There is one unusual ingredient you can add to your frying pan to let fried eggs cook better.
05:01, Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Fried eggs can be cooked in many ways (Image: Getty)
Home cooks have shared the unusual ingredient they use to make fried eggs, and it is something you probably have sitting in your kitchen cupboard. Fried eggs are a delightful dish to easily make at home, and many Brits enjoy them quite regularly as part of breakfast and lunch.
If you plan to make a fried egg at home in the coming days, then consider this clever yet unusual method for cooking them in the pan. Some people use a small bit of flour when frying their eggs.
The thinking behind this is adding a bit of a crispy edge to your fried eggs and also helping them not to stick to the pan. Fried eggs are easy when you know how to do them, but this trick might be useful for people who aren't used to cooking them regularly.
One Reddit user shared how their family use this method to improve the cooking method and the results of their fried eggs.
"Well, I just learned this from my grandma, when frying an egg, put a pinch of flour in the oil to prevent it from doing those things oil does, you know, when it 'pops'," they said.
They are not the only person who use flour when making a fried egg. However, methods vary depending on who you ask. One TikTok user shared their way of making fried eggs with flour, and it involves quite a bit of oil in the pan.
They shallow-fry the egg in oil until the whites are fully set. They then remove it from the pan and coat it with flour, placing it back in the hot oil to crisp up.
Another TikToker shared a similar method, calling it a "double-fried egg". People shared their reactions to this suggestion in the comments sections on Reddit and TikTok.
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One Reddit user wrote: "When cooking eggs, the oil should not be hot enough to pop. You should, in fact, be able to use butter to cook eggs, although most will say use oil just to have that extra heat tolerance."
On TikTok, one commenter said: "Never in my life have I thought I wanted this, but I do now!"