Fried Eggs (Olive Oil-basted)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 egg
- Salt
- Pepper
Steps
- Heat olive oil in a frying pan over a low-medium heat (you will break the olive oil if you heat it too much).
- Crack open one egg into the pan. Let fry while basting the yolk with hot oil in order to cook the top. If the egg begins to bubble, lower the heat.
- Serve, adding salt and pepper to taste.
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Adapted from “Fried Eggs (Olive Oil-basted)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.