actually, i had to hold my hand that way so people could see what was going on. Usually i just just drop the egg straight down and it doesnt touch my finger.
Here's a tip when you get shell fragments in your bowl use one of the halves to fish it out. Works like a charm. I have also found that if you crack the egg on a flat surface it's less likely to flake off in the bowl.
I watched and learned from this video when I was 13 years old, about 12 years ago. I've never cracked eggs with two hands ever since. I came back here just to slap myself with nostalgia.
Cracking an egg with one hand kinda just came naturally to me I tried it the first time and messed up but the second egg I could do it perfectly lol and yeah I haven’t gone back to 2 handed cracking since either because that’s just more time consuming
That was a long time ago, bud. I dont recall which video :-/ I feel like he was talking about the fond on the bottom of a pan when he mentioned chef, but i could be mistaken.
Thank you for showing me this. I am a "foodie" and watch your recipes all of the time, but I really need to know this technique. For the past thirty years, I have only been able to use my right hand. I still have not got one handed egg cracking down perfectly. I certainly appreciate your lesson and technique!
BTW, someone on my blog today made a great point about cracking the egg on the edge of the bowl. If you are interested check it out under the comments after the post.
Just want to say how awesome you are again. I’ve been cooking almost everything from your videos. I agree people need to experiment and learn themselves. Alton Brown explains science side of it helped me out in the beginning a lot, many years ago. But i learned all on my own. Now I’m using recipes 25 years later and I’ve done 5 or 6 of yours in the past month. I’ve never been let down yet. You rock! (Using my hand in the air to get this feeling for the egg lol)
Chef John, I love this video! Why? I'm always figuring out how to do things with one hand (my left arm & hand are paralyzed as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage/stroke. I'll be practicing with the golf balls in hopes that I won't be needing to pick out bits of shell every time! I'd like to post your video on my FaceBook page, may I?
Never crack an egg on the edge of a bowl....see the reason why not at 1:33 in this video....a small chunk of the shell drops into the bowl with the egg. The edge of a bowl drives pieces of cracked egg into the egg and ultimately into your bowl or pan.
Random tip about cooking with eggs: When adding eggs to a mix, crack them first in a separate bowl, I once ruined a recipe because I went straight in with the egg it had two eyes and was a forming tiny beak. I had to toss out the whole mixture. Edit! I just found an old pic I took of it and it looks like I didn't actually pour the poor thing in my bowl, (I must have been thinking of the two other times I found BLOOD in my freaking eggs). Anyway I have no idea how I could've gotten a forming bird (or blood) in my eggs because store bought are not supposed to be fertilized DX
Why is this so fckn hard for me??? (And attended culinary school) My instructors ALWAYS got on me for not using 1 hand because they said it could fall with the contents of the him and white regardless if you use a bowl. (Which I've never had that happen) After watching this I think just might be able to do it.
This is awesome!!! I went to a restaurant where they did that in front of me, and since then I must have tried at least 20 times to do it, without even getting close. After watching your video, I got it first time for both of my eggs for breakfast this morning!!!!!! THANKS :)
did you know if you held a egg in the palm of your hand no matter how hard you squeeze it wont break (as long as you dont use your nails). it has somehting to do with its circumfrance or something like that
One of the things that took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out was how to crack an egg without breaking the yolk. I always thought I wasn't cracking the egg carefully enough. One day, it dawned on me that I was holding the egg too high above the pan, and dropping from that height was going to crack the yolk about half the time.
If you get skilled at it, no egg touches your hand. I learned how to do it a while before I seen this video, and it's really not hard. You don't HAVE to go as slow as he's showing you, but you also have to keep pressure in mind.
thats not true, it is if you push on both sides with your thumb and pointer finger, and it can be crushed but it takes very very strong fingers, i have seen it done.
