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    Shakshuka (Poached eggs in tomato sauce)

    Breakfast, Main Courses

    This Shakshuka recipe will perfect your brunch menu this weekend.  

    eggs poached in tomato sauceShakshuka is a staple dish with roots in Northern Africa.  It is a traditional dish consisting of eggs poached in tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, and often is spiced with cumin. The eggs in this not only provide plenty of protein, but they also provide healthy fats, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, zinc, iron, and copper.  

    eggs poached in tomato sauceIn a skillet, saute your onions and peppers in some olive oil for about five minutes over a medium flame.  Next, you’ll want to add your tomatoes and cook with the peppers and onions for another 3-4 minutes.  Crack the eggs into different corners of the skillet.  Cover the skillet and cook for about 10 minutes.  Finish it off by sprinkling with salt and pepper to taste.  Add a touch of your favorite herbs! 

    Pair this with some breakfast toast and your morning cup of coffee.  We tossed some rosemary into this dish but you can use anything! Oregano, parsley, rosemary, you name it. What herbs would you add to this one? Let us know in the comments below! xo

    eggs poached in tomato sauce

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    Shakshuka
    Total Time
    20 mins
     
    Servings: 4
    Ingredients
    • 4 eggs
    • 1 cup of canned diced tomatoes
    • 1/2 medium red bell pepper, chopped
    • 1/2 medium red onion, chopped
    • 1/2 jalapeño pepper, deseeded and chopped
    • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
    • Salt & Pepper + your fav fresh herbs- we used rosemary
    Instructions
    1. In a skillet, sauté onion and peppers with olive oil for 5 minutes under medium flame
    2. Add tomatoes, and cook with onions and peppers for 3-4 minutes

    3. Crack each egg into a different corner of the skillet pan, and cover
    4. Allow to cook for 10 minutes.
    5. Finish with salt and pepper to taste. Decorate with your favorite herbs!

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    1. S. Keiran says

      June 7, 2015 at 2:52 pm

      This looks delicious and quick and easy (which works best for me.)

      I’m here because of the Buzzfeed article about what a Nutritionist eats in a Day. Spelling it out with exact quantities and measurements, and having realistic images of what a healthy, fresh 1,600-ish calorie-day looks like is what sold me. Thank you so much for that.

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      • Wendy says

        June 7, 2015 at 7:49 pm

        welcome to our site! hope you enjoy our other recipes 🙂

        Reply
    2. Hillary says

      June 10, 2015 at 11:25 am

      In Israel, we call that “Shakshuka” – it’s a very very popular breakfast dish!

      Thanks for sharing this!

      Reply
    3. Nia Avila says

      July 7, 2015 at 10:12 am

      I made this dish this morning and it was SO good, even though I over-cooked it a little haha. Also, I decided to sprinkle a little garlic over the finished product. It was oh, so flavorful!

      Reply
      • Jess says

        July 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm

        YAY!!! THanks for trying 🙂

        Reply
    4. Melissa says

      October 1, 2016 at 8:50 pm

      Curious about calories

      Reply
      • Wendy says

        October 3, 2016 at 7:07 pm

        Sorry! We don’t do nutrition calculations because it’s a very time consuming process to do it accurately.

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        • Melissa says

          October 3, 2016 at 7:20 pm

          Hmmm, I just bought your online books and there are calorie counts in those?

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          • Wendy says

            October 10, 2016 at 2:08 pm

            Yes- we did it for our online products- and took a whole bunch of time to calculate the recipes accurately. We don’t have the capacity to calculate for each recipe on the site- it’s too much content

            Reply
    5. Melissa says

      October 10, 2016 at 3:17 pm

      Thank you for your time.

      Reply
    6. Leena says

      June 17, 2020 at 12:03 pm

      Thank you for the recipe. So easy with so much flavor!

      Sidenote, this dish is less Middle-Eastern and more North-African. The word Shakshuka itself is Maghrebi Arabic.

      Reply
      • Wendy says

        July 2, 2020 at 2:42 pm

        Thanks for the correction!! Just edited

        Reply

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