Green Shakshuka

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

1. 1
   Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
2. 2
   Add the onion and fry 5–8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.

To assemble

1. 3
   Add the spinach and cook, stirring, for 3–4 minutes, until the greens wilt.

   Stove

   💡Fresh spinach shrinks to a fraction of its volume: add it a few handfuls at a time and wait for each handful to wilt before the next.
2. 4
   Season with salt and black pepper.
3. 5
   'Make wells in the green mixture and crack an egg into each well. 'Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 5–8 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks are still soft.

   ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid

   💡Cover the pan while the eggs cook: the steam cooks the whites from above, and the yolks stay soft.

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.