Brazilian
Ovos Mexidos (Brazilian Scrambled Eggs)
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Ovos Mexidos (Brazilian Scrambled Eggs) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the eggs with salt and pepper.
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Heat the oil in a skillet and saute the diced onion and tomato 3 minutes until soft.
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Pour in the eggs and cook over low heat, stirring gently, until softly set.
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Spoon onto a plate and serve hot, the everyday start to a Brazilian breakfast.
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Serve it with
A Brazilian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ovos Mexidos (Brazilian Scrambled Eggs), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ovos Mexidos (Brazilian Scrambled Eggs) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Arroz de Forno (Baked Rice Casserole) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 3 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ovos Mexidos (Brazilian Scrambled Eggs) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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