A warm filling dinner for any weeknight.
A whole meal in a dish – great for a warm dinner without too much work or a full brunch. You can make it from ripe tomatoes or just use canned ones. Canned tomatoes give a very similar taste in my opinion to fresh tomatoes and require less work and less cooking time.
Adding feta cheese is a great addition but is not a must. I suggest serving Shakshouka next to Challah bread or fresh bagel with Tahini on the side.
Ingredients
- 6 Ripe tomatoes or 400 gr [14 oz] crushed tomatoes
- 1 bell pepper, chopped into small pieces preferably red
- 1 onion, chopped into small pieces
- 140 gr tomato concentrate or paste [5 oz] (I use Mutti's)
- 4 eggs
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 chili pepper or crushed chili (optional)
- feta cheese cut to small cubes (optional)
- olive oil
- salt
Instructions
- In a midsize pan sauté the peppers and onion over low heat until soft, around 10 mins.
- If using fresh tomatoes, peel them by creating an X mark with a knife at their bottoms and placing them in a bowl with hot water for a few minutes. Take them out and their peel should be easy to remove from the X mark.
- Cut the peeled tomatoes into small pieces and add them (or the canned tomatoes) to the pan. Bring to a boil and lower the heat to a simmer.
- Add the tomato concentrate and the spices to the pan and let cook until the tomatoes lose all shape and become almost like a paste, around 30-45 minutes. If using canned tomatoes 20 minutes of cooking should be enough.
- While the sauce is cooking make sure the water doesn't run out and the sauce isn't burning in the bottom, mix occasionally.
- Add the feta cheese, if using, at the end of the cooking.
- Break each egg separately into the pan in different areas. You can break them before in cups so it is easier to add them to the pan.
- Cover the pan – preferably with a transparent lid and let cook over low to medium heat.
- When the white becomes opaque, the dish is ready – around 5-10 minutes. If you prefer the yolk to be fully cooked, let it cook for a few more minutes over low heat.
