Turkish menemen with peppers and tomatoes

Name: Turkish menemen with peppers and tomatoes
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 4 eggs, large; 2 green peppers, finely sliced; 4 ripe tomatoes, chopped; 1 onion, finely sliced; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp Turkish chilli flakes; 1 tsp salt; 10g fresh parsley, chopped

Softly scrambled eggs in a sweet pepper and tomato base with chilli. Perfect for a lazy brunch.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.50 a head

2 servings

Ingredients

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4eggslarge
2green peppersfinely sliced
4ripe tomatoeschopped
1onionfinely sliced
2garlic clovescrushed
1 tbspolive oil
1 tspTurkish chilli flakes
1 tspsalt
10 gfresh parsleychopped

Method

1
Heat the oil in a wide frying pan. Fry the onion and peppers for 8 minutes until soft.
8 min
2
Add the garlic and chilli flakes and stir for 30 seconds.
3
Add the tomatoes and salt. Cook for 8 minutes until the juices cook down into a thick sauce.
8 min
4
Make four dips in the sauce and crack in the eggs, or beat them and pour over.
5
Cook gently, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes until the eggs are just set but still soft.
2 min 30 s
6
Scatter over the parsley and serve straight from the pan.

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