos can affect the eggs and cause them to weep, so consider adding these as a topping instead of cooked into the eggs.
Improve this answer. FuzzyChef FuzzyChef Brief addition to the opening point about condensation: If you warm the bowl up before plating, there will be less condensation. When water vapour is coming off the eggs and hits the cold surface of the bowl, it condenses.
If the bowl is warmed, more of the vapour will escape before it cools enough to condense. Hmm, first, rule out "external" water RedFox RedFox 3 3 bronze badges. When scrambled eggs are made right , they're light and creamy all on their own without the addition of milk, cream or cheese.
Perfect scrambled eggs are amazing in their simplicity. When scrambled eggs are not made right they can still be totally edible, but they're almost always completely forgettable.
They're dry. And they usually need the help of cheese, hot sauce or ketchup to taste good. The good news is that it's so easy to start making perfect scrambled eggs. With just a couple of simple tips to keep in mind, you can make eggs better than Julia Child ever did. Honestly, how good are your scrambled eggs? If you think they could use some help, check out the common egg cooking mistakes below and start making your breakfast right.
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