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Finished Microwave Scrambled Eggs served on toast - easy beginner recipe.

Microwave Scrambled Eggs

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Bruce Tretter
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Want something real to eat—but didn’t want to deal with a stove or don’t have cooking experience?

Click here for the printable step-by-step recipe that requires only:

Ingredients

  • Eggs
  • Milk (optional)
  • Dash of salt (helps keep eggs soft and adds flavor)
  • Black pepper
  • Cooking spray (or butter)
Ingredients needed to make microwave scrambled eggs.

Equipment

  • Microwave oven
  • Microwave safe bowl
  • Fork
  • Potholder or dish towel
Equipment needed to make microwave scrambled eggs

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 scrambled eggs your own:

Use butter instead of cooking spray to grease the bowl.

Using butter instead of cooking spray to make microwave scrambled eggs

Add cheese, cooked meat or anything you like to the eggs before scrambling and microwaving.

Adding cheese and cooked meat to microwave scrambled eggs before cooking - easy for beginners

Have them on toast as is or with vegetables, cheese – or anything you like.

Microwave scrambled eggs on toast - example of making these eggs your own