Oeuf sur le plat in microwave?

[mallam]

My wife is abroad (visiting her wonderful old dad on his deathbed), and I have had unfavourable reactions to things I have done to the microwave with eggs in her absence before. Before trying to do anything else to eggs with the microwave, I had to write out 100 times something to the effect that I Must Ask The Experts.

Could I put a bit of oil in the plate (preferably just a brushing), microwave it (how long for?), and then break the egg onto it and grill it (it sounds as if the convection comes on with the grill, which would of course be best)?

BTW, has anyone else been stupid enough to buy those so called "microwave egg-boilers" and actually try using them?

[ummmm]

Why don't you just use the cooker?

[albaqwerty]

hangs head in shame, I did buy them.
Tried once and binned them, didn't even bother to put them in the back of the cupboard. Back to boiling on the hob.
The only eggs I used to do in microwave was scrambled before it burst into flames.

[ummmm]

I blew mine up Alba....I put some chips on for 30 mins instead of 3...whoops

[albaqwerty]

were you auditioning for Braniac ummm? lol

[ummmm]

lol....no

My kitchen was so far away from my living room. I thought I heard a bang but ignored it. It took about 10 mins for me to smell it. Luckily the fire was contained within the microwave. It didn't look good and I had to throw it away...

[ummmm]

And the chips were inedible...

[albaqwerty]

don't tell salla that you ignored a bang pmsl

[mallam]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, have you ever tried oeufs sur le plat?

alb, I see you see "I've been there" and "where Im coming from".

Keep them coming, and not just the laughs.

[ummmm]

No mallam....never even heard of it. You could enlighten me though....just sounded like a fried egg to me and you were trying to be posh...lol :-)

[ummmm]

lol...just spotted your post alba ;-)

[mccfluff]

it can be done but you need to keep an eye on it the whole time and prick the yolk or it will explode

[mallam]

mcf, apparently if you keep an eye on it the whole time it fries the eye as well! But thanx, I wouldnt even have thought to prick the yolk.

Well I looked it up and apparently it CAN be done on the hob, but if you ask me that's posh manqué. (Sorry if it's the French you thought posh!)

Proper oeufs sur le plat are done in the oven. I think the Americans call them "shirred eggs". Yes, just looked that up too. Far and away the best way to do them, but not worth heating up even the small oven for one egg!

[mallam]

Sorry, it was ummm who thought them posh.

[mccfluff]

put them in a dish to size helps as well

[mallam]

Thanx again mcf. I suppose that would also help with the low-fat campaign. You don't say whether you think I could get away with a 'brushing' of oil. (Wish I could use butter. I would actually, but we use it so little it goes rancid. Esp since the low-salt campaign means we get unsalted if we ever do get it. Much better if you can brook the waste. Normandy unsalted, yay!)

[mccfluff]

sorry yep use a little oil crack the egg into it, prick the yolk and away you go, take a bit of experimentation to get the timing right, depends on your microwzve so i just zapped mine in 10 second bursts until it was done, then, from there i figured out it was 20 seconds, turn bowl 15/20 seconds depending on the size of the egg!

- ob if you have a turntable thats works you don;t need to turn the bowl........

[mallam]

That sound like only using the microwave. I should have said Microwave Oven in this question This might have made it clearer that when I asked "Could I put a bit of oil in the plate (preferably just a brushing), microwave it (how long for?), and then break the egg onto it and grill it (it sounds as if the convection comes on with the grill, which would of course be best)?" I meant could I use those different functions of the microwave oven in sequence. Do you find microwaving alone gives satisfactory results? Much handier if so, but dare I? Look at the trepidation I expressed in the question!

Obviously with the convection function I could do it in the conventional way, but I thought if my two-stage idea worked it would be so much quicker. What do you think?

[mccfluff]

well i've not tried eggs in my micro oven, i think it would be a bit of a waste to heat it up for the egg and the grilling part sounds well dodgy! but hey give it a go and let us know, hmm make sure the plate is oven proof could well crack

[ummmm]

I'm still lost...!! :-)

[mccfluff]

why?