Fried Eggs with Spinach is an easy dish you can make in one pan. It is packed with great flavors and nutritious foods. You need 6 ingredients only. It makes a delicious lunch or dinner that is ready in no time!
This spinach and eggs recipe is like the green version of our menemen recipe. If you like egg recipes like these, check out our world-famous cilbir recipe too!
We are so obsessed with eggs, especially fried and sunny-side up. We can crack eggs on any vegetable we cook in a pan and this fried eggs with spinach recipe is one of our favorites. OMG that yolk leaking on the cooked spinach is just irresistible! Watch the video below and see it yourself! Nobody can resist that yolk! YUM! We mostly have this for a busy weeknight dinner, but you can have it for breakfast as well.
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Ingredients
This is an easy recipe with 3 main ingredients: Onions, spinach and eggs. Besides these, we need olive oil, salt and pepper. We sometimes add in cumin too. If you like the flavor of cumin, use a little of it when adding salt and pepper.
Although it is not in the recipe, lemon is always a good addition when eating this amazing eggs with spinach dish.
How to Make Fried Eggs with Spinach
This is a super easy recipe that you can make for dinner on weekdays. It is like the green version of our Turkish tomato egg dish called menemen. Heat olive oil in a pan, add in onions and cook until transparent. Roughly chop the spinach leaves if they are large, but no need for this if you are using baby spinach leaves. Just add them as they are. You can even find washed and chopped spinach leaves in packages at the market, so use them if you need to be quicker. Cook stirring occasionally until tender and no juice left. Season with salt and black pepper.
If your pan is not large enough, put the spinach in batches. Watch how in the video below. Put the first batch, cover the pan and let it cook for about 5 minutes so that the spinach leaves wilt. Then uncover and add the second batch and repeat this if needed until there is no spinach left.
Make wells for eggs. You can add as many eggs as you like. Crack one egg into each well and cook until the whites set, about 3-4 minutes. You can gently poke the whites with a wooden spoon to help them cook well. Sprinkle salt and black pepper on each egg.
I don't whisk the eggs before adding them into the pan in this recipe because I love to keep the yolks slightly runny and dip bread right in the center of them. Oh my! Did you see it in the video below? That moment makes me forget everything in the world!
If you want, you can whisk eggs first and then pour over the cooked spinach. Make sure you don't overcook the eggs if you try this version. Remove the pan from the heat after 2-3 minutes when eggs are still a bit loose.
Are eggs and spinach healthy?
Eggs are one of the healthiest foods packed with protein. Also, they keep you full for a long time, so they make perfect breakfast, lunch and dinner. When you combine eggs with spinach, you have one of the healthiest meals because just like eggs, spinach is a nutrient-dense vegetable. It is a great source of calcium and iron. What’s more, there is no ingredient here that increases the calorie of this recipe.
In Turkey, generally people love spinach dishes with yogurt, but experts say that when you eat it with yogurt, the calcium in yogurt and the iron in spinach combine, which causes zero benefit. If you don’t care about vitamins and you are just in search for good taste, go ahead. I sometimes do that as they are perfect pairs, but generally I cook it with eggs and no yogurt is needed that time.
Love eggs with veggies? Check this out too: Eggs In Hell - Mexican Style
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Fried Eggs with Spinach
A super easy meatless recipe with eggs and spinach.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1pound spinach, washed well and roughly chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add in onions and cook until transparent, about 5 minutes.
- Add in the spinach and season with salt and black pepper. Cook it stirring gently until the spinach leaves wilt.
- Make 4 wells in the spinach mixture when it is tender enough. Crack an egg into each well. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the egg whites are set.
- Sprinkle salt and black pepper on each egg.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 1.9 g
- Sodium: 369.3 mg
- Fat: 15.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 4.6 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 186 mg
Keywords: spinach eggs, spinach with eggs, eggs with spinach
Angela says
Have ever used frozen spinach? That's all I Have on hand, how much would you recommend using?
Yusuf says
Hi Angela, never used frozen spinach, so I don't want to mislead you. But I guess you can use the same amount. Spinach shrinks anyway.
Felicity says
I made it with frozen spinach, put it in the pan first with oil to get rid of any excess water then added butter, onion and garlic. I added a good lunch of chilli flakes and salt a tablespoon of cream friache, stirred together then cracked eggs.
My husband loved the vege breaky!!!
Jenny says
I liked it. I added chili flakes, tomato chicken bullion powder instead of salt, fresh garlic, and sprinkled with feta. Was a really good recipe idea!
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Kristina says
Thanks for this great recipe. It’s become a go to on the weekends. I usually add a few sun dried tomatoes to the onions and then top with some grated Parmesan at the end. We eat on top of toast. So easy and delicious!
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Kelsey says
I am always looking for low or no carb recipes for my husband because I am a carb queen, this was perfect and delicious. Very quick and easy! I made a scrambled egg version for myself with some sharp cheddar. This will absolutely be on our normal breakfast menu from now on.
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Dale says
Great, simple recipe. Used a bit of garlic infused oil for sauteing the onions. Added some egg beaters (egg whites) after adding nestling just two eggs into the wilted spinach to bind it all more like an omelette. Cooked eggs covered over medium-low heat. Then finished with some grated parmesan, a few sliced cheery tomatoes and avocado. Delicious!
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Sangeetha Nair says
Simple yet Succumptous. Go to break fast dish.
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Shaleena Campbell says
Tried this recipe and it was delicious and quick to make!
Annie says
Great recipe!! Tried it loved it. Will keep having it!
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Zerrin says
Hi Anne! Glad you loved the recipe! Thanks for the feedback!
Aysegul Sanford says
Whoa!! This looks amazing. All you need is a big loaf of crusty bread and a glass of Turkish tea.
So GOOD.
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Zerrin says
Thank you my friend! I can eat the whole thing with a loaf of bread! My favorite combination.
Natalie says
So glad to find this recipe. I often cook spinach with pork or soup but still wanna try more recipes.
This idea looks interesting and also beautiful!
Zerrin says
Thank you Natalie! I love spinach in soups too, but this one is my favorite.
Natalie says
Yes. I did try this and it was delicious! Although the spinach was overcooked a little bit, it's good anyway 😛
Zerrin says
Glad you liked it Natalie! Thanks for sharing your feelings here.
Codrut Turcanu says
hey Zerrin, I like this recommendation. It's fast and light. Thank you for the idea
and keep up the great work! 🙂
Aysegul says
Now, this is a gorgeous breakfast. Gimme all the eggs and spinach. Seriously, a breakfast does not get better than this.
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Zerrin says
Thank you my friend! Super easy too!