{"id":1245,"slug":"fried-eggs","title":"Fried Eggs","description":"Fried eggs, a popular breakfast dish in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, take about 5 minutes to prepare. They are often served with toast or with other fried dishes.","ingredients_raw":["2 teaspoons butter or olive oil","2–3 large eggs, depending on appetite","Salt to taste","Pepper to taste (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["butter or olive oil","eggs depending on appetite","salt","pepper"],"steps":["Melt the butter in the pan over low to medium heat.","Crack open the eggs into the pan and let fry until the yolks begin to harden at the edges (indicated by a lightening in the yolk color).","Using the spatula, flip the eggs over and allow to cook 10 seconds for over-easy, 30 seconds for over-medium, or up to 1 minute for over-hard.","Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve."],"categories":["Breakfast recipes","Recipes using egg","Pan fried recipes","Vegetarian recipes"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":5,"servings":"1","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fried_Eggs","source_ref":"4629097","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fried_Eggs&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"fb17c843413057d20964f450e68f274c0252e08f959330fe89394520939c164c","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fried-eggs"}