Tortilla Española - Eggs can be what's for dinner tonight!

Sometime, when Aileen and I are both done working at the end of the day, we are out of creative ideas for dinner. Many times we're just want to make something that can be made out of the ingredients in the fridge (and not too many). This recipe is versatile and you can add / subtract ingredients based upon what you have on hand or what you feel like having in the moment (e.g., often we like to add spinach and mushrooms too).

6 main ingredients: 

- Eggs 

- Potatoes 

- Onions 

- Red Peppers 

- Garlic 

- Manchego Cheese (we left off yesterday)

Ingredients

• 4 Small to Medium Yukon Gold Potatoes peeled, cut in quarters lengthwise and sliced in 1/8th slices

• 1/2 Medium Yellow Onion sliced thinly (if you only have a red onion - go for it!)

•  1 Clove Garlic - minced

•  1/2 Red Bell Pepper - sliced into thin strips

•  5 eggs - beaten

•  1 or 2 cups Manchego Cheese - shredded

•  1 - 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

•  Grape Seed Oil Cooking Spray

•  Salt and Pepper 

IMPORTANT NOTE: This dish turns out best using a well-seasoned cast iron skillet 

Instructions

1. Boil potatoes until just fork tender. I like to add a healthy pinch of salt to the water to help flavor the potatoes. When potatoes are cooked, drain in a colander and let them cool for a bit. 

2. While potatoes are cooking, heat a 10-12” cast iron skill over medium heat sauté onions, garlic, red peppers in a light amount of olive oil (1 - 2 tablespoons). I like to sauté the onions first until transparent and soft, and then add the garlic and red bell pepper. Continue to cook until pepper is softened. 

3. Beat Eggs in a large glass bowl. Add some more salt and pepper to the beaten eggs and beat a little more. 

4. Add cooked onions, garlic, peppers and cooked potatoes to beaten eggs and incorporate together. 

5. Add potatoes to egg / veggie mixture and incorporate together. 

6. Add shredded cheese to mixture and incorporate together. 

7. Lower the flame on your cast iron skillet to low simmer and spray grape seed oil to coat the pan (the Grape Seed Oil doesn’t impart as much deep flavor and tends to provide a lighter color on cooked food). 

8. Return mixture to skillet and cook over a low simmer until you can see most of the egg mixture to firm up (the top will will still be runny). 

9. Heat your oven to the lowest broiler setting (We have a Wolf range and use Br1 setting). 

10. Place skillet in oven and cook until the whole tortilla has firmed up and the top is lightly browned.

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