Scrambled eggs can be nightmare to get right, but there is one ingredient that can take your scramble to the next level

Scrambled eggs might appear straightforward to whip up, but it takes real skill to keep them soft, light and fluffy. A breakfast staple loved by many, scrambled eggs are both filling and nutritious, yet perfecting them comes down to knowing exactly which ingredients to use.

Simply Recipes editor Haley Scrapino recently revealed the secret ingredient she swears by to make scrambled eggs “rich” and “fluffy” — and it’s neither butter nor cream. Instead, she reaches for another fridge favourite: cream cheese.

Haley wrote for Simply Recipes: “As a food editor, I come across plenty of scrambled egg recipes, but I still thought I had the best possible method. However, this recipe from Allrecipes caught my attention because it calls for two ingredients, both of which are staples in my fridge. I made them once, and I was sold! The eggs turned out remarkably fluffy and creamy.”

Folding cream cheese into your eggs is surprisingly straightforward. You’ll only need two ingredients to pull off this recipe — simply cream cheese and eggs, reports the Express.

To prepare the scrambled eggs, Haley cracks two eggs into a bowl and seasons them with salt, before whisking them together until fully combined.

To finish the scramble, Haley adds five “dime-sized” dollops of cream cheese to the eggs. For those in the UK, that’s roughly the size of a 10 pence piece.

Heat a pan on a low setting with roughly half a tablespoon of butter. Pour the egg mixture in and cook, gently stirring with a spatula.

Keep going until the eggs are set and the cream has largely melted. Don’t be alarmed if the mixture appears slightly lumpy due to the cream cheese — patience is key here.

The cream cheese will gradually melt into the eggs, helping to produce a wonderfully silky consistency, keeping the curds “light and tender”.

Haley explained: “A few small pockets of cream cheese are perfectly fine and, in my opinion, one of the best parts. I like to serve the eggs with a couple of slices of sourdough toast and a generous sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper.”

As cream cheese can make scrambled eggs particularly rich, Haley suggests throwing in some additional ingredients to boost the flavour and offset the creaminess. Something as straightforward as black pepper or chopped chives does the trick perfectly.

If you do opt for black pepper, Haley advises holding off until the eggs are fully cooked before adding it, as this helps preserve their fluffy consistency.

She wrote: “Pepper can make the eggs look speckled and muddy. I also find that adding the pepper before cooking slightly weighs down the eggs, resulting in a less fluffy texture.”