Menemen - Turkish fried eggs
Origin of the recipe
Menemen is a traditional Turkish dish eaten primarily for breakfast. It is believed to have originated in the town of Menemen in Izmir Province, brought there by migrants who settled in the Izmir region about a hundred years ago.
What do you need for cooking?
Ingredients
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Eggs
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Vegetable oil
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Onions
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Sweet pepper
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Tomatoes
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Salt
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Sugar
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Garlic
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Green onions
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Ground black pepper
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Mint
Kitchen utensils
- Knife
- Board
- Spoon
- Pan
Step-by-step recipe
Step 1:
Chop the onion and bell pepper and fry them for 6 minutes over medium heat.
Step 2:
Add chopped tomatoes, salt, sugar and black pepper.
Step 3:
Chop the green onions, crush the garlic, add them to the pan and stir.
Step 4:
Cook for 10 minutes on low heat.
Step 5:
Using a spoon, carefully push the filling aside in 6 places so that the bottom of the pan is visible.
Step 6:
Place the eggs one by one into the resulting holes.
Step 7:
Cook for 6 minutes over low heat. The yolks should remain mostly runny, so be careful and remove the pan from the heat as soon as the edges of the yolks begin to set.
Step 8:
Sprinkle the finished dish with chopped green onions and mint.
Cooking tips
Menemen is usually eaten for breakfast and served with bread dipped in egg yolks.
Towards the end of cooking, you can add some brine cheese to the dish for a pleasant addition. An even more filling traditional addition to Menemen is pieces of dry-cured meat, such as sujuk or basturma.
If you don't like half-cooked yolks, you can beat the eggs with salt, pepper, and any fresh herbs and pour them into the pan - they will bake completely.
A very similar Israeli egg and vegetable dish is shakshuka, which also includes eggplant, hot peppers, and oregano.
