Menemen (Turkish Scrambled Eggs) | Food Wishes

[@Vantavimeow]

🗣️ MENEMEN, WISH EGGS UPON ME

[@kellyluis3904]

😂😂😂

[@porkstamina]

Lord, I don't fry no more. Don't sous vide the thighs no more.

[@artzhearts]

how is this not the top comment lmao

[@MichaelMengo]

You stole my joke😢

[@KyleEckers]

Tomato in my eye, dawg I cant see

[@check4v]

How did this video not include "You are the Eminem of your Menemen?" 😭

[@MendeltSiebenga]

Criminally underrated comment

[@jaredhamline]

Now I hear Chef John saying "Round the outside, round the outside"

[@jordanl69]

Nah it should have been 50 cent Many Men…

[@80Apoc]

Ooooh. Shame on John!😂 that is a big miss.

[@Projacked1]

😘

[@oznurgiz4156]

As a Turkish person you know that menemen tastes amazing just by looking at it. As always you did it perfectly, Chef John. Ellerine sağlık ❤

[@trallesliantemius]

Kusuk gibi oldu

[@Grgur8899]

Not tirkish dish

[@VolvoCommand]

Should I visit Istanbul as a white guy from the US?

[@aluminiumknight4038]

​@@VolvoCommand yes, Istanbul is the most visited ib the world, they do good with tourists

[@samanthaoneill8628]

I had this in Turkey in the 90s it was so good I have been making it ever since.

[@stevemonkey6666]

The triumphant return of the freakishly small wooden spoon😂

[@treesfoxhole6804]

😂

[@doctoreplay]

That’s just a freakishly small wooden spoon not THE freakishly small, Freakishly Small wooden spoon😅

[@LesaBear612]

I wondered where it’s been.

[@father2mother3]

Idk that spoon seems average to me Massive, even.

[@gozdetanrverdi9142]

It makes me happy to see you make one of our dishes and it looks amazing! There is always a discussion here whether to use onion in menemen or not and I love that you chose to use it 😋 Well done Chef John. Lots of love from Turkey 🥰🇹🇷

[@h2oski1200]

just curious if you do anything different with this dish?

[@sarper1234]

​@@h2oski1200 No red peppers, fresh peeled tomatoes instead of canned ones as John states in the video, typically only hot green peppers are used, also people are split into two groups on whether to use onions in this dish (some use garlic).

[@trallesliantemius]

@@h2oski1200cheese is never used

[@merty5713]

@@trallesliantemius If you have eaten in a restaurant lately, cheese is very popular.

[@HasanGez]

@@trallesliantemius these days people are adding cheese to every kind of cooking... I hate it. Leave cheese alone.

[@nikip9161]

Tomatoes and eggs pair alarmingly well with each other. My father ate tomatoes cooked with his eggs every day. Delicious. ❤

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

Tossing some of those little cherry or grape tomatoes into your pan with your eggs or hash browns or sausage or whatever you're making for breakfast... 👌 Or lunch. Or dinner. Or whenever, really.

[@sweetrapture1]

Shakshuka

[@bahadrsaylik7267]

Turk here. And a long time fan. You absolutely hit a very sweet spot about that onion comment at the beginning. It's a big ongoing debate here but just as you said, and maybe also since onions can be bad for sensitive stomachs early in the morning, the more widely accepted version for breakfast is without onions. I however prefer them with onions in the morning as well :D

[@FireflyActual]

Poland is often sarcastically called the "land of blooming onion". As a Pole, few things make me happier than the inclusion of fried onions in a dish. As you can probably imagine, I'm very much in the "onion in menemen" camp.

[@ArchiTechFit]

​@@FireflyActualIf you are going to eat menemen for breakfast before going to work, make it without onion. This way your mouth and sweat will not smell of onion. If you are going to eat it for dinner, you can make it with as much onion as you want. 🙂🤷🏻

[@bahadrsaylik7267]

@@FireflyActual if you're around onions enough, you know the drill. I also have reflux and ulcer just as any 40 year old would have. In the morning? cook them enough to get them pacifized. In the mid day, caramelized onions are way to go. For dinner? Heck give me some fresh sliced red onions with olive oil and aceto balsamico on top!

