
How to Cook Shakshouka:
Eggs Poached in a Tomato Sauce With Chorizo
Shakshouka is a delicious poached eggs and rich tomato sauce recipe. I added chorizo which I know isn’t traditional but it added so much flavour.
Ingredients
Eggs
2x Chorizo
1 Onion
1 Red Pepper
1 Can Crushed Tomatoes
Paprika
Cumin Seeds
Salt and Pepper
Feta
Parley
Step 1: Get Choppin’
Begin by dicing one onion.
Dice a red pepper.
Slice two sausages of chorizo into bite size pieces.
Step 2: Add the Charcoal
Add your lit chimney or charcoal to the BBQ
Step 3: Into the Fire.
Heat a solid cast iron pan over the charcoal before adding a small amount of olive oil.
Add the diced onion to the pan and begin to cook it through.
Once the onion begins to become translucent, add the chopped red peppers.
Cook until the peppers start to become soft.
Add the chorizo, brown it off so it can begin releasing all its flavour.
Step 4: Spice it up
Add a tablespoon of Paprika.
Then a tablespoon of cumin seeds, you can use ground it's your choice.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cook the spices through for a couple of minutes.
The reason for adding the spice before the liquid is we want to fry them off in the oil, this will help them pack a stronger punch.
Step 5: Add Some More Red
I know there's a lot of talk about not cooking tomato dishes in cast iron pans but if your pan is seasoned well and washed soon after cooking it will not be a problem.
I also like to add a little splash of water because the tomatoes will reduce down and we wouldn't want them to burn.
Bring the tomatoes to the simmer and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until it begins to thicken up.
Step 6: Off the Heat
Once it has thickened, move the pan off the heat.
Using a spoon, roughly make five small wells for the eggs to sit in.
Step 7: Eggscellent Additions
Pour the eggs into the wells you have made.
I like to crack my eggs into a small bowl before tipping them in, this help in case there's a piece shell or heaven forbid a rotten egg.
You don't completely destroy all of your hard work.
Step 8: Cooking Time
Then Cover With the Lid and Cook for 15 to 20 Minutes or Until the Eggs Are Cooked the Way You Like Them.
About half way through turn the pan around so the eggs evenly cook.
Enjoy!
Step 9: Who Wants Toast?!
This is also the perfect time to toast some bread.
You want to under cook the eggs then over cook them because they will continue to cook after you remove the pan from the heat.
To finish it off, sprinkle over some fresh parley.
Finally crumb over some feta.
Step 10: Dig In!
Such a delicious recipe you just have to try it!
Enjoy!