Shakshouka, a dish made by poaching eggs in a spiced tomato sauce, is the perfect anytime meal. It calls for a few humble ingredients that come together to form a surprisingly flavorful meal.
Shakshouka kind of looks like an egg pizza, doesn’t it? Roby and I eat this popular middle eastern dish all the time because it’s easy to make (one-pan meal) and it’s super tasty.
When you make this dish, you first need to sauté onions until they turn golden, then add garlic, serrano pepper and red bell pepper. Once that’s nice and soft, add tomatoes and simmer until the tomatoes reduce and create a sauce that’s nice and thick.
Spice that sauce and gently crack eggs into the skillet. If you’re trying to make the dish look fancy, crack your eggs in a bowl and then gently slide them into the skillet. This way if you’re clumsy and break a yolk, you can just use another egg (and eat the broken egg yolk egg separately, of course. we don’t waste eggs now). Cover the skillet until the eggs are cooked to your liking, sprinkle with a little cilantro and devour.
Eggs Poached in a Spiced Tomato Sauce (Shakshouka)
Eggs Poached in a Spiced Tomato Sauce (Shakshouka)
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ghee butter, oil
- 1 white onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 serrano pepper minced
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 3 medium tomatoes chopped
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 ¼ teaspoons paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper to taste
- ¼ teaspoon salt to taste
- Pinch of cayenne to taste
- 5-6 eggs
- Cilantro optional for garnish
Instructions
- Heat ghee/oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- Add the chopped onions and stir occasionally for about 10-15 minutes, or until they begin to turn golden brown.
- Add garlic and serrano pepper and stir for a couple minutes, then add the red bell pepper and reduce the heat to low. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir the spices into the sauce then add the tomatoes.
- Bring to a simmer and cook until tomatoes have reduced and the sauce has thickened (taste sauce and adjust seasonings).
- Gently crack eggs into skillet, season top of eggs with salt and pepper then cover the skillet and cook for about 5 minutes or until the eggs are cooked to your liking.
- Sprinkle with cilantro if desired and serve.
Riya panday says
Love that you included your recipe for harissa! I’ve always just purchased the stuff, but it looks so easy to make!
Christopher T Allen says
This is a favorite in our house, but we call them eggs in purgatory. We change up the flavor of the sauce, too. Mexican, Italian or Curry, usually.
My Heart Beets says
Love that you change up the flavor of the sauce! I’ll have to try that too 🙂
Holly says
I wish you would have included how to prepare the tomatoes… everything else is mentioned, chop the onions, mince the garlic, etc, but tomatoes are not mentioned. Was I supposed to chop, dice, puree? I chopped them and I didn’t seem to have any sauce so I looked up another recipe which included 2 tbsp of tomato paste. I added this and also a small amount of water, and finally it seemed to do the trick. It was really yummy! Thanks for sharing 🙂
My Heart Beets says
Hi Holly, thanks for letting me know – I made the fix. Chopped was right 🙂 Glad you liked the recipe!
Laleh says
I just cooked this up and added some chorizo and mushroom. It was divine! Thank u for the recipe, I’ll be using this one as my weekend breakfast.
Karen says
I made this last night and it is awesome. I actually made three helpings as make aheads for lunch and dinner. Instead of serrano peppers (I didn’t have any on hand) I used my own dried/smoked jalapenos and added a teaspoon of garam masala. This is a great recipe – thank you for sharing!
My Heart Beets says
Karen, that’s awesome! Thanks for letting me know how it turned out 🙂
Lewanne says
Wow. This was amazing! I used a couple pieces of bacon to sauté my onions because I didn’t have ghee. Inccorporated the bacon pieces in the sauce. Will make this dish again and again. Thanks!
My Heart Beets says
Lewanne, I’m so glad you liked this! It’s one of my favorite brunch/dinner recipes for eggs. And, bacon is always amazing so good call on that one 🙂
Kristin LeTellier says
Omg yum!! I am all about one pan brunches right now and this looks amazing!!
My Heart Beets says
I love anything that requires little clean up 🙂 It’s super tasty!
Linda says
I love Shakshouka! I usually add a bit of harissa for an extra kick. Great dish.
My Heart Beets says
That sounds like a great idea – I will have to add some harissa the next time I make this! 🙂