Egg wash

[foodlover]

A mixture of beaten eggs (yolks, whites, or whole eggs) with either milk or water. Used to coat cookies and other baked goods to give them a shine when baked.

[reign24]

thanks

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Also used for double or triple breading stations... as in flour-eggwash-flour or flour-eggwash-panko for breading items such as fried chicken, fish fillets, chicken tenders, scallops, veggies, some tempuras, etc.

[KYHeirloomer]

I'd have also phrased it as egg and a liquid. Water and milk/cream are, indeed, the most usual. But I've done an egg wash with mustard as the liquid (great for brushing on savory pastries) and other liquids as well.

[chubbyalaskagriz]

...as w/ your pork hand-pies!

[KYHeirloomer]

Exactly, Chubby.

But I've also used Frank's Hot Sauce as the liquid, when setting up a three-plate frying station for chicken.

And one time used Worchestershire, which worked out nicely too. That one was for a fish fry.

By the way, for those who don't know it, when you crack your egg, half the shell is the perfect measurement for the liquid part of the egg wash.