Skillet Eggs with Tomato, Green Pepper and Chilli Flakes
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — J. Kenji López-Alt, Menemen (Turkish-Style Scrambled Eggs With Tomatoes, Onions, and Chilies).
A menemen (turkish-style scrambled eggs with tomatoes, onions, and chilies) recipe for 2 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Cook. Heat olive oil over a low flame till barely warm in a mid-sized nonstick or cast iron skillet. Add paprika, oregano, onion, and peppers. Add salt till it tastes right and a very generous amount of black pepper. Cook, mixing often, till very soft, around 8 minutes. Add tomatoes and carry on cooking, mixing often, till deepened in color. Take out half of mixture plus reserve. Return pan to heat and tip in beaten eggs. Add salt and pepper till it tastes right. Cook, mixing often, till eggs are just barely set. Promptly remove from heat and lightly fold in set-aside vegetable mixture. Scatter with chives, if using, and eat at once.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Source of protein: 3.7 g protein per 100 kcal, about 15% of energy (needs ≥ 12%)
- Low sugars: 2.7 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 5 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 165 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
0 g per serving
0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 372 kcal |
| Protein | 13.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 7.4 g |
| of which sugars | 4.4 g |
| of which free sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 32.3 g |
| of which saturates | 6.3 g |
| Fibre | 2.7 g |
| Salt | 0.51 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
3.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
