Turkish One-Pan Eggs & Peppers (Menemen)

Turkish One-Pan Eggs & Peppers (Menemen)

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Breakfast
Calories: 381
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 small onion - brown sliced
  • 1 large red capsicum halved, deseeded and sliced
  • 2 small red chillies deseeded and sliced
  • 200 grams diced tomatoes
  • 6 large eggs
  • 20 grams parsley roughly chopped
  • 80 ml plain Greek yoghurt
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed

Method
 

  1. Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan. Stir in the onions, capsicum and chillies. Cook until they begin to soften.
  2. Add the tomatoes and mix well. Cook until the liquid has reduced, season.
  3. Using a wooden spoon, create 4 pockets in the tomato mixture and crack the eggs into them.
  4. Cover the pan and cook the eggs over a low heat until just set.
  5. Beat the yoghurt with the garlic and season.
  6. Sprinkle the menemen with parsley and serve from the frying pan with a dollop of the garlic-flavoured yoghurt.

Nutrition

Calories: 381kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 24gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 664mgSodium: 288mgPotassium: 628mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 3800IUVitamin C: 179mgCalcium: 260mgIron: 3.8mg

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