MENEMEN (TURKISH SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH TOMATO)
Menemen, made from eggs, tomatoes, peppers and sometimes onions, is a distinctly Turkish breakfast comfort food. Although a year-round dish, it is especially pleasing in the summer, with really ripe tomatoes from the garden or farmer's market. Be creative with this dish: Add shallots, chiles, fresh herbs or Aleppo pepper, or treat it as purists do, with only tomatoes and eggs. Cook slowly, stirring infrequently, until the eggs form billowy puffs. You can serve topped with feta cheese or lamb sausage, with any warm flatbread on the side.
Provided by Joan Nathan
Categories breakfast
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a nonstick medium skillet over medium-high. Add the onion, oregano and Aleppo pepper, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent, 7 to 9 minutes. Stir in the green pepper and cook until soft, 5 to 7 minutes.
- While the onions and peppers are cooking, purée half the tomatoes in a food processor or blender. Once the onions and peppers are soft, add the remaining chopped tomatoes to the onions and peppers. Crack the eggs into a medium bowl, add the puréed tomatoes and whisk until foamy.
- Once the mixture in the skillet comes to a simmer, stir in the 1/4 cup parsley and the butter, if using. Reduce heat to low, add the egg mixture on top and cook, stirring occasionally, until the eggs are set but still soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Taste, adding a little more salt, oregano or Aleppo pepper, if needed. Sprinkle with remaining parsley and serve directly from the skillet, with flatbread alongside.
MENEMEN
Turkish scrambled eggs and tomatoes is an easy breakfast dish that you can find all around the country. In Iran, the same dish is called "omelet." There has always been a debate whether menemen should have onions or not and the result is always a 50/50 split. Other variations of menemen use cheese (such as kaşar) or Turkish dry sausage (also known as sucuk). This dish is originally made with Turkish sweet green pepper (yeşil biber) but here I substituted easier-to-find Italian sweet pepper (cubanelle). Other good options include green bell pepper or sweet banana pepper.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Saute the sweet pepper, stirring frequently, until it softens, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start breaking down and releasing their juices, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Break the eggs into a small bowl and beat lightly using a fork. Add the eggs to the tomatoes and stir to combine. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and about 1/3 teaspoon black pepper. Cook, gently stirring, until the eggs are just set, about 3 minutes, making sure not to overcook the eggs. Garnish with parsley if using and serve with warm bread.
MENEMEN
Make and share this Menemen recipe from Food.com.
Provided by sharon.egin
Categories Turkish
Time 13m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Boil the tomatoes in hot water for 3 minutes then skin.
- Melt the olive oil or butter in a large frying pan (butter is best) and add the tomatoes, thinly sliced green pepper onions and garlic to the frying pan. Cook on a low heat for 8 minutes or until softened.
- Crack the eggs you can leave whole which I prefer or mix into the existing ingredients. If whole make sure it is a very low heat.
- Cook until the eggs are set and add salt and grated black pepper.
- Grate some cheese over the top until melted and server with Turkish bread or crusty bread if you do not have access to it.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 114, Fat 6.5, SaturatedFat 2, Cholesterol 264.4, Sodium 93.7, Carbohydrate 5.3, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 3.7, Protein 8.9
MENEMEN
This is a variation of the usual recipe, but I have found it to be tastier and wholesome this way! Can be served as a main dish, supplemented by a plate of salad, or can be used as a side-dish. Different bread types can be used according to taste.
Provided by ErOnur
Categories European
Time 35m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Wash potatoes thoroughly,dry,peel and dice small.
- Dice onion and peppers into very small pieces.
- Beat eggs slightly in a pan and set aside.
- Skin tomatoes and cut into very small pieces.
- Heat oil in deep frying pan.
- Add onion and peppers, and saute until soft.
- Add potatoes and cook until crisp.
- Add tomatoes and let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir salt into frying mixture and mix well.
- Add beaten eggs quickly into frying pan, stir briskly and cook until hardened uniformly. Place over toasted bread slices immediately.
- Grate a few shavings of nutmeg (optional).
