Veggie Pizza Skillet Eggs are inspired by the Middle Eastern dish - Shakshuka. These skillet eggs taste like a veggie pizza topped with eggs. A delicious and hearty breakfast.
Ever since I learned how to make the Israeli dish - Shakshuka, I felt inspired to make a Pizza version of it.
We’ve seen eggs on a pizza crust for brunch, so why not eggs on just veggies and marinara sauce?
This dish is loaded with veggies… peppers, onions, mushrooms, jalapeno, spinach and olives. Feel free to add any other veggies you like… artichokes and kale would be wonderful additions to this dish.
I topped this dish with a good marinara sauce, but you can always make your own.
Crack the eggs over the sauce, and then steam them until they are set. Top your pizza skillet eggs with mozzarella cheese and olives.
You can skip the bread completely and go for a low-carb / gluten-free option, but sometimes you gotta live a little and eat the carbs and gluten (or gluten-free bread for those with allergies).
A satisfying brunch where you can simultaneously enjoy the flavors of both pizza and eggs. Enjoy!
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Veggie Pizza Skillet Eggs
Ingredients
for veggie pizza skillet eggs
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 7 buttons shitake mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- ½ medium green bell pepper, sliced
- ½ jalapeno, deseeded & sliced
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- pinch of salt, not too much since olives, cheese, & marinara sauce are salty
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 2 cups marinara sauce, I love Rao's brand
- 4 eggs, you can add up to 6
- 10 kalamata olives, sliced
- ½ cup mozarella cheese
for garnish
- Oregano - ½ tsp, rub and sprinkle for garnish
- Red Crushed Pepper - to taste
Instructions
- Slice & chop up the onion, peppers, jalapeno, and mushrooms.
- This is what you should have.
- Heat up a cast-iron skillet on medium heat, once hot add oil. Add the mushrooms and cook them for about 5 minutes until slightly brown.
- Add the peppers, onions, jalapeno, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and black pepper. Cook for about 3 minutes until the onions and peppers are translucent.
- Add the fresh spinach leaves.
- The spinach will wilt down in about a minute.
- Add the sauce at this time. Stir.
- Cover with a lid and allow the sauce to heat up for about 5 minutes.
- Now make 4 wells.
- Crack an egg in each well. You can use up to 6 eggs, I used 4.
- Cover with a lid and the steam will cook the eggs. I cooked mine for about 7 minutes since I don't like runny eggs. For runny eggs, cook for 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, slice the olives and get your mozzarella cheese ready.
- Eggs are done. Top with olives and cheese.
- Cover with a lid for a 1-2 minutes until cheese is set.
- Done. Garnish with crushed pepper flakes and oregano (rub between your fingers).
- Serve with bread, pita bread, or alone for a low-carb & gluten-free option.
Notes
** For the Eggs - you can use up to 6 eggs for this dish. You can also use egg whites if you prefer a dish that is less fattening.
Nutrition
Swathi C.H says
Tried it yesterday as I had marinara and this doesn’t require any prep, its quick and easy.
It was absolutely yum!!
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My husband - “love it!, too good and it tastes just like pizza, It’s light and filling , awesome”
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe ?
Vyomika says
Tried this one. Tasted really good and easy to make!! Thank you Nisha ?
honeywhatscooking says
You're so welcome. Thank you for sharing!
Salma says
Looks so delicious!
honeywhatscooking says
Thanks Salma. Hope you try! 🙂
Sheetal says
I tried for dinner last night with some minor modifications and it was sooooo good! The best part is there's no prep required and its very easy to put together.
honeywhatscooking says
Thanks so much! So glad it worked out for you. Which sauce did you use? Yeah, it's pretty easy, literally chop and drop. I love eggs for dinner! 🙂
Sheetal says
I used Rao's Pizza Sauce as that's what I had at home, so good!
honeywhatscooking says
Awww... Sheetal, thanks so much for sharing.. made my day! So happy to hear it worked out for you! xoxo
John/Kitchen Riffs says
Great dish! I used to make something similar, ages ago, but have forgotten all about that dish. This looks better than the one I remember -- need to try this. Thanks!
honeywhatscooking says
Thanks John. Yeah I wanted an Italian Pizza dish for brunch and I thought of this. Thank you!