How to Crack an Egg (the Correct Way)

Believe it or not, there IS a right way and a wrong way to crack an egg. I'l show you both and explain why it matters.

What's the Best Way to Crack an Egg?

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[JonathanFarelas]

I'm 23 years old. Thank you. I learned something valuable.

[annchild]

interesting video!! Learn some cooking facts :) Thanks!! Hope the volume is a bit louder though. & maybe less wasteful if the cracked eggs could be used?

[mayonnaiseeee]

I’ve started to hit the eggs together sometimes too. If I’m making 2, I’ll get 3 out and do two egg duels, the two losers becoming my breakfast. Otherwise I also always use a flat surface 😊

[kathyo]

Jacque Pepin always cracks it on a flat surface too. Great chefs think alike 😉.

[davidrussell]

Only thing is that if you crack on a flat surface the crack can run lengthwise. So what’s the trick to opening one if that happens? Happened to me this morning with two out of three.

[barbarasue]

I love your beautiful kitchen especially the design of your counter top.

[AikiSys]

Great tip - thanks for sharing 👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🏿

[brianzembic]

Did she just say if you crack the egg the wrong way the shell can go inside and there may be bacteria? But she just cracked all the eggs then plopped the shells in with the eggs. Or am I blind lol.

[desertrose]

What is the maker of the pretty footed white bowl you used in this video?

[CreachterZ]

Should the eggs be room temperature or is cold okay?

[tomy]

Eggscellent! Thank you.

I'm always breaking the yoke. 😢

[randiD]

One day, maybe my silly chicken channel might be a hundredth of yours. I have enjoyed your content since the beginning. Thank you!

[lesblack]

Has anyone noticed that all images seem to be reversed in Youtube videos. If you have not, check the cookery book title in this particular video or car rego's on other videos. Why is it also that every cook or chef who demonstrates: 'The correct way to crack an egg' is always different from the next: 'How to crack an egg correctly'. I am sure there must be many ways to correctly crack an egg. In fact, any time you crack an egg and don't puncture the yolk or get little broken pieces of shell in the mixture has done it correctly that time. Am I wrong??

[mcpeanutful]

I should share my method of cracking eggs. I crack my eggs simulating the nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. First I decorate my eggs to look like Humpty Dumpty by giving them reusable "jackets" that I made from paper custom designed to fit an egg and draw faces on them. To simulate the line "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall" I seat my decorated egg on top of a box with a bowl at the bottom for the egg to land in, which I call the "landing bowl". To simulate the line "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall" I knock the egg off the wall into the landing bowl, where upon landing, it cracks. Then to simulate the final part of the line "All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again" I bring out figurines of the king's horses and the king's men. (This last part is not part of the procedure, I just include it to be complete.) I then use a spoon to remove fragments of shell before using the egg.

[jenniexfuller]

I’m so disappointed you didn’t show a one handed technique! 😂

[purpledreamer]

Why are you putting the shells in the bowl with the eggs 🙄🤔🙄

[TeaWithWarriorsChnnl]

too bad we can't hear you, sound is way too quiet

[johnurban]

I just watched a video that took 40 seconds to say the same thing