See all videosHow to Separate Eggs (:42)
How do you separate an egg without breaking the yolk or making a mess? Chef Meg shows you how--no fancy gadget needed!
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Member Comments About This Video
Good tip - 6/9/13
Good tip, but using the two pieces of the eggshell should be safe it you wash the egg before cracking. - 4/4/13
Excellent tip but I'll use my egg separator anytime. - 3/26/13
I am so glad some of you remembered the video using a plastic bottle. That was the best I had seen. - 3/12/13
I watch cooks/chefs do this on Food Network all the time....not going to happen with me! I have an egg separator that works just fine. - 3/12/13
I am sorry but that is just not anything I am going to do. - 2/18/13
Appreciate the explanation of why as much as the technique. - 2/7/13
Looks simple....and I have the 2 utensils on hand...hehehe - 2/7/13
Great idea!
- 2/7/13
I had an egg separator from Tupperware, I rarely use it as I was taught the back-n-forth method from my mother, it was easy & I didn`t have extra to wash.I could never do this way, the thought of the egg yolk in my hand grosses me out! And Egg shells are as clean as the hand that is holding it. - 2/7/13
Mom taught me the hand method, which I prefer. Cleanliness aside, with the shell method, I usually mange to break every third yolk, messing everything up, :( - 1/12/13
Like Kumaro, I wondered about how the hands that held the egg would be any cleaner than the egg shell. Think I'll stick with the egg shells. - 12/29/12
good tip - 12/22/12
Wow that was so simple. I'll give this a try. - 12/20/12
i tried this, and it works better than any other way i've tried...no broken yolk, not a bunch of white in with the yolk. i don't like the feel of it in my hands, but it works so well, it's worth it! =D - 12/5/12
Great idea! - 10/30/12
ewewww.... that just seems gross...... (a texture thing) . . . . but I will TRY it next time I need to separate an egg, for lack of another option.
Love the tips! - 10/30/12
I agree with the concerns about the cleanliness of hands, eggshells and even tools that have been in the drawer for some time. - 10/23/12
I wish I could find the video that shows you to crack the eggs and then take a plastic soda pop bottle, squeeze it, gently put bottle opening on yolk and then let go of bottle. Voile! the yolk is now in the bottle! I tried it and it really works. Amazing, cleaner, less messy, and actually fun! - 10/5/12
Good info, I was taught like your mother taught you.:) - 10/4/12
good info - 9/23/12
Why couldn't I just wash the egg, before breaking it? Then doddle it back and forth to separate the egg. - 9/21/12
I found a better way on the internet.....Break an egg into a bowl. Using an empty water bottle that is squeezed in the middle, suck the egg yolk into the bottle. The suction separtes the egg. Squeeze the bottle with the egg yolk into another bowl to release. - 9/16/12
good tip - 9/15/12
I will try this - 9/5/12
We're assuming the hands are cleaner than the outside of the egg. Hard to break old habits, but definitely somehting to give serious thought to. - 9/1/12
If the shell is contaminated - then it is too late for the egg. Hopefully, you are cooking it and don't need to worry about it? - 7/21/12
Thanks for the information on how to separate an egg. This was a new method for me. - 6/2/12
Thanks, I do not separate eggs because I thought I had to have a special tool. I know that the special tool is my hands and will use them from now on. - 4/9/12
Good to know. I separate eggs almost daily as I use few yolk. I never thought about the germ chance with going back and forth with the shells. Thanks. From now on I will use my hands. They get messy anyway doing it the other way. - 3/28/12
If you shouldn't use the shell to separate the egg because the shell is contaminated, would your hands not also be contaminated after you hold the contaminated shell in them. Not sure if I would want to then swish the egg around in the hands that just held the contaminated shell. - 3/28/12
Excellent tip - 3/5/12
if you wash your hand before separate the egg that is ok:-) And after that you make a mess if you don't wash hands - 11/28/11