{"id":27858,"date":"2025-12-03T00:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/quick-shakshuka-with-homemade-tomato-sauce\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:45:22","slug":"quick-shakshuka-with-homemade-tomato-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/quick-shakshuka-with-homemade-tomato-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick shakshuka with homemade tomato sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Breakfast or dinner in minutes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is an easy and delicious recipe, and most importantly it saves you a lot of time, especially if you have already prepared the tomato sauce.  <br\/>Many may not realize the importance of preparing this sauce in advance, but it is actually a smart way to save time and effort, and becomes a ready-made base for more than one meal.  <br\/>The shakshuka in this recipe is ideal as a nutritious breakfast, or a light lunch\/dinner, especially for those short on time during the week.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Shakshuka Ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 eggs<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 tomatoes, medium-sized pieces<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two medium onions, chopped into medium pieces<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your favorite spices (I added coriander, cumin, turmeric, and pepper) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salt and pepper<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomato sauce<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brie cheese (an addition, not mandatory, but it added a delicious flavor to the eggs)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">olive oil<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to make shakshuka<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a pan over medium heat, heat the olive oil and add the chopped onion until softened. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add the tomato sauce and stir for three minutes.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then add the chopped tomatoes and spices, and cook the mixture over low heat for five minutes with the pan covered until the sauce thickens.<a><\/a>  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uncover the lid, then add the eggs directly on top of the sauce, and re-cover the pan until the eggs are cooked to your liking.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brie cheese is optional; place pieces of it on top of the eggs a few minutes before they are cooked so they melt slightly.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serve the shakshuka on a slice of toast and enjoy it with fresh orange juice. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With happiness and well-being<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Before adding the eggs, if there is too much tomato sauce at this step, you can keep the amount you need and the rest will be for the shakshuka.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Browse my favorite tomato sauce recipe here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breakfast or dinner in minutes It is an easy and delicious recipe, and most importantly it saves you a lot of time, especially if you have already prepared the tomato sauce. Many may not realize the importance of preparing this sauce in advance, but it is actually a smart way to save time and effort, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[565],"class_list":["post-27858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-homemade-tomato-sauce"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/main-image-2-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/main-image-2-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Fawzia","author_link":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/author\/simplyfoz\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplyfoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}