Green shakshuka with spinach, zucchini and feta
17 min · 36 g protein · 392 cals / serving
Eggs poached in a pan of garlicky zucchini and spinach, warmed with cumin and coriander, with spoonfuls of cottage cheese between the eggs, salty feta, herbs, lemon and a cool spoon of yogurt. No tomatoes, so it is ready in about a quarter of an hour, and the greens turn soft and saucy around the eggs.
Ingredients
- 1 scant tsp olive oil
- 2 thin green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 large clove garlic, sliced
- 1/2 medium zucchini, coarsely grated
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 8 packed cups baby spinach
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 6 large eggs
- 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp cottage cheese (1%)
- 3 tbsp crumbled feta cheese
- 1 tbsp fresh dill, or parsley, chopped
To serve
- 1/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt, stirred with a pinch of salt
Steps
- Warm the oil in a 10 inch skillet that has a lid, over medium-high heat. Add the scallions, garlic and grated zucchini with the cumin, coriander, pepper flakes, salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, for 4 minutes, until the zucchini is soft and most of its liquid has gone.
- Add the spinach a handful at a time, stirring each in until it wilts, about 2 minutes, then stir in the lemon juice.
- Make six wells in the greens and crack an egg into each. Turn the heat to medium-low, cover and cook 4–6 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks still soft. Spoon the cottage cheese between the eggs for the last minute so it just warms.
- Scatter over the feta and dill and bring the pan to the table, with the yogurt to spoon over at the table.
Good to know
Firmer yolks?
Keep the lid on for another 2 minutes. Yolks go from jammy to set quickly once the whites are done, so check under the lid.
Something to mop it up with?
Toasted pita or sourdough is the usual partner. A slice of bread makes it a lot more filling for a big appetite, and takes it out of keto.
Per
- Calories
- 100
- Protein
- (38%)
- 9 g
- Fat
- (51%)
- 5 g
- Carbohydrates
- (11%)
- 3 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 272 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 785 kcal goes into the pot and 897 g of ingredients comes out as about 787 g of food: 100 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.