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@FireflyActual haha yeah I often have pickled onions as a snack while waiting for breakfast 😅

[@julen2380]

@@bahadrsaylik7267 I love the description of cooking onions to pacify them. Spot on!

[@thedivinemrm5832]

Hands up if you've got THAT Muppets' song stuck in your head now? Thanks Chef John, thanks very much...

[@Bradimus1]

Doo Doo da doo doo.

[@dusty1207able]

lol, came hear to say this exactly.

[@SaltBayGull]

@@dusty1207able I like where our heads are at.

[@JAY-gl5xd]

Actually, it's making me think, Vita-mina-menemen. But I see where you're heads at.

[@PattiWinker]

… do dooo dododo…

[@glamazon6172]

Your çilbir recipe is probably my favorite, and one I enjoy on special occasions. I'm excited to expand my Turkish egg recipe repertoire!

[@maidas1905]

Oh, we are soul twins it seems! I can't decide which one of those two i like more.

[@Pungerface]

I appreciate you Chef John! I haven’t seen one of your videos in a while, and this was just what I needed. It is soothing to watch and listen to you cook.

[@Its_Easy7115]

Chef John, you made me a Chef in my head…thank you🙏🏾

[@Frozty]

Loving the ingredient layout at the beginning! Really nice to get a visual to easily wrap my head around what I need to pick up from the grocery store to make this lol

[@imputaniumAAQF]

Menemen ,doo doo dee doo doo, Menemen, doo doo dee doo Menemen, doo doo dee doo doo, dee doo, doo da Dee Dee Dee diddly doo

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

I read the title as Many Men. Like the song

[@AdTe]

LOL I was also thinking about the song

[@snugmode]

wish eggs upon me

[@auntiejenn3315]

I went manly men from two and a half men

[@emilysometimes]

It's rainin' menemen.

[@fredsanford5954]

Just wait for my new hit song to drop: "It's Raining Turkish Scrambled Eggs". (working title for now)

[@itsokay7989]

I'm German, which basically is Turkish at this point, and I absolutely love menemen! And I can safely say that this recipe is definitely up there!

[@Theeggfly]

Wow. This inspired me to make a version with sausage and hatch green chili. Thank you for the inspiration Chef John.

[@KatyDenman]

Sucuk is always a great addition to this dish

[@DeadGlassEyes]

I can't have it without it to be honest. Good sucuk is amazing.

[@maidas1905]

I ❤ menemen!!! Wonderful yet so easy to make.

[@Andrea.S.Alvey12]

It was like magic! Suddenly, the wooden spoon was all grow up!

[@FireflyActual]

I feel in love with this dish at a Turkish restaurant, which happens to be around the corner from my place. The version I had featured parsley rather than cilantro and it had no cheese in it.

[@maidas1905]

Cilantro is not really used in Turkish cuisine.

[@rei_chikitaaa]

But that doesn't mean you cannot moderate it for your personal choices tho

[@coolcanoechic]

It’s the freakishly small spoon!

[@sephirothjc]

Watching from Peru, I was thinking 'no way I can exactly those peppers but I bet I can use ají amarillo instead' imagine my surprise.

[@jongreen4752]

He needs to make some PAPA A LA HUANCAINA, I had that made by hand with a mortar and pestle in Huancayo and it was amazingggggggggg

[@bd80247]

They're so good. I wish I could find them easily in Florida!

[@jackcarter2767]

Ají amarillo is a blessing

[@gilgameshismist]

Menemen Do doo be-do-do Menemen Do do-do do Menemen Do doo be-do-do be-do-do be-do-do be-do-do-doodle do do do-doo do!

