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I have a new non-stick pan and it's the first time in my entire life I've had this issue when frying an egg.

Whether I'm on 1/10 heat (Gas stove), 3/10, or 5/10 heat it does the same thing: It films over the skin of the egg with a strange texture, but doesn't actually stick to the pan.

In that video I managed to separate the film from the egg, but I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong to have that film develop in the first place? It's a firm-plastic texture, like a tupperware lid.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You cooking dry, lube that baby up with butter or oil, just cause it's non stick doesn't mean you don't need lube

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Use low heat, add butter or bacon grease to pan and melt before cooking the eggs.

Once you get good at that, try it on a seasoned cast iron. Once you get good at that, ditch the nonstick disposable health and environmental hazard. Cast irons last lifetimes and the worst thing they put in your food is iron.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That is just the egg white. Like @Kolanaki said, change your temp and use some type of fat. If it happens on the lowest setting, you could have a burner issue. Or maybe you need to learn your new skillet. Perfectly acceptable 🙂

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

First, that pan is dry. It needs some lubricant in the form of fat. Second, you say this happens even on 1/10. Have you set the burner to 1 and made sure that it's not cranking out 10/10 flame? Third. How long are you keeping that egg in there before flipping it?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

To be fair a non-stick pan typically doesn't need oil in order to avoid sticking except in cases for you're using one of the worst sticking foods you can possibly cook.... Eggs.

And even then a good non-stick pan won't stick as long as you're not burning it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

It may not stick, but it’s a texture and flavor issue, (which is probably the weird texture cropping up for OP,)

If you want eggs without added fat, i recommend poaching.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Depends on the pan. Modern non-stick ceramic pans say they require oil to be added. It's right on the packaging.

Old school Teflon pans don't have that requirement, but they are toxic as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)
  1. Don't use metal utensils on non-stick pans. You run the risk of scratching it up and you don't want to be eating either the coating or cooking directly against the (usually) aluminium of the pan itself.
  2. It looks more like you just burned the egg. Lower the temp. Eggs cook best at a medium low heat.
  3. You also should still be using some kind of oil or fat in a non-stick pan. This whole video looks like how my dad cooks and he just drops the eggs into the pan because "it doesn't stick." 😮‍💨 It does. Use some oil or butter.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Heat the pan longer and use more fat (oil, butter, etc)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

What kind of oil/fat are you using?

It's possible that part of your issue is that you've used that metal spatula too much and you've scraped off some of the coating so the egg is binding to the pan. Enough fat would help that, but a degraded Teflon pan isn't something you should be using.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I do this when I make scrambled eggs because I'm impatient and keep the heat up too high.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Butter. Most of the time the answer is Butter.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You've got some good suggestions here but also, consider ditching nonstick stuff for something safer like cast iron or stainless steel: There's all sorts of nasty shit used in the creation of nonstick surfaces and they can come off if the coating is ever damaged (which can be very easy to do).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Add carbon steel pans to that list of safer pans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pricey, but I've heard it's the shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The carbon steel frying pan that IKEA sells is cheap and surprisingly decent after a few seasoning runs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

no shit? I'm intrigued.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I wish you luck with your issue! I'm just here to say that, I bought dirt cheap Walmart cast iron pans which I abuse, and they are so much better than non stick pans in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Add a lil fat to the pan. Small pat of butter or some olive oil will do. Heck, any lipid of your choosing, really.

Also, keep that metal spatula away from your nonstick cookware!!! You'll scratch the coating, lose your nonstick surface and end up eating Teflon

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Yes, I've had that happen multiple times. This happens when you're technically not frying your eggs because of not enough fat. Sure, it won't stick even without, but it will also come out like this.

Seems like the fat keeps the egg from burning and will also influence the underside. What you got there is a disk of nearly-burned protein.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You have the heat too high and no surface liquid to transfer heat from pan to egg (like a fat) so the part of the egg that hits the pan first is denaturing super fast into a puck while the rest of the egg cooks slower. First, ditch the non-stick or be ready to spend a LOT more, second, cook your eggs with a spot of fat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In a shitty non-stick like this, a ton of fat rather than a spot of it would probably also do the trick.

But I suggest well-seasoned cast iron

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you use seasoned cast iron do you not need to add oil?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What bear said, and also oil isn't just about preventing sticking, it also helps transfer heat to the food

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Fat is the thermal paste of the cooking world.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

You do, it's more a matter of it being pretty stick resistant and the pan density stabilizes the heat from the stove.

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