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doomspark
doomspark Posts: 228 Member
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Scrambled eggs vs. fried eggs:

When I do scrambled eggs, I do them in a skillet with olive oil. Just eggs; no milk, no salt or other additives.

When I fry eggs, I fry them in the same skillet, with olive oil. Just eggs. No milk, no salt, no other additives.

My wife says fried eggs have more calories. I say that they're the same. Opinions?
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  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    same ingredients, same calories. in fact, same cooking method it's just you mess up the scrambled ones and leave the fried alone.

    However, personally I would replace the olive oil with butter...
  • FireBrand80
    FireBrand80 Posts: 378 Member
    If there is a difference, it's negligible
  • OfficiallySexyVal
    OfficiallySexyVal Posts: 492 Member
    It is the exact same calories just made differently!
  • grammylouise
    grammylouise Posts: 1
    Obviously the same. She's just going by the fact that as we all know fried is generally worse. But in this case it is not.
  • LishaCole
    LishaCole Posts: 245
    As long as you are using the same ingredients in the same amount... they are the same.

    Poach them! Less calories, more delicious.
  • morgansmom02
    morgansmom02 Posts: 1,131 Member
    I am pretty sure she is wrong! That's funny though
  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
    The only difference would come from how much egg ends up stuck to the pan.
  • cindy6649
    cindy6649 Posts: 9 Member
    I tend to use more oil when I fry the eggs than when I scramble them so that adds a few more calories.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    Scrambled eggs vs. fried eggs:

    When I do scrambled eggs, I do them in a skillet with olive oil. Just eggs; no milk, no salt or other additives.

    When I fry eggs, I fry them in the same skillet, with olive oil. Just eggs. No milk, no salt, no other additives.

    My wife says fried eggs have more calories. I say that they're the same. Opinions?

    Did your wife explain her reasoning? That may make her have to walk through her own logic and see that it makes no sense.

    How does stirring the eggs change anything?
  • sarahharmintx
    sarahharmintx Posts: 868 Member
    Unless the amount of oil changes, its the same.
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
    If you're going to scramble the eggs, why need olive oil?

    When I make scrambled eggs, i just scramble them in a non-stick pan. No extra ingredients added. In that case YES, one fried egg has more calories than my scrambled egg.
  • _granola
    _granola Posts: 326
    I think it really depends on how yellow the yolk is, and at what time in the morning you are cooking these eggs. Details people!
  • cordianet
    cordianet Posts: 534 Member
    I think you could argue that the scrambled eggs have more calories because the oil generally would get incorporated into the eggs as you scramble. Fried eggs on the other hand will leave some of the oil in the pan. As pointed out, it's pretty much negligible. No one is going to lose or gain weight based on the difference between one cooking method or the other.

    Oh and for the record, I prefer bacon drippings. Mmm bacon...
  • aricbramlett
    aricbramlett Posts: 16 Member
    I would say she is backwards. Unless you lick the plate clean, you will leave some of the yolk behind on plate with the fried eggs...
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member


    Did your wife explain her reasoning? That may make her have to walk through her own logic and see that it makes no sense.



    Your wife has logic?
    Does she use it?

    Mind = blown.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    If you're using the exact same amount of oil for both, they're both exactly the same.

    The assumption is probably coming from the fact that fried eggs are more commonly associated with oil than scrambled eggs, so the added calories and fat of the oil would be more commonly added to fried eggs in most people's minds than scrambled. (though, in most diners/restaurants, the cooks use oil with the scrambled eggs as well)

    Personally, I just use a really good non-stick pan with barely a spritz of spray oil that I wipe all over the pan with a paper towel before putting the eggs in. I do fried and scrambled this way and never have a problem with sticking and no added calories to either.
  • sofakingawesome69
    sofakingawesome69 Posts: 149
    Unless the hen was brown, not white. that changes everything..
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    I think it really depends on how yellow the yolk is, and at what time in the morning you are cooking these eggs. Details people!

    I agree.
  • Prettylittlelotus
    Prettylittlelotus Posts: 239 Member
    Does a pound of fat weigh more than a pound of muscle? No, it just looks different.
  • AshRyd
    AshRyd Posts: 126 Member
    my scrambled eggs usually have less because I lose half my egg stuck to the skillet :laugh: not sure why those stick and the fried eggs do not.
  • goldfinger88
    goldfinger88 Posts: 686 Member
    I'd say they're exactly the same. How could they possibly be different?
  • ohnuts14
    ohnuts14 Posts: 197
    Lol fried eggs and scrambled eggs are the exact same amount of calories. People hear the word "fried" and assume the worst. But scrambled eggs are basically 'fried' eggs too, they're both pan fried. You just scrambled them first lol. That's the only difference is that you're combining the yolks with the whites in the pan first. If anything, I feel I probably consume slightly less calories with fried eggs because so much of the yolk leaks out all over the plate and I usually leave most of it untouched.
  • meggonkgonk
    meggonkgonk Posts: 2,066 Member
    She possibly is thinking that fried eggs are higher because usually those are the ones made with oil or butter. Typically scrambled is made with PAM or other cooking spray.
  • AthenaErr
    AthenaErr Posts: 278 Member
    I think with scrambled eggs you end up eating more of whatever fat you cook them in as it gtes stirred into the resulting eggs. With fried you dont eat the leftover oil in the pan. In fact I would use oil spray for fried eggs so just a few added cals - whereas decent scrambled eggs need a fair amount of butter imo.
  • Terryism
    Terryism Posts: 314 Member
    I think you could argue that the scrambled eggs have more calories because the oil generally would get incorporated into the eggs as you scramble. Fried eggs on the other hand will leave some of the oil in the pan. As pointed out, it's pretty much negligible. No one is going to lose or gain weight based on the difference between one cooking method or the other.

    Oh and for the record, I prefer bacon drippings. Mmm bacon...

    ^ this, especially the bacon part....
  • jamm2000
    jamm2000 Posts: 79
    I'd have to say the calories are the same. But I know a lady who says toasted bread has less calories than untoasted bread. SMH...
  • AthenaErr
    AthenaErr Posts: 278 Member
    Looks like I like to cook mine different to everyone else so far!
  • cbevan1229
    cbevan1229 Posts: 326 Member
    If you are consuming exactly the same ingredients, it doesn't matter how you prepare them. You could knock back the oil from a shot glass, and chase it with the egg raw, and it would still have the same calories.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    According to MFP and a couple other calorie trackers a scrambled egg has about 10 calories more than a fried egg. This might be because the yolk is more cooked in a scrambled egg.
  • MonkRocker
    MonkRocker Posts: 198
    Assuming no change in amount of oil, they're the same.

    Newton's 2nd Law > your wife. ;)

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