Omelettes are one of our favourite easy, quick dinners or lunches. We often cook these when we've been out for the day and get back starving needing something quickly.
For the children we tend to use one egg and cook them individually - for adults we use 2 or 3 eggs. You could make bigger omelettes with more eggs in a bigger pan if you want, the process is the same.
Omelettes are one of our favourite dinner or lunches - cheap, quick, easy, healthy and delicious.
Break the egg into a jug or bowl - picking out any shell that might get in!!
Whisk with a fork and add a small pinch of pepper and a little salt if you want
Melt a little butter in a small frying pan - it needs to be quite hot
Add the beaten eggs to the frying pan
With a wooden spoon or similar, move the egg mixture around the bottom of the pan, getting the liquid egg to the bottom to help it cook quickly and thoroughly
When the egg has cooked through, take the pan off the heat and gently slide the omelette onto a plate, trying to fold it in half if possible
Repeat!
The kids love helping with these and usually end up fighting over who helps. They break the eggs, whisk and season them and now they are a little older stir them whilst they are cooking - under adult supervision.
Variations
You can add all kinds of things to your omelette when it is still in the pan and has finished cooking. When you fold the omelette onto the plate, the filling should be on the inside. Here's some ideas - let us know of any you cook;
- Grated cheese
- Crispy bacon
- Fried mushrooms
- ...a combination of the above
Ingredients
Directions
Break the egg into a jug or bowl - picking out any shell that might get in!!
Whisk with a fork and add a small pinch of pepper and a little salt if you want
Melt a little butter in a small frying pan - it needs to be quite hot
Add the beaten eggs to the frying pan
With a wooden spoon or similar, move the egg mixture around the bottom of the pan, getting the liquid egg to the bottom to help it cook quickly and thoroughly
When the egg has cooked through, take the pan off the heat and gently slide the omelette onto a plate, trying to fold it in half if possible
Repeat!
