🇹🇷 Turkish Cuisine

Menemen

Turkish Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 2
Difficulty Easy
Calories 257 kcal

A vibrant skillet of scrambled eggs gently folded into a simmering sauce of ripe tomatoes, green peppers, and Turkish red pepper flakes.

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs
  • 3 ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 2 green Turkish peppers, diced
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp pul biber
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Half tsp black pepper
  • Fresh parsley for garnish
  • Crusty bread for serving

Instructions

  1. 1 Heat olive oil in a wide skillet over medium heat, then add diced onion and cook for three minutes until just translucent.
  2. 2 Add diced green peppers and cook for another three minutes until they soften slightly but still retain some pleasant crunch.
  3. 3 Add chopped tomatoes, pul biber, salt, and pepper, then simmer for eight minutes until tomatoes collapse into a chunky sauce.
  4. 4 Crack eggs directly into the tomato mixture and gently fold with a wooden spoon, creating large soft curds throughout the sauce.
  5. 5 Cook for two to three minutes more, stirring gently, until the eggs are just set but still creamy and slightly wet looking.
  6. 6 Remove from heat immediately as the residual heat will continue cooking the eggs, then garnish with fresh parsley and serve.

Did You Know?

There is a fierce debate in Turkey about whether onions belong in menemen — purists from the Menemen district insist they do not.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/turkish/menemen/