"over easy" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} over easy, {{en-PP}} over easy
  1. (US) Of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly fried on the other to finish cooking the whites, leaving the yolk unbroken and slightly soft (runny). Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Eggs Synonyms: over light, sunny side down Coordinate_terms: sunny side up, over medium, over hard Translations (fried on both sides): tourné [Quebec] (French), uovo all'occhio di bue [masculine] (Italian)

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