Turkish Tomato & Egg Scramble
Instead of ketchup & eggs, give this a try
Time: 52 minutes
Ingredient Availability: 4/5
Difficulty: 1/5
This recipe kind of reminds me of a Shakshuka, but scrambled. Tomatoes and eggs go surprisingly well together and this recipe brings them about as close together as they possible could be. I found this recipe in the Zaytinya Cookbook, which has been largely impressive so far. I have high hopes for this recipe.
Key Ingredients & Omissions:
The ingredients for this recipe are pretty widely available, so most of them should be easy to find. The only ingredient that I wasn’t able to find was the Aleppo pepper. I used chili powder as a substitute.
Tools:
Large Skillet
Cooking Review:
Prep: 24 minutes
The prep for this recipe was a lot of cutting and chopping. After chopping the green bell pepper, onion, and chives, I took my time to core and dice the tomatoes.
Onions & Peppers: 3 minutes
I heated some oil in my skillet and added the onions & peppers. I cooked them for two minutes before adding some salt along with the chili powder and paprika to cook for another minute.
Cooking Tomatoes: 11 minutes
I added the tomatoes, stirring occasionally until they had been cooked down into a thickened sauce.
Finishing: 6 Minutes
The heat was lowered and the sumac was added in, followed by the eggs (which had been cracked into a separate bowl first). Once the whites had begun to set, I broke the yolks and started to scramble everything together. I cooked the eggs for a total of about 2 minutes before removing from the heat. Finally, I spooned the scramble into a bowl and topped it with chives and feta.
Analysis:
This dish has a very nice flavor. Actually, the flavor really builds and becomes more complex the more you eat it. The texture is less monotone than you may expect. The bell pepper and feta cheese add a nice bite/chew. I like that the chives add a fresh onion flavor to contrast with the more cooked down onion flavor. Everything really comes together nicely to make a satisfying dish. I’m going to give this recipe a 8/10. It’s pretty easy, but coring the tomatoes does take a while. Once that’s done, the dish comes together pretty quickly. The finished product is worth it if you have the time.
