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All recipesScrambled egg, no pan
Microwave Mug Egg
Make a warm egg in a mug with cheese, with an adult helping at the microwave.
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Hands-on time5 minutes
Makes1 mug
DifficultyEasyBarely a mess
KitchenMicrowave
What a grown-up does
The microwave, and lifting out the hot mug.
Why that works
Egg proteins are curled up like tiny balls. Heat makes them unfold and tangle together, and that tangle is what turns runny egg solid. Stirring halfway through stops the outside cooking before the middle.