Shakshuka
Flavours to savour in this spicy egg and tomato dish
- 40 minutes
- Serves 4
- 4 of 5 a day
- Kcal170
- Fat6.7g
- Salt0.4g
- Sugar12.5g


Recipe by: Charlie Farrant
| Student Dietitian and Running Blogger
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 green pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 2 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 large eggs
- 15g fresh coriander, roughly chopped
Method
- Warm the oil in a large frying pan and gently cook the onion and peppers for 10 minutes until they begin to soften.
- Add the garlic, chilli flakes and tomato puree, stirring for 1 minute. Then add the chopped tomatoes. Bring to the boil then simmer. Season with black pepper.
- Make four indentations in the sauce and crack an egg into each. Spread the egg whites into the sauce slightly but don’t burst the yolks.
- Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes or until the egg whites are cooked but the yolks are still runny.
- Serve garnished with coriander.
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