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Microwave cheese omelet folded on white plate

Easy Microwave Omelet Recipe | Fast Beginner-Friendly Eggs

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Bruce Tretter
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The easiest way to build cooking confidence is to start with something simple, fast and forgiving.

This microwave omelet, available by clicking this printable PDF link, makes setup and cleanup easy, cooks in just a few minutes and can be personalized with your favorite cheese, vegetables or leftover ingredients you already have at home.

Here’s all you’ll need:

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • Small splash milk (optional)
  • Dash salt
  • Black pepper
  • Cheese or filling (optional)
  • Cooking Spray
Image shows ingredients needed to make a microwave omelet.

Equipment

  • Microwave Safe Plate
  • Fork
  • Potholder or Dishtowel
  • Microwave Oven
Image of equipment needed to make a microwave omelet.

Cooking Tips

  1. Before microwaving eggs, always be sure to break egg yolks and stir well as shown to prevent cooking eggs from bursting while they cook.
Breaking egg yolks and mixing eggs well before cooking eggs in the microwave oven

2. Microwave cooking times can vary slightly, so start carefully and add time only if needed.

As the PDF recipe shows, here are just a few easy ways to make these omelets your own:

Use butter instead of cooking spray to grease the plate.

Using butter instead of cooking spray to grease plate

Use Worcestershire sauce, teriyaki sauce or soy sauce instead of salt.

Using Worcestershire sauce instead of salt to make microwave eggs.


Try different cheeses – or any other filling.

Slicing hard hard cheese to use with microwave omelet.