President Nixon's Spanish Omelet Recipe

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President Nixon's Spanish Omelet
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
569
Calories
Total time
45
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat olive oil in 1-quart saucepan.
  2. Add onions and garlic and saute for 2 minutes, or until golden brown.
  3. Add julienned green pepper, cover and simmer for 2 minutes.
  4. Add diced tomatoes.
  5. Stir in bay leaf, lemon juice, salt and sugar and tabasco sauce.
  6. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
  7. Simmer on low-to-medium for 10 minutes, stirring often.
  8. Remove from heat.
  9. Remove bay leaf.
  10. Use at once OR store in the refrigerator in a covered jar.
  11. Heat 1 tsp butter in an 8-inch frying pan.
  12. Break eggs into a small bowl, season with salt and pepper.
  13. Beat eggs well.
  14. Pour into the hot skillet and cook over low heat for 1 minute.
  15. Using a plastic or wooden spoon to stir eggs, gently move the pan in a circular motion for 1-2 minutes or until the eggs begin to pff up around the edges.
  16. Spoon the warm spanish sauce into the center of the eggs and sprinkle with the chopped parsley.
  17. Continue cooking for 1 minute, or until the bottom of the omelet is firmly set.
  18. Tip the pan and use a fork to fold the omelet in half.
  19. Lift the whole thing out with a spatula onto a serving dish.
  20. Garnish with parsley sprig and serve at once.
  21. Serve with toasted whole grain bread, warm rolls or corn bread.
  22. If you make a LOT of the spanish sauce and keep it in the refrigerator, then you can make spanish omelets in a Flash of the Pan.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 569.31 Kcal (2384 kJ)
Calories from fat 406.52 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 45.17g 69%
Cholesterol 501.21mg 167%
Sodium 1951.7mg 81%
Potassium 989.76mg 21%
Total Carbs 24.93g 8%
Sugars 12.15g 49%
Dietary Fiber 5.8g 23%
Protein 21.4g 43%
Vitamin C 77.5mg 129%
Iron 3.8mg 21%
Calcium 150.3mg 15%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 104.87 Kcal (439 kJ)
Calories from fat 74.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.32g 69%
Cholesterol 92.32mg 167%
Sodium 359.51mg 81%
Potassium 182.32mg 21%
Total Carbs 4.59g 8%
Sugars 2.24g 49%
Dietary Fiber 1.07g 23%
Protein 3.94g 43%
Vitamin C 14.3mg 129%
Iron 0.7mg 21%
Calcium 27.7mg 15%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.4
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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