I Dont get how you get that one Perfect crack.. when i do it, the egg gets many many Small bits on the middle no mather how careful or hard i tap it. :s
I pretty much throw my egg on the counter and then peel the shell off. When I crack my eggs, I hit it on the counter hard enough that about half the eggshell is completely shattered. Whenever I help my mom cooking, she goes crazy, screaming at me that I'll get the shell in the food, and I never do. I threw a bad egg in the sink once and it literally popped out of the shell. I did it at an angle that sent it flying out the top without even breaking the yolk. 'Twas amazing!
don't crack it on the bowl, crack it on the side of the table/board or a flat surface. cracking on the bowl gives a higher chance of getting egg shells in it.
the position of the middle finger is different from when u hold the balls vs the egg... with the balls, ur middle finger moves forward along with the index finger and thumb but with the egg, ur middle finger moves backward
It's not just about impressing your friends... I broke my left wrist a couple of days ago and watching this vid means that I still get to enjoy cooking myself fried eggs for breakfast :D
Eh, don't worry too much about it. Two things: He's holding the egg so that we can see the process - when actually doing this, you'll barely touch the egg... after all, it's darn near impossible to crack an egg without some winding up on your hand anyway. More importantly, he's gonna cook the thing! If you're eating an egg that undercooked, you've already got germ worries that have nothing to do with the chef.
I think he means, use both hands to crack the egg shell so that you do not touch the raw egg that is inside the shell. Any other meaning would require telekinesis. =P
Hello FoodWishes you were lucky, that the tiny shell did not fall into the bowl. A pro will always use both hands to crack an egg ! You have to turn the egg by 180° and crack it from top using both hands. Thus, there will be no more egg shells in your frying pan. French Chefs do it that way ! By the way, I use a magic tool to crack the egg and separate it. PS: I fry the fastest scrambled egg of the world ! (in 58 secs) If the pan is already hot, I am still faster ! (28 secs!) Best Wishes Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Steffler Netcool Certified Consultant Out~of~The Box Solutions Germany
Just did this with 2 eggs. Cracked gently in middle and then middle finger push on crack while pushing away both sides. Wasnt as smooth as this but had 2 perfect eggs on pan and no breakage of yolk. First attempt and all :-))
Very rare lawls :P The white is too slimy to be avoided with 1 hand :) Since you need to separate both parts, your mid finger will be at the opening of the crack so it's quite impossible x.x Maybe it's possible after quite long self-training lawls :D
Chef you read my mind. I was thinking just this week that I needed to learn how to do this while I was holding my baby and trying to make her lunch at the same time. I
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Love how buzzfeed copied your video
Gotta be "original".
They’re infamous for copying videos of smaller creators
I saw their video first. They used pingpong balls so noone would notice.
But they used ping pong balls tho
@@joan3338 so nobody would notice..
actually, i had to hold my hand that way so people could see what was going on. Usually i just just drop the egg straight down and it doesnt touch my finger.
This comment was posted 11 years ago. Boy I feel so damn old. And incredibly late to watch this.
12 years ago
13 years ago
20 years ago
69,420 years ago
"Hold it like an egg." How do you expect me to do that?!
That line aged well.
Well if you have a problem imagining it. Grab an egg to measure
Lmao this comment is gold
Eggspect **
Hold it like you're egg sack
Here's a tip when you get shell fragments in your bowl use one of the halves to fish it out. Works like a charm. I have also found that if you crack the egg on a flat surface it's less likely to flake off in the bowl.
I watched and learned from this video when I was 13 years old, about 12 years ago. I've never cracked eggs with two hands ever since. I came back here just to slap myself with nostalgia.
Cracking an egg with one hand kinda just came naturally to me I tried it the first time and messed up but the second egg I could do it perfectly lol and yeah I haven’t gone back to 2 handed cracking since either because that’s just more time consuming
SLAP
Chef john, you have influenced so many other videos. Kudos on being humble and true. You rock!
The first video I watched of babish he mentioned you. That was the reason I followed him.
@@narir6448 can I have a link to said video please?
