Shakshuka
By Let's Cook It · December 23, 2025
A delicious Middle Eastern breakfast of eggs poached in a spiced tomato sauce with onions and peppers. Quick, healthy, and bursting with flavor.

- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Serves
- 2
- #breakfast
- #quick
- #healthy
- #vegetarian
- #middle eastern
Ingredients
- 5 small tomatoes
- 5 eggs
- 1 white onion, peeled
- Fresh chives
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon powdered sweet pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt to taste
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Instructions
- 1
Scald the tomatoes in boiling water so they are easier to peel
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- 2
Peel the tomatoes and cut into cubes
- 3
Chop the onion and glaze it in a frying pan with oil until translucent
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- 4
Add the cubed tomatoes to the pan
- 5
Season with cumin, sweet pepper, and salt
- 6
Stir and cook until the sauce thickens
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- 7
Create small wells in the sauce and crack the eggs into them
- 8
Season the eggs with a pinch of salt
- 9
Cover the pan with a lid and cook until eggs are set
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- 10
Garnish with fresh chives and serve immediately
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