sweet potato frittata
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 288 kcal
- Total Time: 30 m
- Prep: 20 m
- Cook: 10 m
- Japanese: Satsuma-imo no furittāta
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ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 200 g sweet potato
- 1 onion
- 4 slices bacon
- 50 g frozen green soybeans
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
- 20 g butter
- a little olive oil
- a little salt and pepper
step 1:
Steam the sweet potato on medium heat about 15minutes. Break it up into bite–size pieces.
step 2:
Cut the bacon slices into 8 equal portions. Slice the onion. Heat the butter and olive oil in a frying pan and saute the bacon and onion. Remove from heat and let cool.
step 3:
Defrost the frozen green soybeans, and shell them. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add the Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and mix. Add the sweet potato. Add the green soybeans and sauteed bacon and onions and mix.
step 4:
Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan. Pour in the egg mixture (Step 3). While shaking the frying pan, lightly stir with a rubber spoon. When it gets to a soft–boiled scrambled state, stop stirring and let it bake on medium heat about 3 minutes without further mixing. When the egg mixture changes to a light brown color, turn off the heat. Cover with a plate which bigger than the frying pan. Invert the frittata into the plate. Return it to the frying pan and cook the other side on low heat for about 4 minutes.
comment:
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