Mediocre eggs can make or break a breakfast plate, and theres no need to settle when just a few tweaks can take your home-cooked eggs from good to great. To help you achieve perfectly cooked sunny side up eggs (with cooked whites and runny yolks), hard-boiled eggs that are easy to peel, silky scrambled eggs and more, weve asked professional chefs to share the top mistakes they see people make in the kitchen and how to fix them.

The key thing to master when cooking eggs is heat control. No matter the style or technique, its important to use the right level of heat and understand your desired end result, Nick Korbee, partner at Egg Shop , told HuffPost. Its all about building confidence in the ability to control the temperature of your cooking implement. If your pan is smoking hot, fear not. You can always remove it from the heat for a few minutes and start over. While you cant undo overcooking, you can learn to master heat.

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Mistakes: Overcooking egg yolks, undercooking egg whites and moving eggs too much while cooking

Solutions: Cook eggs low and slow, and cover briefly if necessary