This traditional Turkish menemen recipe is quick and easy to make with a few basic ingredients and SO delicious, especially when served up with some crusty bread.
Meet my new favorite way to eat eggs — menemen! ♡
We fell in love with this traditional Turkish egg scramble during our very first morning in Istanbul, and then promptly proceeded to order it literally every single day for the rest of our trip. We couldn’t get enough of it!
If you are new to this dish, as we were, it’s just a simple veggie sauté made with peppers, onions, tomatoes, and a subtle pinch of spice, with a few eggs soft-scrambled on top. It is served while it’s still hot and bubbly, with a side of crusty bread, which is meant to be used to dip right in so that you can use the menemen like a warm spread. And oh my word, the combo is downright delicious.
Pretty much every Turkish breakfast we were served offered various kinds of menemen — some with cheese (similar to feta), some with sausage, ham or pastrami, some with spinach, some with extra veggies, etc. Basically, you have tons of options for this dish. But as we have been experimenting with it at home, Barclay and I have grown to love just the basic dish served with bread and my (non-traditional, but delicious) slice of avocado on top.
I’m already certain you all are going to love this one too. Let’s make some menemen!
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