Egg

Chicken egg without egg shell

• Egg or eggs refers to the ovum of birds and animals.
• An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote)
• The zygote incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

In food

In food and nutrition, the term eggs is used commonly to refer to the eggs of chickens or other fowl. For full nutritional information, see eggs. Eggs are naturally portion controlled, nutrient dense, easily available and inexpensive that provide complete and balanced nutrition. More over, eggs are very low carb and keto friendly.

Types of chicken egg dishes

Eggs can be had in many different ways some of which are noted below.

• hard boiled when egg is hard boiled egg is cooked in its shell in boiling water.
• Soft Boiled eggs are boiled for half the time by cuttting the cooking time roughly in half compared to hard boiled eggs.
• Hard scrambled eggs
• Soft Scrambled
• Sunny Side Up
• Over Easy
• Over Medium
• Over Hard

See for a list of egg dishes

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  Eggs

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  Egg appam

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  Salt and pepper egg salad

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  Eggs

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  Egg omlet

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  Scrambled eggs

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  Bacon and eggs

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  Bacon and egg plate

Keto friendliness of eggs

Eggs are rich source of protein providing up to 6 grams of protein per egg.

Ketometer one

Recipes of eggs

• Keto egg recipes (Pinterest)
• a large collection of egg recipes
• 35 keto egg recipes

Nutrition information of eggs

EGG

Portion	100 g
Fiber, total dietary	0.9 g
Calcium, Ca	35 mg
Iron, Fe	1.59 mg
Vitamin A, IU	885 IU
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	0 mg
Protein	9.73 g
Total lipid (fat)	0 g
Carbohydrate, by difference	1.77 g
Energy	53 kcal
Sugars, total including NLEA	0 g
Cholesterol	4 mg
Sodium, Na	195 mg
Fatty acids, total saturated	0 g

Nutritional information on Egg

NB:Carbohydrate, by difference(total carbs-fiber) is also called net carbs

External links

• Egg nutrition center
• Eggs farm to table
• Egglopedia

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