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Serves 2
Ingredients
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 red chilli (or just half if you don't like it too spicy)
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon and a half of cumin
  • half a tablespoon of smoked paprika
  • 1 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
  • (optional) 1 chicken stock pot/cube
  • 75-100g of feta, crumbled
  • 1 small handful of chopped fresh corriander
  • 1 small handful of chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 medium free range eggs
  • salt and pepper to taste

Comforting Shakshouka For Two With Feta

I don't make as much African food as I'd like, but this comforting shakshouka for two - with feta, because it's becoming my favourite chese - has a happy place in my home cooking rotation. Warmingly spiced with cumin and smoked paprika, it's easy to make, and looks as gorgeous as it tastes. Perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

shakshouka garnished with corriander and feta in a pot

Step 1

First, prep your veg.

Dice your onion and pepper, crush your garlic and slice your chilli, then get out a wide flat pan.

Step 2

Add a good drizzle of olive oil to the pan and start frying your onion on a low heat. A couple of minutes later, add your pepper and chilli. Continue to fry for around 8 more minutes, or until the onion is slightly browned at the edges.

Step 3

Toss in your garlic, along with a splash of cold water, and stir everything around for a minute or so until the water evaporates.

Step 4

Add the cumin and smoked paprika. Continue to fry on low for a minute or so. Keep stirring so that the onions and pepper become nicely coated with the spices, and to prevent anything from burning.

onion, green pepper and red chilli frying in a pan qirh powdered spices

Step 5

Toss in your chopped tomatoes, stir, and continue to cook for a few minutes.

chopped tomatoes cooking with chunks of green pepper

Follow up with 160ml of water and either your stock cube/pot or a teaspoon of salt.

Stir and cook for a minute or so.

Step 6

Add in your stock pot or cube along with 160ml of water. Then turn up the heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to make sure the stock has dissolved evenly.

Step 7

Your comforting shakshouka for two is almost complete! Time to crack some eggs.

You have two choices here: crack your eggs straight into the simmering sauce, or crack each egg into a bowl one by one and pour them into the sauce.

The latter method takes longer, but is a great option if you're not confident cracking straight into the sauce and want to avoid shell shards.

Tips

To ensure your eggs cook before the sauce possibly burns or reduces too much, put - or hold- a lid over the pan tp speed up the process.

Step 8

While the eggs are cooking, roughly chop your corriander and parsley. Sprinkle these on top, followed by the feta.

eggs cooking in red shakshouka sauce

shakshouka for two with several fried eggs garnished with corriander and feta

A smiling Evie wearing an apron
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