Sunny-Side-Up Egg

Difficulty ★★Updated 1/25/2026

Ingredients and Tools

  • Egg
  • Salt
  • Oil
  • Controllable-power microwave or uncontrollable-power microwave (see additional content for definition and identification)
  • Chopsticks or toothpick

Measurements

  • Use 1 egg.
  • Use 1 g salt per egg.
  • Use 5 mL oil per egg. Using the conditions above, calculate the planned ingredient ratio.

Steps

  • Prepare a small bowl, pour in the oil calculated in the previous step, sprinkle in salt, and mix well. Tilt the bowl so the oil coats the bowl surface.
  • Take out an egg and crack it into the small bowl.
  • Puncture the surface of the yolk. Toothpick: 5 holes or chopstick: 1 hole.
  • Put into the microwave, medium heat for 3 minutes. Uncontrollable-power microwave.
  • Prepare a small bowl, pour in the oil calculated in the previous step, sprinkle in salt, and mix well. Tilt the bowl so the oil coats the bowl surface.
  • Take out an egg and crack it into the small bowl.
  • Puncture the surface of the yolk. Toothpick: 5 holes or chopstick: 1 hole.
  • Put into the microwave for 1 minute.
  • while (sunny-side-up egg is not a large area of solid) microwave (30s);

Notes

  • Uncontrollable-power microwave:
  • Definition: A microwave that cannot control power, only time.
  • How to identify: If you cannot find labels such as low, medium, high on the microwave control panel, it is an uncontrollable-power microwave.
  • Controllable-power microwave:
  • Definition: A microwave that can control both power and time,
  • How to identify: If you can find labels such as low, medium, high on the microwave control panel, it is a controllable-power microwave. If you follow this guide and find issues or improvements, please open an Issue or Pull request.