COPPERMenemen recipe
Eggs cooked into onion, green pepper and tomato softened in olive oil, in one pan, and finished with parsley.
Ingredients
- 30 ml olive oil
- 100 g onion
- 100 g green bell pepper
- 400 g tomatoes
- 8 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 10 g parsley
How to make Menemen
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat until it shimmers.
- Sauté 1 finely chopped onion and 1 diced green bell pepper for 4-5 minutes until soft and fragrant.
- Add 400 g of diced tomatoes to the skillet and cook for 5-7 minutes until they begin to break down.
- Crack 4 eggs directly into the skillet and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
- Stir gently for about 2-3 minutes until the eggs are just set but still soft in the center.
- Once the eggs are cooked to your liking, remove the skillet from heat to avoid overcooking.
- Garnish the dish with a handful of chopped parsley for freshness before serving.
- Serve warm with bread or flatbreads on the side.
What is Menemen?
Menemen is a traditional dish from Turkey, cooked in a pan, and takes about 25 minutes from start to finish. It is built around tomatoes, onion and green bell pepper. The recipe below uses 8 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Menemen take?
At 25 minutes it is quicker than 98% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 51 dishes built on tomatoes. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 5 minutes.
Any tips for making Menemen?
Cook the tomatoes down until they release their juice before cracking in the eggs, then stir gently and stop while the eggs are still soft.
How Menemen compares
At 25 minutes, Menemen is among the 20 quickest of the 586 dishes Copper documents.
Cooked with the same thing elsewhere
Other traditional dishes built on green bell pepper, from other countries.
- Conch fritters 🇧🇸 Bahamas
- Peas n' rice 🇧🇸 Bahamas
- Moros y cristianos 🇨🇺 Cuba
- Ropa vieja 🇨🇺 Cuba
- Arroz de marisco 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde
- La bandera dominicana 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Copper documents Turkey alongside 197 other countries. Every recipe is free to read, with the full ingredient list and every step.