TURKISH SCRAMBLED EGGS (MENEMEN)
Also known as Italian frying peppers, Cubanelle peppers are large and blocky. They are light green in appearance and they mature red. The thin walls of this pepper make it an excellent choice for frying. This pepper is not hot. Recipe from Binnurs Turkish Cookbook, April 2005. Update: due to reviews I have added to seed the tomatoes and squeeze slightly to remove excess juice.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Breakfast
Time 20m
Yield 2-4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place the olive oil and cubanelle peppers in a large pan. Cook for about 2 minutes over medium-high heat.
- Take the seeds out of the tomatoes and squeeze slightly to remove excess juice. Then chop and add the tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook for another 7-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Mix the eggs with the cream in a bowl, and pour into the pan. Then add the feta cheese. Keep stirring periodically until the eggs are done. Make sure you dont overcook, otherwise it will be dry.
- Serve with bread.
TURKISH ONE-PAN EGGS & PEPPERS (MENEMEN)
This gutsy dish is genuine street food and a brilliant family dish for brunch, lunch or supper.
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Brunch, Main course
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan. Stir in the onions, pepper and chillies. Cook until they begin to soften. Add the tomatoes and sugar, mixing well. Cook until the liquid has reduced, season.
- Using a wooden spoon, create 4 pockets in the tomato mixture and crack the eggs into them. Cover the pan and cook the eggs over a low heat until just set.
- Beat the yogurt with the garlic and season. Sprinkle the menemen with parsley and serve from the frying pan with a dollop of the garlic-flavoured yogurt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 222 calories, Fat 15 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 12 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 12 grams protein, Sodium 0.39 milligram of sodium
MENEMEN (TURKISH SCRAMBLED EGGS)
This Turkish comfort food is like the Middle Eastern version of a breakfast burrito. Scrambled eggs are softly cooked with peppers, tomatoes, harissa, and plenty of olive oil. Serve in warm pita with string cheese and cucumbers for a surprisingly easy (and cheap!) breakfast or brunch.
Provided by Ana Sortun
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Sauce: Roughly chop the peppers by slicing off the tops, then cut strips lengthwise around the core. Dice strips, discarding the core with some of the rib and most of the seeds. Heat 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add peppers, a pinch of salt, tomato paste, harissa, Maras (or Aleppo) pepper, and sauté until soft, 3-4 minutes. Meanwhile, chop the scallions and add to the peppers when they're soft, after about 3 minutes.
- Halve tomatoes crosswise and pull out some of the seeds. Put a box grater in a bowl and grate the tomatoes over the largest holes until all that's left is the flattened tomato skin. Stir grated tomatoes into the peppers along with the remaining tablespoon of oil and simmer until the tomatoes are cooked and the sauce is thickened, 3-4 minutes. Taste and add more salt if necessary.
- Eggs: Whisk eggs with a pinch of salt. Set aside. Stir parsley and remaining tablespoon of butter into the pepper-tomato mixture. Slowly pour in the eggs, stopping and stirring in 4 additions. The eggs will scramble right away but also make the sauce creamy. Stir until eggs are still slightly runny but set, 1-2 minutes. Turn off heat and let rest (eggs will continue cooking) while you prepare the garnish.
- Assembly: Thinly slice cucumbers on a mandoline. Set aside. Untwist string cheese, pulling it apart into thin strands. Set aside. Spoon eggs evenly into pita bread. Garnish with string cheese and cucumbers (or leave on the side) and enjoy like a breakfast burrito.
MENEMEN
This Turkish-inspired egg dish is very similar to the way some Mexican egg breakfasts are prepared. Very versatile and you can control the level of spiciness.
Provided by Yoly
Time 25m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, chiles, and red pepper flakes. Cook and stir until onions are soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes, with their juices, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until tomatoes are softened, 4 to 6 minutes.
- Add eggs to the skillet, tilting the skillet until eggs cover skillet completely. Do not mix. Cook until eggs are set, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Top with basil and feta cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 220.3 calories, Carbohydrate 8.9 g, Cholesterol 283.2 mg, Fat 16.3 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 11.9 g, SaturatedFat 4.2 g, Sodium 162.9 mg, Sugar 3.4 g
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