List of egg dishes
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.[1] Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective
eggshell, albumen (egg white), and vitellus (egg yolk), contained within various thin membranes. 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
1. Boiled egg
2. Coddled egg
3. Fried egg
Image
Type
Plain
Plain
Plain
4. Omelette
Plain
5. Poached egg
Plain
Region
Description
Includes boiling long enough
for the yolk to solidify ("hard
boiled") or just long enough
for the albumen (egg white)
to solidify ("soft boiled")
In cooking, coddled eggs are
gently or lightly cooked eggs.
They can be partially cooked,
heavily cooked, or hardly
cooked at all.
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").
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.
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,
Name
Image
Type
6. Scrambled eggs
Plain
7. Basted egg
Plain
8. Shirred eggs
9. Onsen tamago
10. Bacon and eggs
Region
Plain
Plain
Japan
Description
suspended over simmering
water, using a special pan
called an "egg-poacher".
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.
Sunny-side-up eggs that are
slightly cooked on the top.
This can be accomplished by
spooning fat from the pan
onto the eggs[2] or by turning
them and cooking the yolk
side for a few seconds.[3]
Also known as baked eggs, 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.
"Hot-spring eggs", traditional
Japanese boiled eggs
(tamago) slow-cooked in the
water of hot springs (onsen).
Various
Savory
11. Balut
Savory
Southeast
asia
12. Brik
Savory
Tunisia
Name
Image
Type
Region
13. Century egg
Savory
14. Chawanmushi
Savory Japan
15. Chinese steamed eggs
Savory
16. Croque Madame
Savory France
China
17. Deviled eggs
Savory Romania
18. Egg bhurji
Savory India
19. Egg Curry
Egg Curry
Savory India
20. Egg foo yung
Savory
21. Egg in the basket
Savory
Description
Yolks of hard-boiled eggs are
mashed with cream or
mayonnaise, mustard and
seasonings then mounded or
piped into the white of the
boiled egg. Served cold, often
al fresco.
A spicy dish made with egg,
tomatoes, onions and
normally eaten with bread or
rotis.
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.
Name
22. Egg drop soup
Image
Type
Region
Description
Savory
23. Egg salad
Savory
24. Egg sandwich
Savory
25. Eggs Benedict
Savory
26. Frittata
Savory
27. Hangtown fry
Savory United States
28. Huevos motuleos
Savory Mexico
29. Huevos rancheros
Savory Latin America
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.
Poached eggs on Canadian
bacon on top of toasted
English muffin halves
covered with hollandaise
sauce.
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,
Name
Image
Type
Region
Description
etc.
30. Indian omelette
Savory
31. Kedgeree
Savory
32. Loco moco
Savory Hawaii
33. Menemen
Savory Turkey
34. Migas
Savory Tex-Mex
White rice, topped with a
hamburger patty, a fried egg,
and brown gravy.
35. Okonomiyaki
Savory Japan
Egg-and-flour mix cooked on
a griddle with various added
ingredients, having various
styles.
36. One Eyed Jack
Savory
aka Egg in the basket (many)
37. Pickled egg
Savory
38. Salted duck egg
Savory China
Name
Image
Type
Region
39. Scotch egg
Savory
40. Shakshouka
Savory
41. Smoked egg
Savory China[7]
42. Stratta
Savory
43. Tahu Telur
Savory Indonesia
Description
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.
45. Takoyaki
Savory Japan
A small piece of octopus
encased in a round egg mix,
developed from akashiyaki.
46. Tamago dashimaki
Savory Japan
47. Tamago kake gohan
Savory Japan
48. Tamagoyaki
Savory Japan
49. Tea egg
Savory China
50. Tokneneng
Savory Philippines
44. Akashiyaki
Name
Image
Type
Region
51. Avgofeta
Sweet
52. Custard pie
Sweet
53. Divinity
Sweet
54. Egg custard
Sweet
55. Egg tart
Sweet
Hong Kong
56. Krembo
Sweet
Israel
57. Fios de ovos
Sweet
Portugal
58. Kaiserschmarrn
Sweet
Austria and
Germany
United States
Description
Name
Image
Type
Region
59. Kogel mogel
Sweet
60. Meringue
Sweet
61. Oeufs la neige/le
flottante/Floating island
Sweet
62. Ovos Moles de Aveiro
Sweet
Portugal[9]
63. Ovos moles de papaia
Sweet
Mozambique
64. Pasteis de nata
Sweet
Portugal
65. Pavlova
Sweet
Australia and
New Zealand
66. Quindim
Sweet
Brazil
Description
Eastern Europe
67. Spanish omelette
Savory Spain
68. Sweet omelette
69. Trouxas de ovos
70. Yemas de San Leandro
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Portugal
Spain
PGI
Also known as a Spanish
tortilla, a typically Spanish
dish consisting of a thick
egg omelette made with
potatoes and fried in olive
oil.[10]