[@espens1382]

erhnuh nernhuh nuhnuh nuuh nuh nuh

[@MsSherryjh]

So funny. Princeton (NJ) Soup and Sandwich, which also makes breakfasts, posted Menemen, which I had never heard of, this morning, as one of their selections. That's hours before you. So, must be on this week's shopping list for me at home. Thanks Chef! 😊

[@YunusEmre53]

Im gonna try it with your style ive never seen you enjoy a dish that much before

[@dawntreader2420]

Thank you thank you thank you! I've been trying to tell people about this fabulous dish! I'm so excited! We make this so often. Pardon my exclamation marks. I'm just so pleased to see this. Woot woot!

[@jamaicanrose9203]

Why did I start singing 50 Cents song…… 😂😂😂 “Many Men…” The food looks lovely!

[@unicornpoop9225]

Same!

[@carinhall4508]

I love Turkish food. Try kokoreç sometime. Its delicious

[@eletfa2127]

This is the default quick meal of a typical Turkish household. If you can't decide what to eat, just cook menemen. Great recipe! Thank you Chef John.

[@vzmkitty]

This looks amazing! I can’t wait to make it.

[@SamClemens-id3cl]

Is no one going to mention how beautiful those aji Amarillo peppers are???

[@ryanarline3678]

Thank you chef John for all you do!

[@RobertAndrewRobinson]

Always a delight when Chef John's videos appear...along with the appalling puns to pair with the great recipes.

[@kamt3212]

Looks yum especially for a brunch or a dinner. A great recipe for great bread👍🏻 ☺️Thank you.

[@icecreamrollscraze]

Love the creative twist on scrambled eggs, Chef John! Gonna whip up a batch of these Turkish scrambled eggs for brunch this weekend

[@yvonnecrozier4536]

I always love your videos, thanks!

[@user-st8gb9bm6q]

I love Turkish egg dishes ♥️ Thanks Chef John.

[@laragiardini8119]

Chef John had me worried for a moment mentioning cayenne pepper only at 5:09 minutes in! 😄

[@lilianajankovic6426]

Good recipe thank you ,I love it

[@samhugh4965]

Omg. This looks amazing.

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

I had that in Turkey several times, loved it!

[@sanbilge]

Turkish beef sausage is closer to Spanish chorizo than salami in that it's made with pepper paste and garlic. Two other alternative meat products that are commonly added to menemen are a type of beef/lamb confit, "kavurma", that's packed in cylinders and eaten as a cold cut, and Turkish pastrami, "pastırma", that's cured in a spice paste dominated by fenugreek. Great recipe as always, Chef John! You summarized the national menemen debates beautifully. My personal opinion is that adding onion is a sin. Anyone who wants to eat red salsa can move to Mexico :P

[@akiraprime]

❤❤❤ will be doing this this weekend, thanks again for posting your videos,

[@EXTREMOZAU]

Well i like your video the way you explain i love it , i will definitely try the recepie

[@tonybaga]

chef john you ARE my food wish

[@soulchorea]

awww ❤ 😂

[@bbgg8642]

Love the recipe, love the narrator's rising tones on every sentence like Will Forte's asking a question

[@kinjunranger140]

"Mah Nà Mah Nà" is a popular song by Italian composer Piero Umiliani. It originally appeared in the Italian film Sweden: Heaven and Hell (Svezia, inferno e paradiso). On its own it was a minor radio hit in the United States and in Britain, but became better known internationally after it was used by The Muppets and on The Benny Hill Show.

[@bkm2797]

Looks delicious, I love sauces too! Thank you John 💕👍

[@lunayen]

This is great for a holiday brunch or a lazy Sunday.

[@Kierkegaard83]

I can't unheard the cadance of this guys voice. It goes up and then down at the end of like every sentence.

[@kylecunningham9793]

Bro same, like millions of views, great recipe and execution but his cadence is just completely overriding my ability to watch this

[@Nuisance_Bear]

fr, it's like a rollercoaster. In a bad way

[@Sharnoy1]

You'll get over it. Just keep watching. I promise.

