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Golden cheese omelet being lifted from a frying pan with a spatula.

How to Make a Quick & Easy Omelet (Step-by-Step Photos)

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Bruce Tretter
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If you’ve never made an omelet, you’re in the right place.

This “big on pictures, short on words” recipe takes about 10 minutes to put together and uses only a few simple ingredients.

Just download the printable PDF recipe and follow the step-by-step photo directions that show:

That adding a small dash of salt to eggs before cooking prevents a rubbery omelets

Dash of salt in the palm of hand
Side by side images showing the difference in texture between tender eggs cooked with a dash of salt and tough, rubbery eggs cooked without salt
Difference in tenderness results between salted and unsalted eggs.

How to make sure the pan is properly warmed, which is key to ensuring the pan is ready to cook eggs.

Wetting fingers with cold tap water and flicking that water onto a pan surface to determine proper egg cooking temperature

That all you need are easy to find ingredients and commonly found cooking equipment.

Ingredients and equipment needed to make stove cooked omelet - easy beginner recipe

How to fold an omelet without frustration.

2 images showing how to fold an omelet easily with a spatula without frustration

How to make cleanup as easy as possible.

Images show how to make cleaning a frying pan and spatula easy

A quick note

Your first omelet probably won’t look perfect.

Mine sure didn’t.

If it tastes good, you succeeded. And if you know someone who might benefit from simple, step-by-step cooking help, please share this recipe with them.

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