That was a long time ago, bud. I dont recall which video :-/ I feel like he was talking about the fond on the bottom of a pan when he mentioned chef, but i could be mistaken.
@@narir6448 ah that sucks. Maybe I'll come across that video some day haha
@@finethehuman1821 i hope i do again too!
Thank you for showing me this. I am a "foodie" and watch your recipes all of the time, but I really need to know this technique. For the past thirty years, I have only been able to use my right hand. I still have not got one handed egg cracking down perfectly. I certainly appreciate your lesson and technique!
BTW, someone on my blog today made a great point about cracking the egg on the edge of the bowl. If you are interested check it out under the comments after the post.
You better update this video, BuzzFeed copied you
I feel like a historian watching this video
Same lol
Just want to say how awesome you are again. I’ve been cooking almost everything from your videos. I agree people need to experiment and learn themselves. Alton Brown explains science side of it helped me out in the beginning a lot, many years ago. But i learned all on my own. Now I’m using recipes 25 years later and I’ve done 5 or 6 of yours in the past month. I’ve never been let down yet. You rock! (Using my hand in the air to get this feeling for the egg lol)
That's the best tutorial ever. I'm 39 and I can't crack an egg with one hand.
Thank you!! This has helped so much, I can finally do it now. I think placing the middle finger on the crack of the egg is what helps the most.
You made this video 11 years ago
DANG
You sir, are a genius! The teaching method is perfect, and mixes in how balls are always useful in every scenario.
Thanks so much, Chef John, for this brilliant video. I appreciate your straightforward, honest, “uncool” presentation!
This is the best instructional video on the one handed egg crack that I've seen. Thank you!!
How old are you now?
1:27 Sound so wrong !
That is haram!
@@sharpnelshots Shutup man
@@bakinitright6637? What did I do? It was a joke...
@@sharpnelshots Sorry dude, on RUclips it's hard to understand if someone's being serious or not. Salam out (peace out)
This helps us stroke survivors who are left one handed
Woahzness, this is the best "Cracking an egg with one hand" tutorial that I've ever seen. Thank you!
Chef John,
I love this video! Why? I'm always figuring out how to do things with one hand (my left arm & hand are paralyzed as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage/stroke. I'll be practicing with the golf balls in hopes that I won't be needing to pick out bits of shell every time! I'd like to post your video on my FaceBook page, may I?
Loving your instructions unclear jokes from years ago. Loving this channel and speech delivery of this gentleman.
Eggs from fridge dont break well. Room temperature is better usually. First make a break then egg apart.
Never crack an egg on the edge of a bowl....see the reason why not at 1:33 in this video....a small chunk of the shell drops into the bowl with the egg. The edge of a bowl drives pieces of cracked egg into the egg and ultimately into your bowl or pan.
Classic Chef John.
"I'll explain what the middle finger does later"
Random tip about cooking with eggs: When adding eggs to a mix, crack them first in a separate bowl, I once ruined a recipe because I went straight in with the egg it had two eyes and was a forming tiny beak. I had to toss out the whole mixture.
Edit! I just found an old pic I took of it and it looks like I didn't actually pour the poor thing in my bowl, (I must have been thinking of the two other times I found BLOOD in my freaking eggs). Anyway I have no idea how I could've gotten a forming bird (or blood) in my eggs because store bought are not supposed to be fertilized DX
Damn
Eggs bought from the store aren't fertilized. You're lying
Why are you lying to us, MyArtJourney?
@@chuggaa100 I have a photo of it lol
@@rorschach5832 I really wish I was lying
"take 2 golf balls" yeah as if i have those laying aro- oh wait golf is my hobby i do have those laying around
a tip is to smash the egg as hard on a surface possible.Making the shell easier to pull apart
"I don't want you to start with eggs"
Drat. Imma do it anyway let's see how this goes
I watched three videos and this one was the best with details..thank you 👨🍳
Why is this so fckn hard for me??? (And attended culinary school) My instructors ALWAYS got on me for not using 1 hand because they said it could fall with the contents of the him and white regardless if you use a bowl. (Which I've never had that happen) After watching this I think just might be able to do it.
