Basic Omelet

How to Make the Best Fluffy Omelet

You can learn how to make a fluffy omelet with these simple tips. Follow the recipe for all the directions as well as step-by-step images to help you get a great omelet every time:
Beat the Eggs: It’s important to beat the eggs well, so that you’ll incorporate air into them and mix the whites and yolks together. A whisk makes this job a breeze! It breaks them up quickly. If you’ve left the eggs a few minutes before the next step, give them another quick stir with the whisk to get more air into them that would have released while they sat.

Use the Right-Size Skillet: If you use a skillet larger than an 8-inch, the eggs will be too thin to make a fluffy omelet that holds its shape.

Melt Butter: Be sure it’s sizzling, to help cook the eggs while making them fluffy.

Stir the Eggs: This step goes quickly--but stir the eggs as soon as they hit the hot pan, until they begin to thicken.

When should you flip the omelet? We leave the flipping step out of our best omelet recipe—it is not necessary if the directions are followed in the recipe. The eggs are cooked and stirred briefly when they hit the hot pan and are spread out to cover the bottom of the pan. Once they begin to thicken, they can cook without stirring or flipping. Having the right size pan for the two eggs called for, means they will be the right thickness to cook through without flipping. This makes getting a beautiful omelet super easy!

Simple Omelet Ingredients

Next time you or someone in your house says, “there’s nothing in the house to eat”, omelets are the perfect solution. Just eggs, butter, salt, and pepper are all you need to make the best omelet recipe! Chances are, you have those omelet ingredients already on hand. Our easy omelet recipe is great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
Keep them simple, and enjoy them plain, or add ingredients you probably already have in your refrigerator and turn them into a new dish every time!

You can add ingredients to the eggs while mixing them (if they are finely chopped) or place them on half of the cooked omelet before the other half gets folded over them. Here are some delicious ingredients to try:

Cheese: Any shredded cheese or crumbled cheese (such as blue cheese, feta or cotija) can be added with the eggs. Shredded cheese will melt, while the crumbled cheese holds its shape, but softens when heated.

Herbs: Use any of your favorite fresh herbs (the omelet isn’t cooked long enough to get flavor from dried herbs). A little goes a long way! Just add a small amount to each omelet.

Veggies: Try chopped tomato, zucchini, bell pepper spinach leaves or sliced mushrooms as the filling itself or with any of the other tasty omelet filling ideas.

Flavorful Adds: Try drained chopped green chiles, chopped ripe or green olives; chopped, marinated artichoke hearts or sun-dried tomatoes.

Meat or Poultry: Add leftover chopped cooked chicken or turkey, cooked or smoked ham, prosciutto, or bacon. Crumbled cooked breakfast sausage, Italian sausage or even leftover chopped cooked bratwurst would be delicious!

What to Serve with Omelets

Omelets are delicious served on their own (especially when they are loaded with a bunch of tasty fillings). Or you can serve them with any of these other foods, for a scrumptious, heartier meal:
Breakfast Breads: Pop a batch of Pillsbury™ Cinnamon Rolls in the oven to bake while you make the omelet. So delicious! Pancakes, waffles, banana bread or doughnuts would also be great options with your omelet.

Fruit: Serve up fresh or canned fruit, next to your omelet. From bananas to apple slices, orange juice or canned peach slices, any fruit would be delicious with an easy-to please omelet!

Breakfast Casserole: Try one of these amazing breakfast casseroles with omelets, for a hot and hearty meal.

Lunch or Dinner Options: If you’re making an omelet for lunch or dinner, pair it with your favorite soup or chili and a side of Pillsbury™ biscuits or crescent rolls.

The Best Pan for Omelets

To ensure success, the best pan for omelets is a nonstick skillet, to help the omelet slide out of the pan with ease! The butter will also help with getting the omelet out of the pan, but there’s nothing like the slipperiness of a nonstick coating to do the job! If you don’t have a nonstick skillet, you could spray a stainless skillet with nonstick cooking spray before melting the butter. Also equally important is using the right size skillet. An 8-inch skillet is big enough to get an omelet that is thick enough to fold without breaking. If a larger skillet is used, the egg mixture will be too thin and break when you are trying to fold it over and remove it from the pan.

Can you store & reheat leftover omelets?

Omelets will have the best flavor and texture if they are eaten right after being cooked. And since making an omelet only takes 10 minutes, that makes it easy to do! If you make an omelet with fillings from ingredients that have been stored in your refrigerator for a while, plan to make and eat the omelet after cooking.
We do not recommend storing and reheating omelets for food safety reasons as well as their moistness and texture being compromised during the storing and reheating processes.