Ham and cheese omelette with salad
An omelette cooked in butter and filled with ham and melting cheese, with a lettuce and tomato salad. A quick everyday dinner in Argentina and Uruguay, also made with vegetables or mushrooms.
- 29 minTime
- 29 minHands-on
- 4Portions
- ≈ $ 3.650per portion
- 540kcal per portion
Ingredients for 4 portions
- 12Eggs
- to tasteSalt
- to tasteBlack pepper
- 1 ½ tbspButter
- 150 gHam, sliced
- 150 gHard cheese, sliced
On the side
- 1Lettuce
- 3Tomatoes, in wedges
- 2 tbspOlive oil
- 1 tbspVinegar
Method
- Wash the lettuce and cut it into strips. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and put everything in a salad bowl.
- Beat the eggs with salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Melt a teaspoon of butter in a frying pan of about 22 cm over a medium heat. Pour in a quarter of the egg and draw the edges into the middle with a spatula until almost set, about 2 minutes. Lay a quarter of the ham and cheese on one half, fold over and cook for 1 minute more, until the cheese melts. Repeat with the rest.
- Dress the salad with the olive oil, vinegar and salt, and serve with the omelettes.
The cost is estimated from average prices in Argentina (INDEC, Precios al consumidor de una selección de alimentos, bebidas y otros artículos: Gran Buenos Aires (GBA; INDEC publishes no national average). Brought forward with the GBA food CPI (IPC, Alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas)., 2026-08).