Best video on the subject, and it’s 17 years old.
When he said "I'll explain what the middle finger does later" my mind went in the wrong direction 😆
2007 -> 2021 -> RUclips's algorithm -> Hey, wanna learn how to break an egg with one hand?
This is awesome!!! I went to a restaurant where they did that in front of me, and since then I must have tried at least 20 times to do it, without even getting close. After watching your video, I got it first time for both of my eggs for breakfast this morning!!!!!! THANKS :)
How old are you now?
@@user-id1nk1gv3n probably died of old age by now 😱
Eggselent video
David Graham (imitates drums and cymbals)
Thanks for letting me know about this old goodie Chef John
are you really 37 years old?
Hey man! Thanks so much, I watched this and I did it right away! super easy thanks dude!
How old are you now?
did you know if you held a egg in the palm of your hand no matter how hard you squeeze it wont break (as long as you dont use your nails).
it has somehting to do with its circumfrance or something like that
u r a very talented chef :)
hande gok, 11 years later, he is.
I love your videos. Best cooking videos on RUclips or even TV.
How I ended up here watching how to crack egg with one hand, on my day off? This guy an excellent chef!
i hope you made this video in the morning so you could have a nice breakfast afterwards with your one-handedly cracked eggs
I taught myself to crack an egg 1 handed. Then I could do 1 egg in each hand at the same time
Sabrina could have benefited from your wisdom and comprehensive instructions. Thanks Chef John.
@foodwishes you are the best!
well, i have add, so right in the middle of typing my essay i thought "i wonder how you crack an egg with one hand"...so here i am
i feel like there is a small piece of shell that goes in to the bowl. it definitely looks that way
I actually did this once unintentionally of course. never practiced, just a fluke. now off to buy golf balls.
I did it too and that's why I want to learn how
Did you end up learning it?
@@soggypikachu1233 fam it’s been 4 years, i reckon the lad’s learned how to crack an egg with one hand by now…
@@rexknowsless3187 probably
I've just wasted all the eggs that actually existed in the house. Yeah, my roomate is gonna be very happy with that
Now do it with an Ostrich egg!
When he said "I want you to hold it like an egg"
I felt that
One of the things that took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out was how to crack an egg without breaking the yolk. I always thought I wasn't cracking the egg carefully enough. One day, it dawned on me that I was holding the egg too high above the pan, and dropping from that height was going to crack the yolk about half the time.
3am. im watching a guy cracking an egg.....i need help
Someone gifted me Golf balls a few years ago. Never knew I'd need them someday. I thought wrong 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you get skilled at it, no egg touches your hand. I learned how to do it a while before I seen this video, and it's really not hard. You don't HAVE to go as slow as he's showing you, but you also have to keep pressure in mind.
"Choose the best for your game." I choose Titleist.
I swear I almost called my chef instructor chef job the other day.
From chef john live chat✌️
I've always done it like this, but I looked it up because recently I can't crack a single egg without getting a small piece of shell in it -.-
i did it on the first try! im so proud, thanks so much!
Can we nominate this man for a Nobel prize?
thats not true, it is if you push on both sides with your thumb and pointer finger, and it can be crushed but it takes very very strong fingers, i have seen it done.
Thank you so much for this very helpful tip.
Does it work with brown eggs ?
No, you could end up burning down your kitchen if you tried with brown eggs.
Brown eggs are highly volatile.
Brown Eggs become toxic if you use this method
nope they explode like an ostrich egg in a microwave!
I Dont get how you get that one Perfect crack.. when i do it, the egg gets many many Small bits on the middle no mather how careful or hard i tap it. :s
I always used a knife to crack it and split it with two hands. But I'm learning to do it this way now cuz it's fancier and im in culinary arts now :P
Is there a technique to do so without getting a finger soaked in egg?