[@vienna0810]

I had switch off the audio... What's his problem

[@Dontmakemereregister]

I think there was a missed opportunity to have a 50 cent reference.

[@concrete490]

Agreed 😂

[@egemensentinTO]

It's a 17 Turkish lira reference as of now 😂

[@gaasyendietha5070]

What a beautiful dish to brag about that great creuset cookware 😮

[@MykePagan]

Seems related to shakshuka?

[@HALO-2304]

That's exactly what I thought, too. Turkey isn't too far from Northern Africa, so it's likely someone in Turkey misread the recipe and scrambled the eggs in. 😂

[@Holydecipher]

The ottoman empire ruled over north africa

[@markstyles1246]

Or was going for shakshuka and broke a yolk or two. Then went, "I meant to do that!'.

[@aesinam]

Well either could have influenced the other. ​@@Holydecipher

[@aphelion0000]

There's a dish named Shakshuka in Turkey too, but its made of fried eggplants (sometimes peppers, zuccini and other vegetables too), with tomato sauce. I have no idea how is it related with Arabic dish similar to menemen. (and before you ask; in Turkish, eggplant word isn't etymologically related to egg. Patlıcan/yumurta)

[@jdalbiac]

THE best breakfast of all time, I'm just gonna say it.

[@Da_ni_ela_]

I've just made this - it's incredibly good.

[@metroplexchl]

I've been off youtube for a while. It's great to watch you again!

[@sheasky]

I can tell how delicious it is, as you cannot stop eating it! 😊

[@andreasstavropoulos]

Yes very nice my friend. We indeed do it with feta in Greece and we call it "Strapatsada". Or in some areas they call it "Kayanas", mostly in Athens I think.

[@bethechangeyouwannaseeinth9488]

I am turkish,and l approve this ,wish there was tea...enfess

[@inthekitchenwniyaa]

Looks great!

[@jordan.ellis.hunter]

Next time I f-up the eggs in a Shakshouka I just call it Menemen, got it!

[@maidas1905]

Actually, you can have menemen with unstirred eggs, some people make it that way.. but i prefer tem stirred 😊

[@joseantoniofernandez1890]

Im from Spain and my mom always cooked something similar to this but never with cheese. I think I ate it at least once a week!

[@clarecampbell4481]

Love this dish!! 🤤

[@aaronhodson8809]

In my family we do a 'huevos rancheros' that I'm not at all sure is authentic, but it is incredibly similar to this, with 2 small adjustments - flour tortillas and not scrambling the eggs into things. This dish is insanely satisfying

[@sissypissyrapper23]

Chef John addressed the freakishly small spoon as soon as my brain noticed it 😂I gotta start a freakishly small cookware collection

[@JackOfBass]

WOW! This looks amazing, I'll definitely gonna try it out :) Cheers from Poland!

[@avalon9626]

Thanks dude for not using music! I appreciate it very much!

[@derricklevi3005]

I like your rendition of the dish. Menemen is so modular, you can do almost anything with it to suit your tastes. I like your addition of jack cheese. I think the turkish cheese you meant is kaskaval and it is indeed like a firmer, saltier and all around more flavorful mozzarella. I usually don't use cheese in the dish, but sometimes I eat it with feta or crumble some over the finished dish.

[@One_Pun]

In my country, Bulgaria, we call this Mishmash. We have been part of the Otoman empire for about 500 years so I guess it is very natural to have similar cuisine.

[@HHartman2]

I added andouille sausage, feta cheese and KALAMATA olives. So good.

[@alfikaalfik2258]

In our country we have the same food called "Moravské lečo". We do them sometimes with cheese, sometimes with sausage, and sometimes with both :)

[@TheRAMBO9191]

That looks good! And I just got eggs! Perfect!

[@caglaryalcin7521]

the freakishly small wooden spoon made a comeback! 2025 isnt going to suck that hard probably

[@bohunter6091]

Great work. More Turkish food please

[@satoau1]

i was disappointed not to hear a "menemen do-doooo do-do-do!" but you made up for it and then some with the "magnificent sufficient"! thanks for that and this great looking recipe i'll try in a couple days.

