Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato)
Turkey's breakfast pan — green peppers and ripe tomatoes softened in olive oil and butter until jammy, with eggs stirred through just until they set into soft curds, eaten straight from the pan with bread.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 15 g butter
- 3 long green peppers, sliced
- 500 g ripe tomatoes, grated or finely chopped
- 5 eggs
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Aleppo pepper (pul biber)
- to taste black pepper
- 10 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 4 slices crusty bread, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1285 kcal · P 51.9g · C 103.6g · F 75.7g
Estimated from 9 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the olive oil and butter in a frying pan over medium heat and cook the green peppers for 5 minutes, until soft but still bright.
- 2Add the tomatoes and salt and cook for 8–10 minutes, stirring now and then, until the juices have reduced and the sauce is thick and jammy.
- 3Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl — just enough to break the yolks.
- 4Pour the eggs into the pan, wait 30 seconds, then stir gently with a wooden spoon, folding the setting egg through the tomato.
- 5Take the pan off the heat while the eggs are still soft and glossy, after about 2 minutes; they keep cooking in the hot pan.
- 6Scatter with the Aleppo pepper, black pepper and parsley and serve at once from the pan, with bread for scooping.
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Questions and answers
How long does Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato) take to make?
About 28 minutes: 10 min prep and 18 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato)?
10 ingredients: olive oil, butter, long green peppers, ripe tomatoes, eggs, salt, Aleppo pepper, black pepper, flat-leaf parsley, crusty bread.
How many servings does this Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato) recipe make?
3 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato)?
About 428 kcal, with 17.3 g protein, 34.5 g carbohydrate and 25.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato) recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato)?
Menemen (Turkish Eggs with Peppers and Tomato) comes from Turkish cuisine.
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