Can Cook Without Oil? Here Are Tips From Chef

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JAKARTA - To make fried eggs, it doesn't have to be used with oil. Eggs can also be fried without oil, and even become healthier because of zero additional calories from cooking oil or butter.

Quoted from the Mirror, on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the practical cooking of fried eggs was given by chef Rose Reisman. He shares ways and tips on frying eggs without oil in videos uploaded on his social media.

Reisman said that cooking cooking eggs without oil does not have to use pans. Cooking can be done using a microwave.

"So if you don't want to use a pan in the morning to make a delicious fried egg, it doesn't matter," said Reisman.

The ingredients that need to be prepared are two eggs, two paper plates, and a microwave. The cooking process also only takes a few minutes, as follows.

- Break 3 eggs on a paper plate, then cover the top with another plate.- Then insert the egg on top of the plate into the microwave with an arrangement of 800-1000W. Cook up to 30 seconds and you will get fried eggs with perfect maturity.

In addition, you can also make orak-arik eggs without using oil, but with a technique of putting them in a mixture of water. How to cook is not much different from boiled eggs, it's just that the eggs are shaken first before being poured into the pot.