Menemen (Turkish Scrambled Eggs) - Food Wishes
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Date: 2025-01-19
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derricklevi3005
I like your rendition of the dish. Menemen is so modular, you can do almost anything with it to suit your tastes. I like your addition of jack cheese. I think the turkish cheese you meant is kaskaval and it is indeed like a firmer, saltier and all around more flavorful mozzarella. I usually don't use cheese in the dish, but sometimes I eat it with feta or crumble some over the finished dish.
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I like your rendition of the dish. Menemen is so modular, you can do almost anything with it to suit your tastes. I like your addition of jack cheese. I think the turkish cheese you meant is kaskaval and it is indeed like a firmer, saltier and all around more flavorful mozzarella. I usually don't use cheese in the dish, but sometimes I eat it with feta or crumble some over the finished dish.
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goochfest
John, my wife is Turkish. She has strong feelings about the onions. Also she vehemently opposes the cilantro. Kashar cheese is available at most Mediterranean stores. I will try your version and see what she thinks. Also her favorite cake is Kestanali pasta, or chestnut cake if you could make that someday it would be the bees knees: .
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John, my wife is Turkish. She has strong feelings about the onions. Also she vehemently opposes the cilantro. Kashar cheese is available at most Mediterranean stores. I will try your version and see what she thinks. Also her favorite cake is Kestanali pasta, or chestnut cake if you could make that someday it would be the bees knees: .
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gab_lara
In Venezuela and Colombia there's a version of this dish, although the proportions are somewhat different (more eggy than saucy; while tomato and onion are very traditional, but pepers not that much. Likewise, you'd eat it with arepa rather than bread. It's called perico, which literary translates to parakeet, given how colorful it is.
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In Venezuela and Colombia there's a version of this dish, although the proportions are somewhat different (more eggy than saucy; while tomato and onion are very traditional, but pepers not that much. Likewise, you'd eat it with arepa rather than bread. It's called perico, which literary translates to parakeet, given how colorful it is.
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tinahickson6352
I’ve been making something similar using salsa, preferably fresh salsa. I thought I made it up, but it is pretty much what you made. Sometimes I don’t stir the eggs and then eat it with the yolks still runny. Lately I’ve been cooking chopped zucchini and/or mushrooms in the salsa before adding the eggs.
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I’ve been making something similar using salsa, preferably fresh salsa. I thought I made it up, but it is pretty much what you made. Sometimes I don’t stir the eggs and then eat it with the yolks still runny. Lately I’ve been cooking chopped zucchini and/or mushrooms in the salsa before adding the eggs.
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ibunkun
My Turkish mother was very very very unhappy. She: Peppers are not in chunks, but okay. Cheese No cheese! Why butter No butter! The onions need to be slices. Tomatoes have to be fresh, no cans! What’s the herbMother doesn’t approve. She got an heart attacks when she heard sausage hahahahahahahahahahaha
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My Turkish mother was very very very unhappy. She: Peppers are not in chunks, but okay. Cheese No cheese! Why butter No butter! The onions need to be slices. Tomatoes have to be fresh, no cans! What’s the herbMother doesn’t approve. She got an heart attacks when she heard sausage hahahahahahahahahahaha
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MsSherryjh
So funny. Princeton (NJ) Soup and Sandwich, which also makes breakfasts, posted Menemen, which I had never heard of, this morning, as one of their selections. That's hours before you. So, must be on this week's shopping list for me at home. Thanks Chef!
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So funny. Princeton (NJ) Soup and Sandwich, which also makes breakfasts, posted Menemen, which I had never heard of, this morning, as one of their selections. That's hours before you. So, must be on this week's shopping list for me at home. Thanks Chef!
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GreasyMcNasty
The tomatoes at the market are not good Chef John, I implore you to invest in hydroponics and grow your own! I started growing my own a few years ago and it's been amazing to make my own sauces with them. As long as you have the space that is >_
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The tomatoes at the market are not good Chef John, I implore you to invest in hydroponics and grow your own! I started growing my own a few years ago and it's been amazing to make my own sauces with them. As long as you have the space that is >_
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adamchurvis1
This morning, Azra has made for our breakfast a lovely Shakshuka.
Mama, I accidentally broke the eggs!
This morning, Azra has made for our breakfast a lovely Menemen.
Hey, did someone say 'Many men'
Who invited Lindsey Graham
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This morning, Azra has made for our breakfast a lovely Shakshuka.
Mama, I accidentally broke the eggs!
This morning, Azra has made for our breakfast a lovely Menemen.
Hey, did someone say 'Many men'
Who invited Lindsey Graham
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ajnamdeplume
I'd call it hot peppers and tomatoes sauce. IMHO, overkill on the peppers, not enough eggs to even tell there's any in there.
