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Fluffy Olive Oil Scrambled Eggs
We found the oil needed a full 3 minutes at a gentle medium heat to get hot enough to produce the necessary steam when the eggs hit the pan. Higher temperatures cooked the eggs too fast, toughening them. After multiple tests, we settled on 2 tablespoons of oil in the pan, which was enough to coat the bottom of the skillet and flavor the eggs without making them greasy. Mixing the salt into the eggs before cooking is the best way to season them. And while you certainly can add pepper at this point, too, we preferred it ground fresh, just before serving.
4
Servings
Tip
Don’t warm your plates too much. It sounds minor, but hot plates will continue to cook the eggs, making them tough and dry. Cold plates will cool the eggs too fast. The plates should be warm to the touch, but not so hot that you can’t comfortably hold them.
10 minutes
Ingredients
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2
tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
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8
large eggs
Directions
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01In a 12-inch nonstick or seasoned carbon-steel skillet over medium heat, heat the oil until just beginning to smoke, about 3 minutes.
Reviews
January 25, 2024
Healthy
This is the way I now make my scrambled eggs.
April 27, 2025
FLUFFY OLIVE OIL SCRAMBLED EGGS
Almost a soft scramble, nice, smooth texture with a nice, subtle flavor. Temperature of the pan was on 3 on a gas stove. That seemed to work well.
March 29, 2026
Great change-up for scrambled eggs
Made half-recipe for two. First cooked bacon, then used 1 tablespoon of rendered bacon fat. Brough oil to about 370F before adding eggs, cooking in about 60 seconds. Will make again.
I have found that using Ghee is the best way to scramble eggs. The buttery flavor from the Ghee takes scrambled eggs to the next level. Other than substituting Ghee for the oil, follow the rest of this recipe. Another tip I have learned is to add three tablespoons of club soda or beer to the eggs before whisking them. This will fluff them to cloud consistency.
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True story. It was this simple recipe / tip way back when it was first published that led us to subscribe ongoing to Milk Street. Because as much as we cook, and we cook almost daily not because we have to but because we want to at my house, and as many years...um...decades as my husband and I have been cooking together and as relatively 'pretty durned skilled' home cooks as we consider ourselves to be we had never considered using olive oil to scramble eggs. And this recipe is foolproof with great outcome each time no matter how we might decide to gussy up the eggs as we go.