Shakshuka Recipe-How To Make Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce
Shakshuka - Poached Eggs In Tomato Sauce
Eggs poached in tomato & bell pepper sauce, flavorfully seasoned. Enhanced with Feta cheese this easy to make dish is amazingly delicious!
Ingredients
- 2 TBSP Olive oil
- 5 Eggs
- 1 Onion - chopped
- 2 Cloves Garlic - minced
- 5 Tomatoes -peeled & diced or two 14.OZ cans of diced tomatoes
- 1 Red bell pepper/capsicum diced
- 1 TSP Red chili powder
- 1 TBSP Cumin powder
- Salt & Crushed black pepper to taste
- 1/2 Cup Or 6 cubes of Feta cheese
- Few cilantro leaves for garnish
Instructions
- In a hot nonstick saucepan add olive oil
- Once oil is hot add onion, saute for 2 minutes
- Next add garlic, saute for 30 seconds
- Now add bell pepper, mix well. Saute for 2 minutes then add tomatoes
- Add salt, black pepper and red chili powder. Mix well
- With back of spatula crush tomatoes
- Then cover and let simmer on low for 15 minutes
- Now open lid and add eggs, one at a time
- Cover and let them poach for 5 minutes in the tomato sauce
- Open lid add feta cheese pieces. Cover and simmer for minute more
- Your Shakshuka is done! Open lid , garnish with cilantro, transfer to dish
Video
Notes
Cook eggs or shorter time if you like the yolk runny.
Enjoy Shakshuka by itself with bread slices/chunks
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