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Solar Cooked Algerian Chakchouka with Eggs

An egg dish of roma tomatoes and parsley, warmed with clove and paprika.

3 hr 10 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Serves
4

Ingredients

Time
Prep 10 min · Cook 180 min · 190 min total
Difficulty
medium
  1. 1

    Combine tomatoes and peppers in a small bowl. Season with salt & pepper. Then add 1 tablespoons of the olive oil. Toss ingredients together.

  2. 2

    Transfer to a dark round 9 inch cake pan and place the vegetable mixture on one side. On the other side of the pan, add onions, garlic, and paprika. Season with salt & pepper. Drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil over the onion- garlic mixture and put the butter on top.

  3. 3

    Place the pan of vegetable mixture in the solar cooker. Solar cook for 2 hours until the vegetables have softened then stir all ingredients together in the pan to combine.

    120 min
  4. 4

    Solar cook for one more hour. Meanwhile, crack the eggs open into a bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

  5. 5

    After a total of 3 hours of solar cooking the Chakchouka vegetable mixture, (When the vegetables look fully cooked and roasted), Use a wooden spoon to make 4 small indentations in the vegetable mixture to hold the eggs. Carefully pour one egg into each indentation.

    180 min
  6. 6

    Continue to solar cook until the eggs are fully cooked (about 20-25 minutes). Garnish with parsley and serve with rice or with bread.

    25 min

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