A necessary morning ritual and decidedly the most important meal of the day, a nourishing breakfast is essential. Despite being a potential source of morning joy and lasting energy, not everyone has the time to prepare a Michelin-star breakfast. But just because you're short on time, doesn't mean you can't put together an easy, flavor-forward morning meal .
Take the humble fried egg for example, which is transformed with a dash of vinegar. Eggs have a mild, buttery flavor that can benefit from added layers of depth. A few drops of vinegar infuse fried eggs with a tangy, acidic taste that complements those rich, fatty yolks like a culinary yin and yang.
It's also a practical move that can help maintain the shape and prevent the egg whites from spreading across the surface of your pan. To use vinegar for shaping purposes, add a teaspoon to about half an inch of water in a skillet and bring to a boil. Fry your eggs in the boiling liquid to achieve perfectly shaped, zingy eggs.
To incorporate vinegar solely as a flavoring agent, simply spoon a small amount over the fried eggs after plating them. If you want to fry vinegar-tinted eggs like a pro, look to Michael Harlan Turkell's cookbook " Acid Trip: Travels in the World of Vinegar ," which features Chef Bertrand Auboyneau's recipe. The French chef fries eggs in butter before removing them from the pan and reducing vinegar in the leftover butter to drizzle atop the fried eggs.
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