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This is a list of egg dishes. Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by mankind for thousands of years. Bird and reptile eggs consist of albumen (egg white) and vitellus (egg yolk), contained within various thin membranes all surrounded by a protective eggshell. Popular choices for egg consumption are chicken, duck, quail, roe, and caviar, but the egg most often consumed by humans is the chicken egg, by a wide margin.

Egg dishes

Name Image Flavor Origin Description
Boiled egg Boiled eggs in saucepan by Sarah McCulloch.jpg Plain This dish includes boiling long enough to be ("hard boiled") or just long enough for the albumen (egg white) to solidify ("soft boiled").
Coddled egg Coddled Egg on hash.jpg Plain In cooking, coddled eggs are gently or lightly cooked eggs. They can be partially cooked, heavily cooked, or hardly cooked at all.
Cheese Omelette Sandwiches Cheese Egg Omelet Sandwiches.jpg India Egg omelette stuffed in bread and served with lots of cheese on it.
Fried egg Fried egg 1 bg 20090705.jpg Plain Cooked in hot grease in a skillet: cooked lightly on one side only ("sunny side up"), cooked lightly on one side and turned over briefly ("over easy"), cooked on both sides so the white is solid but the yolk still soft and runny ("over medium") and thoroughly cooked on both sides with the yolk solid ("over well"), and with the yolk broken ("over hard").
Omelette FoodOmelete.jpg Plain France A dish made from beaten eggs quickly cooked with butter or oil, but not further stirred while cooking, in a frying pan, sometimes folded around a filling such as cheese, vegetables, meat (often ham), or some combination of the above.

Sometimes an Omelette will be placed under a grill to cook the top as it may not be possible to flip and the bottom may burn before the top is cooked through.

Flat Egg Plain UK Similar to an omelette, with a single beaten egg, but salt/pepper is added to the egg prior to cooking, and cooked in a dry pan, or with minimal oil. When one side is complete it is flipped to the other side. The egg is usually cooked until brown on both sides and then served on bread.

A flat egg is always served on bread as a sandwich style and never served on a plate with other items, as an Omelette can be.

'Flat Egg' is a colloquial term, and differs from an omelette as it never contains any other items, and is used where a person doesn't like the white or yolk of an egg, so when beaten they can enjoy a cooked egg.

