Shakshuka has a very special place in my heart. Today you’ll learn how easy it is to actually make Shakshuka at home. Plus, it’s a healthy anytime meal that will fill you right up.
I Love Shakshuka
I used to live in New York City and one of my favorite places to eat was Jack’s Wife Freda in SoHo. I was in love with their Shakshuka and would always order it.
So today, I want to pay homage to one of my fave foods and all the amazing local restaurants around the country. Shakshuka is a dish made of eggs that’s been poached in a spicy tomato sauce. This is a Mediterranean dish that is commonly spiced with paprika, cumin, cayenne and nutmeg. You can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, a really great anytime food. It’s usually eaten with bread, but if you’re staying low carb like me, I recommend pairing it with my low carb Garlic Flat Bread. It’s all kinds of yum!
Want more recipes? Check out all our low carb recipes and show off your version on the ‘gram. Follow us on instagram and use #hsfteam for your food posts so we can give you some love too.
Beef Shakshuka Recipe
If you don’t eat meat, you can just take out the ground beef in the recipe. If you do eat meat, any ground meat will do.
Macros: makes 6 servings (no toppings)
Calories 212.2 kcal
Carbs 9.8g
Protein 15.8g
Fat 11.8g
Ingredients
Olive oil
8oz ground beef
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup chopped yellow onion
1 red bell pepper, diced
¼ teaspoon sea salt (to taste)
Freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
Pinch of cayenne pepper
¼ tsp red pepper flakes
1 28-ounce whole peeled tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup fresh arugula
3-4 eggs, depending on pan size
â…“ cup crumbled feta cheese (optional)
2 T cilantro (optional)
1 avocado, sliced (optional)
Instructions
Heat a 12-inch lidded pan with some olive oil. Cook ground beef until there is no more pink. Set the beef aside but leave the oil.
On the same pan, cook the garlic, onion, salt, and several grinds of fresh pepper and cook until the onion is soft and translucent, 6 to 8 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the paprika, cumin, and cayenne and red pepper. Stir and let cook for about 30 seconds, then add the tomatoes and tomato paste. Add back the beef simmer for 15 minutes until the sauce is thickened.
Add arugula stir until wilted. Make 3-4 wells in the sauce and crack in the eggs. Season w/ salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook until the eggs are set, 8 to 10 minutes. The timing will depend on how runny you like your egg yolks.
Top with the feta, cilantro and avocado.
Download Our 7 Day Dance And Detox And Get More Low Carb Recipes
For our 7 Day Dance And Detox Challenge, you get to try 4 premium dance workouts from our studio FREE! The complete challenge includes:
7 days of dance workouts
build muscle through resistance training
11 low carb recipes that help give your metabolism a boost
Mango Sticky Rice is one of my fave Thai dessert, but because it has so much carbs I rarely get to eat it. Luckily there are rice substitutes out there that can help with my dessert dilemma. Low Carb Rice I can hear your doubts through the screen. I know what you’re thinking… but Charlene,…
I’ve got an easy paleo friendly and dairy-free Cauliflower Soup recipe for you today. This is one of my favorite dishes to eat on a cold and gloomy day. It’s so simple, yet so delicious, probably because I added bacon to it. And who doesn’t love bacon right? It make everything taste better ?
Happy New Year! Let’s start the new decade fresh, renewed and strong. We’ve got a short and sweet challenge for yah babes, but it’s the perfect restart for the new year with dance workouts, healthy recipes and self reflections. Dance & Detox Workouts I’m so excited to do the 7-DAY DANCE AND DETOX CHALLENGE with you. The new…
If there’s one thing I love more than low carb, it’s low effort parties. I believe that the most important thing about parties is the conversation and the experience with family and friends NOT the long exhaustive effort spent making everything look perfect. Today I’m sharing with you 5 tips that have helped me in…
Double double, toil and trouble. We’ve got low carb Halloween cocktails that will surely scare those calories away. The perfect pick me up this spooky season and they’re all so easy to make! Low Carb Halloween Drinks Join the Keto Unicorn Chef, Charlene and her trusty sidekick, Bohilda for a low carb drink adventure! Stinkin’…
I really love bread but since I’ve been diagnosed with PCOS, anything that is high in carbohydrates is bad for me. I’ve been experimenting on different recipes with almond flour and this one is the best combo I’ve gotten so far! It’s low carb and gluten free and you’re gonna want to sink your teeth…