Menemen (Turkish Scrambled Eggs) | Food Wishes

Hello, this is Chef John from Foodwishes.com with Menaman.

That's right, I'm going to show you my favorite version of what people refer to as Turkish scrambled

eggs, although if you do it like I like to do it, it's not going to be like any scrambled eggs you've ever had.

But anyway, we'll get to all those options later, and

there are a lot of them.

But for now, let's just get started by looking at the main ingredients, which includes an array of fresh peppers. And

today, I'll be using some sweet red bell, as well as these gorgeous green Anaheim chilies, which are fairly mild, but sometimes do have a little bit of heat.

And then, last but not least, I have a few homegrown Ahi Amarillo Peruvian chili peppers, which are kind of medium spicy. And

then, besides the peppers, we're going to need some crushed or chopped up tomato,

which in Turkey is usually a fresh tomato that they peel and seed and

dice. But the fresh tomatoes at the market right now are not good, so I'm gonna use these crushed San Marzano tomatoes,

which are beautifully sweet. And

then, the last mandatory ingredient, of course, will be some whole eggs, followed by two optional ingredients, which are diced onion, as well as a

little bit of grated cheese. And apparently, the onions not used for the breakfast version, but only if this is used as a main course.

And then, not everybody does, but I'll be adding a little bit of

grated Monterey Jack to mine, but any mild, melty cheese will work.

And to get this started, we will melt some butter in some olive oil over medium high heat and.

There's quite a debate on whether you should do this in olive oil or butter, which is why I use both, since both sides make great arguments.