Onsen tamago Onsen tamago at minshuku Korakuen, Nagano by Blue Lotus.jpg Plain Japan "Hot-spring eggs", traditional Japanese boiled eggs (tamago) slow-cooked in the water of hot springs (onsen).
Poached egg Poached eggs with moccha salt.jpg Plain An egg that has been cooked by poaching, in simmering liquid. The term is also applied to a method whereby the egg is placed in a cup, suspended over simmering water, using a special pan called an "egg-poacher".
Scrambled eggs Scrambled eggs-01.jpg Plain A dish made from beaten egg whites and yolks of (usually chicken eggs). Beaten eggs are put into a hot pot or pan (usually greased) and stirred frequently, forming curds as they coagulate.
Basted egg Plain Sunny-side-up eggs that are slightly cooked on the top. This can be accomplished by spooning fat from the pan onto the eggs
Shirred eggs Oeufs cocotte provencale.jpg Plain Also known as baked eggs, it is a dish in which eggs have been baked in a flat-bottomed dish; the name originates from the type of dish in which it was traditionally baked. An alternative way of cooking is to crack the eggs into individual ramekins and cook them in a water bath, creating the French dish eggs.
Avgolemono Avgolemono Soup and Grilled Chicken and Mango Salad.jpg Savory Mediterranean A family of sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice, mixed with broth.
Baghala ghatogh Savory Iran A Khoresh (Persian stew) made with Baghalas (Rashtian faba beans), dill, and Eggs. Usually served with Kateh (Persian rice dish) in the northern provinces of Iran.
Bai pong moan Savory Cambodia A Cambodian dish, consisting of fried eggs and white rice
Balut Savory Southeast Asia A steamed fertilized duck egg containing a partially developed duck embryo, it is commonly sold as street food in the Philippines.
Brik Brikdish.jpg Savory Tunisia A Tunisian dish consisting of thin warka pastry around a filling commonly deep fried. The best-known version is the egg brik, a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion, tuna, harissa and parsley.
Century egg Century egg sliced open.jpeg Savory China Originated as an ingredient or an appetizer in Chinese cuisine made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing. Now commonly found in some East and Southeast Asian countries, especially those with Chinese heritage.
Savory Japan
Chawanmushi Chawan-mushi.JPG Savory Japan An egg custard dish found in Japan that uses the seeds of ginkgo.
Chinese steamed eggs Chinese steamed eggs (cropped).jpg Savory A Chinese home-style dish found all over China. Eggs are beaten to a consistency similar to that used for an omelette, water is added and the mixture steamed.
Çılbır Çılbır with duck-fat sautéed Ramps (14826584557).jpg Savory Turkey Poached eggs with yogurt, often with garlic mixed in
Creamed eggs on toast Savory United States A breakfast dish consisting of toast or biscuits covered in a gravy made from bechamel sauce and chopped hard-boiled eggs.
Croque Madame Croque monsieur.jpg Savory France A croque-monsieur sandwich served with a fried egg or poached egg on top
Deviled eggs Deviled Eggs - 3-23-08.jpg Savory Italy Yolks of hard-boiled eggs are mashed with cream or mayonnaise, mustard, and seasonings and then mounded or piped into the white of the boiled egg. Served cold, often al fresco.
Eggah Savory Arab Cuisine Eggs binding a filling of vegetables and meat, sometimes with Arabic spices
Egg bhurji Eggbhurjee.JPG Savory India Similar to scrambled eggs, mixed with fried onions and spices.
Egg curry Egg curry.jpg Savory India A spicy dish made with boiled eggs, tomatoes, and fried onions and normally eaten with bread or rotis.
Egg butter Savory Estonia A mixture of butter and hard boiled eggs.
Egg foo yung Egg foo young.JPG Savory China, Chinese diaspora Eggs are stirred together with vegetables such as bean sprouts and scallions, then quickly cooked in a hot skillet or deep-fried in oil, and served with gravy.
Egg in a basket EggToast.jpg Savory An egg fried within a hole in a slice of bread.
Egg khesh Savory India
Egg drop soup Egg drop soup (cropped).jpg Savory China A Chinese soup of wispy beaten eggs in boiled chicken broth
Egg salad Egg salad sandwich.jpg Savory Egg salad is often used as a sandwich filling, typically made of chopped hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, minced celery, onion, salt, pepper, and paprika. It is also often used as a topping on green salads. It's also sometimes referred to as egg mayonnaise.
Egg sandwich Bacon jam on egg sandwich.jpg Savory A sandwich with some kind of egg filling. Sliced hard boiled eggs, egg salad and scrambled eggs are popular options. Additional fillings such as various meats and cheeses abound. A common version is the fried egg sandwich.
