100 Ways to Crack an Egg
According to legend (a.k.a. wikipedia), the folds in a chef’s hat used to represent the number of ways s/he knew how to cook an egg, with the vaunted 100-fold hat reserved for the heads of only the most knowledgeable culinary experts. But are there really 100 ways to prepare eggs? ES set out on an exploration across the food blogosphere to find out, and our answer is a decidedly delicious “yes.”
We’re reporting back and presenting our 100 favorite ways to cook an egg. If you’ve ever looked in the fridge and said, “I’ve got tons of eggs, but no idea what to cook with them,” well, you have no excuse to ever do that again. Just come right back here. Or better yet, print this out and hang it in your kitchen.
Presenting the comprehensive Endless Simmer guide to 100 ways to cook an egg:
Click on the photos for full recipes.
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PS – What did we miss? Have an inventive egg recipe that’s not on the list? Drop your link in the comments. If your photo makes us drool, we’ll add it to the list.
Update! Thanks for all your tips – even more ways to cook an egg below:
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Good lord this is amazing! My favorite is the slam chop version – vomit egg breakfast!
Thanks for the include also
I love those beet-colored eggs! Great list and thanks for the include!
Solid list, but you left out eggs poached in broth – a deliciously simple soup that we like to make pretty regularly.
Great, now I am surper hungry. Good stuff!
What an enourmous and fantastic egg-post!!!!! Brilliant job
. This should be a referrer… I’m keeping the link somewhere near my pantry ;D.
Thanks so much for showing my fried egg over chip potatoes. I really appreciate that
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Maybe you want to send me an omelet for my “Blog your omelet” contest? There’s some Iberian Acorn ham as a giveaway!!!
Eggs are one of my favorite foods. I have some laying hens that produce lots of fresh, organic eggs.
Thanks for the shoutout!
Wow, what a great post. I had no idea about the chef’s hat and even less an idea how many ways there are with eggs. Thanks for the link and the great resource!
Great post! Here’s another for you. Corned Beef Hash anyone?: http://justeatfood.com/n-691-corned-beef-hash.html
what a brilliant post
thanks for showing the love to my sunny side ups over spinach cheese polenta! mmm i can’t wait to try some of these recipes 
I’m drooling. Great compilation you’ve presented here (that’s A LOT of delicious recipes to sort through)! A thank you is definitely in order—I’m honored to have an egg dish be included amongst such great company
Despite not being a great fan of eggs, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!! Okay- how long did it take to put it together??? It looks fantastic!
This is so great! Thanks for including my pic. And I must say, if you’re a serious egg lover, then Eggs is for you!
Oh man! We are definitely having eggs for dinner tonight. Thanks for the great recipes.
You are my hero for posting this! Has the pink egg been immersed in beet juice?
Not a photo, but a video courtesy of chef Niall Harbison, Smoked salmon with scrambled eggs, it’s delicious!
http://www.savory.tv/2009/02/22/scrambled-eggs-salmon/
Hey! Thanks a lot for the link, I like your site a lot and will be sure to keep coming back to check it out.
-Rob
Great post! breakfast is definitely my favorite meal. (Those spinach with eggs are making me hungry!)
Here’s two to more to consider:
Pulled Pork Barbecue and Cheddar Omelette With BBQ Hash Brown Fritters and
Creamy Cottage Cheese and Muenster Omelette
Bomb
How about a Spanish tortilla?
http://adinnerparty.blogspot.com/2009/04/easy-like-easter-sunday-morning.html
good lord!!!
dis is really nice i didnt know dere were dis much varities of makin an egg….
i did like 2 taste every type once…;-)
Absolutely Amazing! I would have to think long and hard to come up with anything as original as these!
Wow, so cool! What a great list of recipes.
You guys inspired me to make my own blog about cooking. Its pretty simple but I enjoy it. Here are some links to posts I have written about egg dishes. Great job with your list!
http://pizzaclub.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/baked-spaghetti-eggs/
http://pizzaclub.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/juevos-rancheros-salad/
http://pizzaclub.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/christmas-good-eats/
http://pizzaclub.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/goldfish-omelet/
What a great collection of egg recipes! All look delicious. Thank you so much for linking to my spinach with eggs, too.
Hi, nice collection!
thanks for adding mine too.. will surely add you to my blog’s list..
I didn’t see my favourite egg dish on there – it doesn’t have a name, it’s just what we do with leftover curry sauce, like when we make rogan josh and pick all the lamb out
It’s basically the same as “Eggs in Purgatory” but with curry sauce instead of tomato sauce, and served on rice. It’s great for dinner, but it’s about the best “morning after” breakfast out there.
Hey thanks for the link and letting me know about this post. What a fantastic post it is too! I will bookmark for trying some of these great looking dishes. Thanks!
Check out 100 year old eggs. They look gross and I didnt see them on this list. Wikipedia has a great pic of them.
You forgot eggs in relation to sushi.
These are seriously amazing!
Here’s another one for you: Frisee aux Lardons with duck eggs. (Of course, chicken eggs work too.)
Mmmm! How about Sausage & Scrambled Egg Pizza?!
http://www.recipegirl.com/2008/06/25/sausage-and-scrambled-egg-pizza/
You forgot century eggs!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_eggs
eggs suck
You can add this to the list…
When you put your mind to it anything is possible. It was fascinating to see 100 different dishes with eggs. But I’m sure if experimented with, even 200 is are possible.
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I love eggs and this is wonderful! I wish I found it earlier. Thanks for sharing!
BIG thumbs up, I absolutely love eggs. I always say, if I were a country, eggs would be my national food! I can’t wait to try some of these
NOM NOM NOM
Great list! But you left off my wife’s favorite: Bird’s Nest
I really enjoyed your eggciting post. Thanks.
i’m thoroughly surprised at how many different ways to prepare eggs there are.
Great post!i can’t imagine a lot of recipes can be made on an egg.I would definitely try one of this.
Have you tried looking into japanese recipes?
Includes Omelet over Rice
You’ve run the link to froached eggs twice.
Sorry to be a dink & bring that up.
Great list otherwise!!!!
I suggest the 1001th.Mix 3 eggs w/ regular size corned beef and bake it. I called it beefy corned egg pizza.Try!No harm done.Enjoy.
So, yeah, great and all….but technically those aren’t 100 different ways to COOK an egg…. just 100 different recipes revolving around fried, boiled, and baked eggs. I’m tragically disappointed.
This isn’t 100 ways to crack an egg.. it’s a page of thumbnails presumably about how to cook an egg…
Those recipes are just ones that include egg, not made purely out of eggs as supposed by the myth. Shame on you for wasting my time.
The tea egg looks interesting. I had an israeli friend who’s father used to make coffee eggs. Sounds gross I know but it was delicious (be boiled eggs in coffee, threw in tons of spice and then let the eggs soak in the coffee brew for a few days). The result was a delicious creamy caramelized eggy treat. I’ll see if I can track down the recipe.