I pretty much throw my egg on the counter and then peel the shell off.
When I crack my eggs, I hit it on the counter hard enough that about half the eggshell is completely shattered. Whenever I help my mom cooking, she goes crazy, screaming at me that I'll get the shell in the food, and I never do.
I threw a bad egg in the sink once and it literally popped out of the shell. I did it at an angle that sent it flying out the top without even breaking the yolk. 'Twas amazing!
don't crack it on the bowl, crack it on the side of the table/board or a flat surface. cracking on the bowl gives a higher chance of getting egg shells in it.
the position of the middle finger is different from when u hold the balls vs the egg... with the balls, ur middle finger moves forward along with the index finger and thumb but with the egg, ur middle finger moves backward
Very skilled at teaching
the two TTballs method is very different from the actual egg cracking shown here
It's not just about impressing your friends... I broke my left wrist a couple of days ago and watching this vid means that I still get to enjoy cooking myself fried eggs for breakfast :D
thank you so much... me and my daughter leaned something new today :)
Eh, don't worry too much about it. Two things: He's holding the egg so that we can see the process - when actually doing this, you'll barely touch the egg... after all, it's darn near impossible to crack an egg without some winding up on your hand anyway. More importantly, he's gonna cook the thing! If you're eating an egg that undercooked, you've already got germ worries that have nothing to do with the chef.
I think he means, use both hands to crack the egg shell so that you do not touch the raw egg that is inside the shell. Any other meaning would require telekinesis. =P
Excellent instructions. I got it first try :)
I'd like to see the cracking of a refrigerated egg. Because all of my eggs are in the fridge before I start cooking.
I didnt know I wanted to learn this. but I now must master cracking an egg with one hand.
Hello FoodWishes
you were lucky, that the tiny shell
did not fall into the bowl.
A pro will always use both hands
to crack an egg !
You have to turn the egg
by 180° and crack it
from top using
both hands.
Thus, there will be no more egg shells
in your frying pan.
French Chefs do it that way !
By the way, I use a magic tool
to crack the egg and
separate it.
PS:
I fry the fastest scrambled
egg of the world !
(in 58 secs)
If the pan is already hot,
I am still faster !
(28 secs!)
Best Wishes
Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Steffler
Netcool Certified Consultant
Out~of~The Box Solutions
Germany
I cracked eggs with one hand on my husband's head, lol.. learned from your strategy!
Just did this with 2 eggs. Cracked gently in middle and then middle finger push on crack while pushing away both sides. Wasnt as smooth as this but had 2 perfect eggs on pan and no breakage of yolk. First attempt and all :-))
So you get egg on your finger every time?
Very rare lawls :P The white is too slimy to be avoided with 1 hand :) Since you need to separate both parts, your mid finger will be at the opening of the crack so it's quite impossible x.x Maybe it's possible after quite long self-training lawls :D
1:05
Oh, I know what _my_ middle finger is gonna do later if I mess up the trick.
Just got inspired to make omelette for breakfast, I have to try this technique
my hands aren't big enough for this I think.
Chef John is THE BEST!!!
15 years later the young kids would say he's the GOAT. when did I get old?!?
Did I miss anything? Why does he practice pulling a golf ball with 3 fingers when he uses 2 fingers later with the egg?
Ty for this, got in 5 tries. Now I just gotta get consistent.
Who else learning this during quarantine
i cant believe this was 13 years ago i was not even born then
WOW.. 100k+ people are interested in cracking an egg with one hand.
Holy crap! I tried this on some people's heads that I didn't like and their brains just popped right out!
Your egg shells are so white compared to the ones we have in New Zealand.
tried to crack an egg ended up at the golf course
Chef you read my mind. I was thinking just this week that I needed to learn how to do this while I was holding my baby and trying to make her lunch at the same time. I
Whats the point if the eggshell still falls down the bowl lol