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Revuelto de zapallitos
Courgettes scrambled with egg and cheese
Revuelto de zapallitos: round courgettes sautéed with onion and scrambled with egg and cheese
Revuelto de zapallitos is a weeknight dinner in Buenos Aires homes and all over Argentina in summer, when the little round courgettes called zapallitos are cheap: diced courgette and onion cooked down in oil, scrambled with eggs and finished with grated cheese. It is eaten with bread or as a side to a salad. Grated hard cheese like reggianito or Parmesan is usually made with animal rennet, so use a vegetarian hard cheese for a vegetarian dinner. The common mistake is adding the eggs before the courgettes have given up their water, which turns the scramble wet and grey. Chef's tip: salt the courgettes as they go in, so they release their juice early and it cooks away.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
- 1 onionchopped
- 1 ⅛ lb round courgettes or courgettesdiced 1.5 cm
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 3 eggsbeaten
- 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley (optional)chopped
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Heat 2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry 1 onion until soft, 3 minutes.
3 minStep 2: Add 1 ⅛ lb round courgettes or courgettes and ½ tsp salt. Cook, stirring often, until tender when pierced, lightly golden and the juices in the pan have cooked away, 6 minutes.
6 minStep 3: Season with ¼ tsp black pepper, lower the heat to medium and pour in 3 eggs. Stir slowly until the eggs are set into soft, fully cooked curds with no runny egg, about 2 minutes.
2 minStep 4: Take off the heat, stir through 1 oz reggianito, Parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese and scatter with 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley. Serve hot.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 13 g
- Fat
- 20 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does revuelto de zapallitos take?
- About 15 minutes in total: 4 minutes to prepare and 11 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of vegetable or olive oil?
- Vegetable, sunflower or rapeseed oil, same amount (for cooking; keep olive oil for dressings if you have a little).
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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