[@mert5047]

About cheese: around the Aegean coast, the most popular cheese to use would be İzmir tulum cheese. Since it is difficult to find abroad, the closest alternative is the kefalotyri cheese from the Greek side of the Aegean. The second most popular cheese would be kaşar. Again, if you can't find it, the Greek kasseri is practically the same cheese. If you cannot find kasseri either, I'd recommend provolone. Kaşar, kasseri, and provolone are "pasta filata" cheeses, they have similar texture and taste.

A little information: Menemen is named after Menemen, the district of Izmir - the third largest city in Turkey. It looks perfect chef, ellerine sağlık! 😊

[@NotTakenGreatName]

Menemen wish hunger upon me

[@AmandaRPatterson]

I've tried menemen before and it did not come out well at all. I will have to try again. Thank you! Your videos are so wonderful and I appreciate you!

[@michelesimpson2237]

Oh that looks yummy.

[@thatbobusguy]

Basically shakshuka in a dip form. I'm all for it!

[@jusjuicebox]

I have a fierce tomato allergy, so I make this dish substituting the tomato for roasted red bell peppers. It's very delicious!

[@nadabing3903]

Omg yummmmm

[@melikerdem8867]

Beautifully done Chef John. Looks magnificent. It's better to have some tomato chunks in the dish for texture imo but it's no biggie. I personally like a more tight version where I cook the water out and caramelize the tomato by stirring frequently with butter but this one looks very similar to how my mom used to make it so I'm sure it still tastes great :)

[@horasan50]

My favorite dish I love it, I can eat it everyday ❤ yummy yummy in my tummy 😋😋😋

[@santauxia]

1:58 Thank you for clarifying about the spoon LOL.

[@slepage95]

It's kind of like a scrambled egg version of shakshuka, I like it!

[@beeble2003]

Legend has it that Chef John is still eating that big pan of menemen today.

[@tinahickson6352]

I’ve been making something similar using salsa, preferably fresh salsa. I thought I made it up, but it is pretty much what you made. Sometimes I don’t stir the eggs and then eat it with the yolks still runny. Lately I’ve been cooking chopped zucchini and/or mushrooms in the salsa before adding the eggs.

[@mrmudcatslim1004]

Chef John. Meneman at work.

[@hellosabrinachaney]

The long-awaited sequel to Cilbir is here!!!

[@RyllenKriel]

Man-oh-man I do love Menemen!

[@koubek99]

So its basicly scrambled version of shakshuka. For me, this looks easier and more enjoyable, eggs in every single peace and you dont have to care about keeping yolks rare. I will try this as soon as i buy some peppers for sure 👍

[@GTRichardson7]

clearly the universe is trying to say something, because this is the second time today that Menemen has been suggested to me.

[@beachgsxrfunlovelife1310]

I think a nice salty garlic butter would make that so much better!

[@mm-ik9rf]

You never add garlic to menemen

[@raquelrodriguez9840]

Remember it's a breakfast food. You don't want to go on your day with garlic breath...

[@OmniversalInsect]

​@@raquelrodriguez9840 Çılbır:

[@klearkhoswashokani1797]

@@mm-ik9rf i do

[@ounalan]

Mozzarella is a buffalo cheese, which is rare in Turkey. Cheese we use for menemen is more similar to cheddar (not matured) or Bulgarian Kashkaval. Mozzarella however would go well too. I prefer the well scrambled version, however most recipes recommend not to scramble, but just mix a bit.

[@konradtecza1599]

If you can get it somehow in the US, I recommend trying to add some Sucuk (Turkish sausage with garlic). It is fine to do it without (to keep vegetarian for example), but my family loves it with Sucuk for dinner.

[@commandZee]

Looks delicious! I'd also love to see the meat version!

[@kumal666]

Very similar to shakshuka, think I'll definitely give this a try