Sayote Omelette with Pork and Shrimp
Sayote is sautéed in onion, garlic, tomato, pork and shrimp and mixture made into an omelette with creamy gravy.
Servings 3
Calories 528kcal
Ingredients
- 1 sayote chayote, peeled & julienned
- 1 small onion chopped
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 large tomato cubed
- ¼ pound ground pork
- ¼ pound shrimp peeled and deveined
- ¾ cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
Omelette
- 6 eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch diluted in ¼ cup warm broth
Instructions
- In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat.
- Cook onion until translucent.
- Add garlic, cook until golden.
- Add tomato, cook until soft and limp. When soft, mash with kitchen utensil.
- Add pork, cook until pale.
- Toss-in shrimp. Cook until pink.
- Pour water or broth. Bring to a boil. Note: Have at least a cup of broth after cooking. This will be used as gravy.
- Lower heat. Toss-in sayote and cook until tender but crisp and not soggy.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Turn off heat. Drain broth from mixture and transfer to a bowl. Reserve broth.
- This omelette recipe will make 3 servings of omelette. 2 beaten eggs per omelette.
- While broth is warm, place ¼ cup broth in a cup and dilute 2 tablespoons cornstarch. This will be used later to thicken gravy.
- In the same pan or a different pan, heat about 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat.
- Pour 2 beaten eggs to make 1 serving of omelette. Season with salt and pepper.
- Spread egg into a circle by tilting pan from side to side.
- When egg is half-cooked, place some sayote mixture on one side of egg then flip the other side of egg to enclose sayote mixture.
- Continue cooking for a minute or 1 ½ minutes. Remove and place in a serving platter.
- Finish cooking all the omelette.
- On the same pan, pour broth, bring to a simmer.
- Slowly pour cornstarch mixture and stirring constantly so you don’t end up with lumps.
- Sauce will thicken. Once thick and smooth, remove from heat.
- Pour over omelette. Garnish with green onion.
- Serve hot. Enjoy!
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Notes
If you want a thinner gravy, use less cornstarch otherwise use more.
Nutrition
Calories: 528kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 450mg | Sodium: 837mg | Potassium: 486mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 817IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 3mg