Green shakshuka with feta

Serves: 4
Course: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Prep Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 courgette, thinly sliced
  • 1 large bunch chard, sorrel or spinach, stems removed and leaves chopped
  • 100g frozen or fresh peas
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
  • 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 200g Feta cheese, crumbled
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp light tahini or chili oil
  • 1 tsp za’atar
  • Salt
  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and sauté the onion until soft.
  2. Add the courgette and cook for another five minutes till it turns a little golden colour.
  3. Add the chopped chard, sorrel or spinach and peas. Mix to combine. Leave to cook for two minutes so the greens wilt.
  4. Add the cumin and season with salt.
  5. Finally, fold through the chopped herbs and feta, pour over the water.
  6. Create four hollows in the veg mix for the eggs. Crack an egg into each one. Cover with a lid and continue to cook on the stove top or place in the oven for five minutes to cook the eggs. Cook until the whites are set.
  7. Drizzle with tahini and serve with crusty bread or toasted pitta.
Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer