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Mexican Omelette


  • Author: Michelle Minnaar
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 2
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

This Mexican Omelette is great for brunch. Crammed with sweetcorn, black beans, tomato and adobo sauce, it makes a complete, balanced and healthy meal. Feel free to play with the ratios of ingredients and make it your own!


Ingredients

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Mexican Filling

  • 30ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeno, diced
  • 400g (1 tin) black beans, drained
  • 175g (1 cup) sweetcorn
  • 1 tomato, washed and diced
  • 7.5ml (1/2 tbsp) Adobo Sauce
  • 1 avocado, peeled and chopped

Omelette

  • 10g (2 tsp) butter
  • 6 eggs
  • seasoning, to taste

Toppings

  • 60g (1/4 cup) Manchego cheese, grated
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) sour cream
  • handful cilantro, washed and chopped
  • salsa, to taste

Instructions

For the Mexican Filling

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat.
  2. Add the onion and jalapeno and gently fry for 5 minutes or until softened.
  3. Add the black beans, sweetcorn, tomato and Adobo Sauce to the onion and heat the mixture through. 
  4. Add the avocado and lightly mix in, remove immediately from the heat and set aside.

For the Omelette

  1. Heat the omelette pan to a medium heat and melt the butter. 
  2. Crack 3 eggs in a bowl and whisk until smooth and season well. 
  3. Pour the egg mixture into the heated pan and cook for a couple of minutes until the egg is set. 
  4. Sprinkle half of the cheese over the surface of the omelette, then spoon half of the filling onto one half of the omelette. 
  5. Fold the omelette over and plate. 
  6. Repeat the process with the second omelette. 
  7. Garnish to your heart’s content with extra cheese [optional], sour cream, cilantro and salsa. Enjoy! 

Notes

  • If you can’t get hold of Adobo Sauce, you can make your own here. If you can’t be bothered, you can substitute it with 7.5ml (½ tbsp) smoked paprika.
  • Although fresh sweetcorn is best, feel free to use thawed, frozen sweetcorn.
  • You might end up with leftover filling. Psst, it tasted pretty good on its own as well; something you can snack on later!
  • If you can't get hold of avocado, try one of these avocado substitutes.
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Pan Fry
  • Cuisine: Mexican

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