Vegetables

Omelet

Name: Omelet
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch black pepper; 1 tsp butter

Eggs beaten with salt, and sometimes herbs, onion or cheese, in a small pan with hot butter, covered until set, and folded or flipped.

⏱ 5 min

🧀 Dairy 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-free

Versions:Original ⚖ Pareve

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Beat the eggs with the salt and black pepper until it is evenly combined.
2
Heat the butter in a small pan over medium heat.
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3
Pour in the eggs, lower the heat slightly, cover and cook 2–3 minutes, until the bottom is set and the top is almost done.
StoveLid
💡The lid steams the top, and the omelet puffs up; with Bulgarian cheese, salt only a little or not at all.
4
Flip carefully, fry about another minute and serve immediately.
Stove

44calories

3 gprotein

0 gcarbs

3 gfat

● protein 30%● carbs 2%● fat 69%

Per serving (26 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Salt: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in pieces: one ≈ 0.5 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Butter: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 4.7 g · 717 kcal per 100 g · More about Butter →

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)

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🧩 Parts

Caramelized Onion (optional): Caramelized Onion

⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: Mushroom filling · Garlic in the filling · Olive oil for the filling · Parsley in the filling · Dill in the filling · Milk · Cream · Fried Onion · Melted cheese on top · Egg whites instead of eggs · Egg yolk · Cherry tomatoes on top · Chives on top
Swaps: butter or Oil
Frying vessel: in a small pan