Scrambled Peppers and Eggs

Name: Scrambled Peppers and Eggs
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 to 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 small onion, chopped; 2 red bell peppers, chopped; 2 poblano or Anaheim chiles, chopped; 1 fresh hot green chile (like jalapeño), chopped, optional; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; Salt and ground black pepper; 4 eggs, beaten

By Mark Bittman

Total Time: About 30 minutes
Rating: 5(430)
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As in many Mark Bittman recipes, the idea here is more vegetables -- in this case, peppers -- than protein. It works because except for the jalapeño, none of the peppers is hot.

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Ingredients

Yield:2 to 4 servings

2tablespoons olive oil
1small onion, chopped
2red bell peppers, chopped
2poblano or Anaheim chiles, chopped
1fresh hot green chile (like jalapeño), chopped, optional
1tablespoon minced garlic
Salt and ground black pepper
4eggs, beaten

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Preparation

Step 1
Put oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until it’s translucent, 1 or 2 minutes.
Step 2
Add peppers, chiles and garlic, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until peppers are brightly colored but not too soft, 4 to 6 minutes.
Step 3
Reduce heat to medium-low and pour in eggs. Cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, until eggs are cooked, 3 to 8 minutes. Serve on toast or over rice, or wrapped in a flour tortilla.

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5 out of 5

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Comments

Tom7 years ago

No, DON'T server over rice, or toast, or tortilla. Carbing up a perfectly wonderful recipe in habituation is a bad idea.

Instead, throw a dollop of sour cream/crema on top. Add chopped tomato at the very end where the eggs set.

Silverthyme7 years ago

Also good with a little cilantro and/or chopped tomato added just before the eggs are done

Kurt7 years ago

I take 1 lb of loose country sausage and cook until done but not browned, then proceed with the rest of the recipe cooking everything in same pan and skipping the olive oil. If sausage is not lean you may need to drain some of the grease off. I also use 1 or 2 additional eggs. The sausage adds great flavor and texture. I also vote strongly for flour tortillas wrap a few in a tea towel and microwave for 20 seconds.

Alyssa2 months ago

I made this for one of my best friends when she became a mom. she asked me to make it again and double the recipe so she could freeze half. When our shared friend had her baby, I did the same thing but tripled the recipe from the get-go. A year later, she's asked me to send her the link so she can cook it for her own expecting friend. This recipe is a delicious, relatively easy to make, and apparently still is tasty after freezing and defrosting.

Kevin1 year ago

I used mini sweet peppers instead of all of the other peppers the recipe called for. Threw on some verde hot sauce to add some of that sweet sweet heat. It was very good

Ben1 year ago

Simple and savory. Great as the filling for a breakfast burrito....we added some shredded Monterey Jack

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