Egg thread nets Savory Thailand Used to hold other foods
Eggs and brains Aep ong-o.jpg Savory Pork brains (or those of another mammal) and scrambled eggs. It is a dish of the Portuguese cuisine known as Omolete de Mioleira
Eggs Benedict Eggs Benedict-01.jpg Savory United States Poached eggs on Canadian bacon on top of toasted English muffin halves covered with hollandaise sauce.
Eggs Connaught Savory
Eggs do pyaza Savory India A type of dopiaza made with eggs.
Eggs Fitzpatrick Savory Ireland
Eggs moghlai Savory India, United Kingdom
Eggs Muldoon Savory
Eggs Neptune Savory A variation of Eggs Benedict with crab meat replacing Canadian bacon
Eggs Florentine Eggs Florentine1.jpg Savory A variation of Eggs Benedict with spinach replacing Canadian bacon
Eggs Royale Eggs Royale.jpg Savory A variation on Eggs Benedict replacing the ham with smoked salmon
Eggs thoren Savory India
Ervilhas com ovos Savory Portugal
Eyerlekh Savory Ashkenazi (Jewish) Creamy, flavorful unhatched eggs found inside just-slaughtered chickens and typically cooked in soup.
Farofa de ovos Savory Brazil
Flæskeæggekage Savory Denmark A oven baked or pan fried thick omelette (egg cake) topped with crispy bacon, tomatoes and chives
French Toast FrenchToast.JPG Savory or Sweet Bread dipped in raw egg yolk is shallow fried on a pan
Frittata Frittata.jpg Savory An Italian egg-based dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses, vegetables or pasta.
Gari foto Savory West Africa
Gyeran changjorim Savory Korea Salted egg with soy sauce
Gyeran-mari Korean Style Omelette.jpg Savory Korea
Gyeranppang Gyeranppang by travel oriented.jpg Snack food Korea A snack food prepared with egg and rice flour
Hangtown fry Hangtown Burger.jpg Savory United States A type of omelette made famous during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. The most common version includes bacon and oysters combined with eggs and fried together.
Huevos divorciados Divorciados.jpg Savory Mexico A Mexican breakfast featuring two fried eggs separated by a column of chilaquiles, and each egg is covered by a different salsa.
Huevos motuleños Huevos motuleños.JPG Savory Mexico A breakfast food made with eggs on tortillas with black beans and cheese, often with other ingredients such as ham, peas, plantains, and salsa picante.
Huevos rancheros Ela huevos rancheros.jpg Savory Latin America Eggs either poached in salsa or fried, served on top of corn tortillas and frijoles. Toppings may include avocado slices, melted cheese, sour cream, cilantro, etc.
Huevos rotos - skaredykat.jpg Savory Spain Fried or scrambled eggs are served on top of fried potatoes, sometimes with ham and/or other types of meat such as chorizo. If the eggs are fried, they may be put whole on top of the potatoes or they may be cut up.
Indian omelette Masala egg omelette (cropped).jpeg Savory A version of the omelette found in Indian cuisine. Its main ingredients are eggs, herbs, tomatoes and spices that vary by region.
Jajka faszerowane Savory Poland Deviled Eggs. Yolk mixture can vary by region.
Kai doon Savory Thailand
Kai kwan Savory Thailand
Kai look koei Savory Thailand
Kai tian Savory Thailand
Kai tord gup moo Savory Thailand
Khai yat sai Savory Thailand A type of Thai omelette; the name means "stuffed eggs". The egg is cooked lightly, topped with various ingredients and then folded over.
Khanom khai Savory Thailand
Kedgeree Kedgeree.jpg Savory British corruption of Indian Khichdi. A dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish (sometimes smoked haddock), boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, butter or cream, and occasionally sultanas.
Kluski z zoltek Savory Poland Noodles with yolk. Usually pan fried.
Kuku (food) Kookoo-sabzi.jpg Savory Iran Genre of egg dishes cooked in a pancake or pattie shape with one or more ingredients
Kuro-tamago hard-boiled egg Hakone black egg dsc05310.jpg Savory Japan Black boiled egg, cooked in sulphur rich hot spring.
Loco moco Loco Moco.jpg Savory United States White rice, topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and brown gravy.
Machaca and eggs Machacado con huevo.jpg Savory Northwest Mexico, Southwest United States Shredded beef with scrambled eggs and sometimes other ingredients such as onions and chili peppers
Matzah brei Matzah brei serving.jpg Savory Ashkenazi Jewish Matzo fried with eggs
Menemen MenemenIstanbul.jpg Savory Turkey
Migas Migas.PNG Savory Tex-Mex
Mirza-Qasemi Mirza-Qasemi dish.jpg Savory Iran Eggs, Tandoori or kabobed aubergine, tomato, seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper
Nargesi (Spinach Omelette) Savory Iran Made with eggs, fried onion and spinach. It's spiced with salt, garlic, and pepper. Named after Narcissus flower.
