11 of Our Favorite Fried Eggs

Have you ever put together a meal and found it to be a little, well, incomplete? Instead of putting on the Backstreet Boys tune and bemoaning your cooking skills, try the oldest trick in the book: Put an egg on it. Adding an egg to the mix makes things feel fuller and more put-together. The best way to eat an egg is fried: It's easy to cook and the runny yolk adds some pizzazz to the texture of your meal.

With a fried egg on top, toast earns sandwich status, sautéed rice becomes a meal in itself, salads become more than a side dish, and everything falls into place. Take inspiration from these fried egg dishes, and you'll never have an incomplete meal again.

Breakfast Fried Rice by Kathleen @HapaNom

Decadent Fried Egg Sandwich by HalfPint

Moroccan Beet Greens by Silly Apron

Jean Georges' Ginger Fried Rice by Genius Recipes

Thai Basil Stir-Fry (Put Kaprow) by FrancesRenHuang

The Green Madame by fiveandspice

Roger Vergé's Fried Eggs with Wine Vinegar by Genius Recipes

Rhonda's Spaghetti with Fried Eggs and Pangritata for One by Rhonda35

"Moroccan Guacamole" Toasts with Fried Egg by creamtea

Sweet Potato and Cilantro Quesadilla with Fried Egg and Cumin Oil by CarolineWright

Yam Khai Dao (Fried Egg Salad) by JJ Goode