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Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby Alan » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:43 pm

I love omelets, but I can't get the eggs right, meaning fluffy, to save my life. I like a three egg omelet. Any help on fluffy omelets, tired of hard fried eggs mixed in with ham, cheese, onions and what ever. How do you make the eggs light and fluffy?

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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby hooknline » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:47 pm

Milk. And lots of beating them introducing as much air as you can.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby JSCATTLE » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:51 pm

hooknline wrote:Milk. And lots of beating them introducing as much air as you can.

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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby slick4591 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:00 pm

I agree, air. A hand blender works wonders.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby 3waycross » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:13 pm

Alan take the eggs out at least 2 hours before you are going to cook.

Break them into a bowl and with a fork or whisk gently beat them just till they are mixed. You should still be able to see some whites.

Then pour them into a skillet over medium heat and swirl the skillet as they cook to build volume in layers. I even lift them a bit as I do this.

Flip the whole thing once and then add your WARM ingredients and fold it over.

That's pretty much the classic way to make a omlet!
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby Alan » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:34 pm

3waycross wrote:Alan take the eggs out at least 2 hours before you are going to cook.

Break them into a bowl and with a fork or whisk gently beat them just till they are mixed. You should still be able to see some whites.

Then pour them into a skillet over medium heat and swirl the skillet as they cook to build volume in layers. I even lift them a bit as I do this.

Flip the whole thing once and then add your WARM ingredients and fold it over.

That's pretty much the classic way to make a omlet!


Thanks 3way, I have beat (or whisked) the shyt out of my eggs, mixed with milk in the past, no help. I'll try turning the heat to medium and swirling to build layers. I'm doing an omelet tonight and the eggs were laid today, washed and on the counter. We'll see, you don't add milk?

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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby 3waycross » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:39 pm

Alan wrote:
3waycross wrote:Alan take the eggs out at least 2 hours before you are going to cook.

Break them into a bowl and with a fork or whisk gently beat them just till they are mixed. You should still be able to see some whites.

Then pour them into a skillet over medium heat and swirl the skillet as they cook to build volume in layers. I even lift them a bit as I do this.

Flip the whole thing once and then add your WARM ingredients and fold it over.

That's pretty much the classic way to make a omlet!


Thanks 3way, I have beat (or whisked) the shyt out of my eggs, mixed with milk in the past, no help. I'll try turning the heat to medium and swirling to build layers. I'm doing an omelet tonight and the eggs were laid today, washed and on the counter. We'll see, you don't add milk?


No milk. Just some butter in the skillet. Cook it easy and build the volume. If those eggs have never been in the fridge they should make a killer omlet!
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby Alan » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:42 pm

Thanks, we'll let you know how it turns out.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby Alan » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:42 pm

Pretty good omelet, not perfect but the best I made. So, thanks time to practice and hone, I have some thoughts to make it better.

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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby 3waycross » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:38 pm

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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby janicedale » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:36 am

I guess for me, the secret of a fluffy omelet is that you should put an evaporated milk while whisking the egg in a bowl so that it becomes thick as well and a bit tasteful. I've been doing that for so many times and it tastes good. In addition to this while cooking add a chopped parsley to have attraction of omelet.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby John SD » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:00 am

Adding some cream of tartar is the secret.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby slick4591 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:11 am

John SD wrote:Adding some cream of tartar is the secret.


Helps stiffen the whites in meringue, so I don't know why it wouldn't help in an omelet.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby FarmGirl10 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:51 pm

I've always mixed in a little heavy cream.
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Re: Help! The secret to a fluffy omelet.

Postby slick4591 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:51 pm

IHOP uses pancake batter in theirs.
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