Huevos a la Flamenca
Baked eggs over vegetables, chorizo, and ham.
Ingredients
- 4 Egg
- 100 g Cooking chorizo
- 60 g Jamon serrano
- 100 g Frozen peas
- 1 Bell pepper
- 300 g Canned tomatoes
- 1 Onion
- 3 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp Salt
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
- While the oven heats, chop the onion and red pepper.
- Slice the cooking chorizo into coins.
- Warm the oil in a wide pan over medium heat. Soften the onion and pepper until translucent, then add the chorizo, tomato, and peas and cook down into a thick, jammy sauce.
- While the sofrito cooks down, slice the jamon serrano into ribbons for laying over the eggs.
- Tip the sofrito into a baking dish (or individual cazuelas). Make wells with the back of a spoon, crack an egg into each, and drape the sliced ham over the top.
- Bake until the whites are set but the yolks are still soft, about 10 minutes.
- Bring the dish straight to the table with bread for mopping.
Tap “Start cooking” for live timers that flag what to get ahead on while something simmers.
About Huevos a la Flamenca
Huevos a la flamenca is an Andalusian baked-egg dish, a rustic one-pan breakfast or light supper from southern Spain. It builds on a base of sofrito, onion, red pepper, and tomato slowly cooked down into a thick, jammy sauce, enriched with coins of cooking chorizo and dotted with peas. Eggs are then cracked into wells made in the sauce and the whole dish is baked, often in individual earthenware cazuelas, until the whites just set. Ribbons of jamón serrano draped over the top finish it.
The eating is generous and colorful: creamy set whites and softly runny yolks sitting in a smoky, paprika-tinged tomato base, with the chorizo lending fat and spice and the serrano adding a salty, cured edge. It is hearty without being heavy, and the yolks break into the sofrito to make everything richer. Bread is essential for mopping the dish clean, and it is as at home on a weekend brunch table as it is as a casual dinner. Baking rather than frying the eggs keeps them tender and lets them take on the flavor of the sauce beneath.
Huevos a la Flamenca: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Huevos a la Flamenca?
A serving has about 346 calories — 19.5g protein, 14g carbs, 23.8g fat, 3.7g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Huevos a la Flamenca gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Huevos a la Flamenca has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
How long does Huevos a la Flamenca take to make?
About 35 minutes start to finish, but only around 24 of those are hands-on — the rest is cooking time. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
How many servings does Huevos a la Flamenca make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.