Eggs are one of the foods that appear in most people’s daily meals. With their low cost, easy availability, and simple preparation, you can eat eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. While eggs contain proteins and lipids, bell peppers are extremely rich in vitamins.
In addition to delicious dishes such as tomato and egg soup, steamed egg with tofu, sweet and sour eggs, and fried eggs with mugwort, you can also combine eggs with bell peppers to make stir-fried eggs with bell peppers.
1. Ingredients for stir-fried eggs with bell peppers:
– Eggs: 3
– Green bell pepper: ½
– Onions, fresh chili
– Seasonings: Cooking oil, salt, soy sauce
2. Steps to make stir-fried eggs with bell peppers:
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
– After buying the green bell pepper, wash it clean, remove the stem and seeds, and slice it into bite-sized pieces. Depending on your habits and preferences, you can cut the green bell pepper into thick strips or diamond shapes.
– Peel the onion, wash it clean, and chop it finely.
– In a clean bowl, break 3 eggs, add a pinch of salt and filtered water. Then, use a spoon or chopsticks to beat the eggs until well mixed. Next, add the sliced bell peppers and mix well with the eggs.
Step 2: Stir-fry the bell peppers with eggs
– Place a pan on the stove, add a moderate amount of cooking oil and heat it up to around 70 degrees Celsius. Then, add the chopped onions and stir-fry until fragrant.
– Afterward, pour the mixture of bell peppers and eggs into the pan and fry them over medium heat.
– Wait until the eggs are almost cooked, use a cooking utensil to cut them into small pieces and stir evenly.
– Season with a little soy sauce and salt to taste.
– Continue frying until the eggs and bell peppers are completely cooked, then turn off the heat and transfer to a serving plate.
After being cooked, stir-fried eggs with bell peppers will have a very attractive color with the golden color of the fried eggs, the red color of the bell peppers, and the green color from the bell peppers. When eating, you will feel the crisp and refreshing taste of the green bell peppers combined with the fragrant, soft, and creamy eggs, as well as the spicy taste of the chili. You can enjoy stir-fried eggs with bell peppers with hot cooked rice.
3. Notes when making stir-fried eggs with bell peppers:
– Not everyone knows that bell peppers are divided into male and female bell peppers. Male bell peppers have 3 small grooves at the bottom, while female bell peppers have 4 grooves. If male bell peppers have a pungent smell, not sweet, and are often used for stir-frying or grilling, female bell peppers have a sweet taste, less pungent, and can be eaten raw or juiced.
– When buying bell peppers, you should choose ones that have a moderate size, not too big or too small. In addition, you should pick ones with firm and smooth skin, and even color.
– When preparing stir-fried eggs with bell peppers, you can add a little filtered water when beating the eggs and need to beat the eggs evenly. Although this is a simple step, it will make the eggs smoother.
– To make the bell peppers and eggs blend well, you can gently press the ingredients with a large spoon or spatula.