Nargesi Kebab Savory Afghanistan, Pakistan, India A kind of Kofta with a chicken egg in the middle. Named after Narcissus flower because when koftas are cut, they look like the flower's petals.
'Ojja bi'l-Hrus Savory Tunisia
Okonomiyaki Okonomiyaki by S e i in Osaka.jpg Savory Japan Egg-and-flour mix cooked on a griddle with various added ingredients, having various styles.
One Eyed Jack Savory aka Egg in the basket (many)
Oto Savory West Africa
Oyster omelette TWOysterOmeletRichy.jpg
Perico Savory Venezuela
Philadelphia Cheesy Eggs Savory
Pickled egg Picklegegg.JPG Savory Typically hard boiled eggs that are cured in vinegar or brine. This was originally done like many foods as a way to preserve the food so that it could be eaten months later. Pickled eggs have since become a favorite among many as a snack or hors d'œuvre popular in pubs, bars and taverns, and around the world in places where beer is served.
Rafanata Rafanata.jpg Savory Italy A type of omelette usually made with eggs, horseradish, and cheese.
Salted duck egg Salty egg.JPG Savory China Originated in China, it is a duck egg pickled in salt water brine. given it a unique flavor and texture when cooked, with the whites becomes salty with a little snappier texture and the yolk has a peanut-butter-like creamy texture
Scalloped eggs Savory
Scotch egg Scotch Eggs.jpg Savory United Kingdom A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in bread crumbs and baked or deep-fried.
Shakshouka Shakshuka 011.jpg Savory Tunisia
Smoked egg Smoked eggs - close-up view.jpg Savory China
Soufflé Soufflé.JPG Savory or Sweet France
Stratta Breakfast strata (cropped).jpg Savory United States
Steak and eggs Wagyu rump steak and eggs - Jones the Grocer, Chadstone.jpg Savory Prepared with beefsteak and eggs. Several variations exist.
Tahu Telur Savory Indonesia
Akashiyaki Tamagoyaki.jpg Savory Japan A small piece of octopus encased in a round egg mix, developed into takoyaki. Called simply tamago-yaki (egg-cook) by the Akashi locals.
Takoyaki Takoyaki.jpg Savory Japan A small piece of octopus encased in a round egg mix, developed from akashiyaki.
Tamago dashimaki Savory Japan Omelet rolls
Tamago kake gohan Tamagokake-gohan.JPG Savory Japan
Tamagoyaki Tamagoyaki by naotakem in Tokyo.jpg Savory Japan Made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg, sometimes with sugar, soy sauce, mirin, or other additives.
Tea egg Kinesiske teæg.JPG Savory China
Tokneneng Fishball and Kwek Kwek.jpg Savory Philippines
Virgin boy egg Savory China
Woodcock Savory United Kingdom Scrambled eggs on toast topped with anchovy
Akok Sweet Malaysia
Custard pie CoconutCustardPie.jpg Sweet
Datemaki Sweet Japan An omelet roll, in which rice is wrapped in omelet
Divinity Divinity candy.jpg Sweet United States
Doce de ovos Sweet Portugal
Egg custard Custard.jpg Sweet
Egg tart Egg custard tart by Stu Spivack.jpg Sweet Hong Kong
Fios de ovos Fios de ovos.jpg Sweet Portugal
Foi tong Sweet Thailand Derived from Portugal's fios de ovos
Huevos reales Sweet Spain, Latin America
Kanom mo Kaeng Sweet Thailand
Kaiserschmarrn Kaiserschmarrn-mitPreiselbeeren.jpg Sweet Austria and Germany
Keiran Soumen Sweet Japan Derived from Portugal's fios de ovos
Khagina Eggbhurjee.JPG Savory Iran, Pakistan
Kogel mogel Kogel mogel.JPG Sweet Eastern Europe
Lampreia de ovos Sweet Portugal
Meringue Meringues 9027.jpg Sweet France, Switzerland
Oeufs à la neige/Île flottante/Floating island Ujuvad saarekesed.jpg Sweet
Omelette Surprise Sweet
Ovos Moles de Aveiro Ovos moles.jpg Sweet Portugal PGI
Ovos moles de papaia Ovos moles.jpg Sweet Mozambique An egg yolk and papaya pudding
Pasteis de nata MargaretCafe PasteisDeNata.JPG Sweet Portugal
Pavlova Pavlova dessert.JPG Sweet Australia, New Zealand
Quindim Quindim.jpg Sweet Brazil A baked dessert, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut.
Spanish omelette Spanish omelette.jpg Savory Spain Also known as a Spanish tortilla, a typically Spanish dish consisting of a thick egg omelette made with potatoes and fried in olive oil.
Sweet omelette Sweet
Trouxas de ovos Sweet Portugal
Tunisian tajine Tajine tunisien.JPG Savory Tunisia A baked egg dish that has a ragout, a starch element is added and it is often served in squares
Yemas de San Leandro Sweet Spain
Baid Mutajjan Savory Egypt Also called Baid Maza3lil or Baid Mezaghlil. An egg is hard boiled, peeled, then pan fried whole with butter and spices.
Raw egg Smoothie Also known as Raw Egg Milkshake and Raw Egg Protein Shake in different parts of the world, it primarily contains Milk or Yogurt, and Raw egg. Sugar, fruits and spices may be added for flavor.
Kimi no Shoyu-zuke Savory Japan Egg yolk marinated in Soy sauce and Mirin, eaten (raw) as a topping on rice

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