Fall-inspired Instant Pot shakshuka is a delicious and healthy meal with butternut squash, tomatoes, feta cheese, and eggs. Serve it with warm crusty bread.
2tablespoonsminced fresh parsley, additional for garnishing
4large eggs
¼ cupcrumbled feta, more to taste
1tablespoonshelled roasted pumpkin seeds(pepitas)
Bread for serving
Instructions
Using the Saute function, heat Instant Pot and add olive oil. Add onion, bell pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring, for 4 to 5 minutes or until onions are soft and translucent. Add garlic and continue to cook, stirring, for about 1 minute or until garlic is fragrant.
Add squash, tomatoes, chili powder, smoked paprika, oregano, and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine.
Lock the lid on the pressure cooker; set valve to seal. Select Pressure Cook (or High on the manual setting, depending on your model) for 8 minutes. When time has elapsted, quick release pressure and remove lid.
Stir in parsley. Crack 4 eggs into the tomato mixture (see the note below for a good method to do this). Replace cover, set valve to seal. Select Pressure Cook (or High pressure on the manual setting) for 0 minutes (ZERO minutes - not a typo!). Quick release pressure and remove lid.
Serve immediately (see note about yolks) topped with crumbled feta cheese, pumpkin seeds, and additional parsley. Warm crust bread is perfect for dipping into the sauce.
Notes
Crack the eggs into a ladle first. Press the egg-filled ladle down into the sauce; pour the eggs into the well created by the ladle. That prevents the egg whites from spreading too much.
The whites are cooked fully and the yolks are perfectly runny when you serve this immediately after you do a quick release of the pressure. If you continue to let the eggs sit in the hot tomato sauce, they will continue to cook. If you like a firmer yolk, leave the eggs in the sauce for 2 to 3 minutes (with the pressure cooker on warm) or until they have cooked to your liking.
Make this paleo and Whole30 compliant by omitting the feta and bread.
Nutrition information does not include bread.
Diced tomatoes can be substituted for the whole tomatoes. I like to cut the whole tomatoes using a scissors right inside the can for a rustic cut for this recipe.