Are there any peppers that are only for flavor and zero heat, besides regular green/red/yellow bell peppers
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I'd call it hot peppers and tomatoes sauce. IMHO, overkill on the peppers, not enough eggs to even tell there's any in there.
Are there any peppers that are only for flavor and zero heat, besides regular green/red/yellow bell peppers
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black-aliss
OH NO Chef John, no onions! Huge controversy here, onions, or no onions Most think it's nuts to eat onions for breakfast, and it's just not a non-breakfast food. Cheese is kind of rare too, but my father always crumbles in a bit of feta.
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OH NO Chef John, no onions! Huge controversy here, onions, or no onions Most think it's nuts to eat onions for breakfast, and it's just not a non-breakfast food. Cheese is kind of rare too, but my father always crumbles in a bit of feta.
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uguree
Chef john, next time, try to mix egg whites first, then add the yalk, then it would be tastier, believe me. It's a big discussion whether to put onions or not, I believe it makes it an ordinary meal with onions, so I prefer without onions
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Chef john, next time, try to mix egg whites first, then add the yalk, then it would be tastier, believe me. It's a big discussion whether to put onions or not, I believe it makes it an ordinary meal with onions, so I prefer without onions
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koubek99
So its basicly scrambled version of shakshuka. For me, this looks easier and more enjoyable, eggs in every single peace and you dont have to care about keeping yolks rare.
I will try this as soon as i buy some peppers for sure
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So its basicly scrambled version of shakshuka. For me, this looks easier and more enjoyable, eggs in every single peace and you dont have to care about keeping yolks rare.
I will try this as soon as i buy some peppers for sure
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misirnihat
Hi chef John. I know you wanted to act civilized but you don't use spoon when eating menemen. Just use a piece of bread as a spoon and eat directly out of the pan; )
Btw by using just the yolks you can get a creamier menemen.
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Hi chef John. I know you wanted to act civilized but you don't use spoon when eating menemen. Just use a piece of bread as a spoon and eat directly out of the pan; )
Btw by using just the yolks you can get a creamier menemen.
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na195097
Looks great. But I haven't watched yet and I'm kinda scared that hot red, not tomato red.
Yay! It was tomato red. Fire some reason my brain it's telling me that finely grated feta or cotija would be better than melty cheese
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Looks great. But I haven't watched yet and I'm kinda scared that hot red, not tomato red.
Yay! It was tomato red. Fire some reason my brain it's telling me that finely grated feta or cotija would be better than melty cheese
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soulchorea
So we're not breaking out the cayenne anymore unless times are tough What am I hearing lol. Also, this is an excellent way for me to eat an entire baguette in one shot; every single bite needs a piece! Will make this asap
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So we're not breaking out the cayenne anymore unless times are tough What am I hearing lol. Also, this is an excellent way for me to eat an entire baguette in one shot; every single bite needs a piece! Will make this asap
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brettpalik7722
Mod:
- Prepare Menemen, as shown, without the egg.
- Toast thick slices of bread (sourdough or Italian white)
- Eggs: poached or soft-boil, or gentle sunny side up.
Plate as you would an Eggs Benedict
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Mod:
- Prepare Menemen, as shown, without the egg.
- Toast thick slices of bread (sourdough or Italian white)
- Eggs: poached or soft-boil, or gentle sunny side up.
Plate as you would an Eggs Benedict
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HasanAslan
Turkish here, if we were to wait 10 minutes just to let it simmer we would be late to work: ) Less tomatoes, less watery, and less eggs for this amount of ingredients. In 10 minutes it would be eaten already: )
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Turkish here, if we were to wait 10 minutes just to let it simmer we would be late to work: ) Less tomatoes, less watery, and less eggs for this amount of ingredients. In 10 minutes it would be eaten already: )
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satoau1
i was disappointed not to hear a menemen do-doooo do-do-do! but you made up for it and then some with the magnificent sufficient! thanks for that and this great looking recipe i'll try in a couple days.
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i was disappointed not to hear a menemen do-doooo do-do-do! but you made up for it and then some with the magnificent sufficient! thanks for that and this great looking recipe i'll try in a couple days.
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baratrion
Calling onions optional in menemen is like saying cayenne is optional in a Chef John recipe.
As any Turkish person will tell you, the great menemen debate is serious business.
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Calling onions optional in menemen is like saying cayenne is optional in a Chef John recipe.
As any Turkish person will tell you, the great menemen debate is serious business.
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Ju_lee137
Anyone knows what the original cheese is called turks use for this Lived in a turkish family when i was younger for 2 years, this was one of the many culinary highlights
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Anyone knows what the original cheese is called turks use for this Lived in a turkish family when i was younger for 2 years, this was one of the many culinary highlights
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