Menemen (Turkish Scrambled Eggs) | Food Wishes
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hello this is Chef John from
foodwishes.com
with manam man that's right I'm going to
show you my favorite version of what
people refer to as Turkish scrambled
eggs although if you do it like I like
to do it it's not going to be like any
scrambled eggs you've ever had but
anyway we'll get to all those options
later and there are a lot of them but
for now let's just get started by
looking at the main ingredients which
includes an array of fresh peppers and
today I'll be using some sweet red bell
as well as these gorgeous green Anaheim
chilies which are fairly mild but
sometimes do have a little bit of heat
and then last but not least I have a few
homegrown AI Amaro Peruvian Chili
Peppers which are kind of medium spicy
and then besides the peppers we're going
to need some crushed or chopped up
tomato which in Turkey is usually a
fresh tomato that they peel in seed and
dice but the fresh tomatoes at the
market right now are not good so I'm
going to use these crushed San Marzano
Tomatoes which are beautifully sweet
and then the last mandatory ingredient
of course will be some whole eggs
followed by two optional ingredients
which are diced onion as well as a
little bit of grated cheese and
apparently the onion's not used for the
breakfast version but only if this is
used as a main course and then not
everybody does but I'll be adding a
little bit of grated montere Jack toine
but any mild melte cheese will work and
to get this started we will melt some
butter in some olive oil over medium
high heat and there there's quite a
debate on whether you should do this in
olive oil or butter which is why I use
both since both sides make great
arguments and once our Butter's melted
let's go ahead and toss in our Peppers
which we've diced fairly small along
with our onion if we're using it and
we'll also go ahead and toss in a nice
big pinch of salt and what we'll do is
cook this stirring for a few minutes
until those onions and pepper start to
soften up and maybe just start to Brown
around the edges and yes that is a
freakishly small wooden spoon which is
never not fun to use unless your fingers
are too close to the action and you get
burned so I will be switching to a
bigger one in a second but anyway like I
said we'll saut those until they soften
up and start to take on a little bit of
color at which point we'll stop and toss
in a little bit of dried oregano right
just a touch and then we'll follow that
with some leppo chili or the chili flake
of your choice and then I also like to
do a pinch of freshly ground black
pepper at which point we can transfer in
our tomato product
and we'll go ahead and stir everything
together and I should mention at this
point if you do have access to nice
fresh Vine ripen tomatoes by all means
go ahead and Grate those and use that or
like I said you can peel it seated and
dice it but in general many months of
the year a nice diced or crushed San
Marzano is going to be your best bet and
then what we'll do after everything's
been nicely combined and the mixtures
come up to a simmer is will reduce our
heat to low and we'll cover this and we
let it simmer just like that for about
10 minutes or until our veggies are nice
and soft and all the flavors have had
time to mingle so that's exactly what I
did and about 10 minutes later the
mixture looked like this and then what
we'll do after we give that a stir is
scatter over and then stir in about half
our grated cheese and as I mentioned I'm
using Jack because it has a little more
flavor than Mozzarella which is what a
lot of people use that can't get the
authentic Turkish cheese which
apparently is similar to mozzarella
but anyway use what you want I mean you
are after all sulaman the Magnificent of
what would be sufficient but no matter
what you use once the cheese disappears
we will transfer in our whole
eggs and then we'll take our spoon and
we'll bust those eggs right in the Yol
and we'll go ahead and stir those in for
as long as we want which can be just
like a few seconds so the eggs are
barely mixed in and the eggs stay in
large identifiable pieces or like I'm
going to do it stirred in for a couple
minutes
so we can achieve full integration which
is basically going to form a new
luxurious very delicious substance so to
summarize my goal here is to make
scrambled eggs that are nothing like
scrambled eggs but no matter how long
and how thoroughly you decide to mix
your eggs in once you're done we will
cover this and we'll let it cook on low
for a couple minutes or until the
mixture is just barely set and what I
mean by that if we uncover it and we
give the pen the old Shaka Shaka
everything should sort of move together
in one mass and keep in mind it's going
to continue to firm up as we apply the
finishing touches and by the time we
serve it it's going to be perfect so
what we'll do is turn off the heat and
sprinkle over the rest of the cheese and
yes since I know you're wondering I have
tried this with feta and it's very good
and then after that's applied I'm going
to do another drizzle of olive oil since
it looks good it tastes good and you
really cannot use enough olive oil in
your cooking and I mean that literally
eat as much as you can and that's it
we'll almost finish up with a nice
sprinkling of Turkish or Syrian chili
flakes or if times are tough you could
just do a little Cayenne over the top
and that's it we'll go ahead and serve
that up next to a nice hunk of bread and
because I had some cilantro that just
sprouted in the garden I went ahead and
Scattered some young tender leaves over
the top and that's it my version of
Turkish scrambled eggs was ready to
enjoy and by now as promised the eggs in
the the sauce have firmed up perfectly
but since we did stir them in so well we
really don't get chunks of scrambled
eggs sitting in sauce right like I said
the sauce the cheese and the eggs have
sort of merged together to form almost
like a thick dip or spread which is just
absolutely unbelievable on a nice piece
of baguette and of course in real life
you'll spoon this into some warm bowls
and serve the bread alongside but for
the purpose of this video I'm just going
to eat right out of this dish like a
Savage and yes I've definitely done the
version where you just barely stir in
the eggs and you end up with much larger
pieces swimming in the sauce which is
also delicious and totally fine to do
but if I do want the eggs mostly intact
then I'm probably going to go with
something closer to a shakshuka where we
just crack the eggs on top and don't
scramble them but if I'm going to mix
eggs into a pepper and tomato sauce I'm
really really going to mix my eggs into
the sauce since I think the final result
is much more luxurious but again this is
just personal preference
and you should definitely try different
versions of this until you decide on
your own personal ideal texture and
along the same lines you can definitely
add more eggs to this which would also
give you something closer to a more
typical scrambled egg dish but as you
might know I generally like things Saucy
and for me and more importantly my wife
Michelle this ratio is what we consider
Perfection oh and I know it's a bit
offbrand but we did a vegetarian version
here right quite often Turkish sausag is
used in menen which is sort of similar
to a beef salami and while I'm always up
for some meat this meatless version is
still very very satisfying and really
didn't lack for anything just please
make sure you have enough bread but
whether you had meat or not this is one
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Menemen is a Turkish dish made by scrambled eggs into a simple tomato and pepper sauce, and I’m very exciting to show you my extra lux version. This amazing recipe is very easy, comes together...
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