In culinary school my cooking instructors touted the importance of eggs: The traditional chef’s toque is rumored to have 100 folds, one fold to represent the hundred ways to prepare an egg. We’d be forewarned that sometimes the skills test given during line cook interviews would simply be to cook an egg.
Regardless of technique and form, it’s undeniable that eggs are an indispensable ingredient, well suited for any time of the day. Here are 29 of our favorite ways to use them:

by Miranda Hammer

by fiveandspice

by EmilyC

by Genius Recipes

by Food52

by olive

by Sarah Jampel

by Genius Recipes

by Betty

by Kenzi Wilbur

by Genius Recipes

by cynthia | two red bowls

by Joy Huang | The Cooking of Joy

by CarolineWright

by ChristineQ
by Aliwaks

by Erin McDowell

by Ali Conklin

by Miranda Hammer

by Sara Jenkins

by molly yeh
What’s your favorite non-breakfast egg dish? Tell us in the comments below.
(via Food52)