Dinner · 35 min · Amounts not specified
Spanish tortilla
More oil than you think, potatoes first until tender, eggs to set. Better room-temp.
The sheet · 6 wedges · 35 min
mediumWhy tonight. More oil than you think, potatoes first until tender, eggs to set. Better room-temp.
What it needs
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- eggs
- potato
- onion
- olive oil
Method
- Potato and onion cooked gently in a lot of olive oil until soft. This is poaching, not frying — no color.
- Drain them, and keep the oil. Fold the hot potato into the beaten eggs and let it sit ten minutes so the egg soaks in.
- Back into a modest pan on medium-low. Loosen the edges as it sets.
- Flip it onto a plate and slide it back. The middle should stay slightly loose — a dry tortilla is a frittata that lost its nerve.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
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An educational plan from a curated corpus. Not a nutrition, allergen, or doneness guarantee.
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The technique underneath this
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Watch the technique behind this one
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardTruly Foolproof Poached EggsJ. Kenji López-AltPoaching without the wispy strands. The trick is what happens before the egg reaches the water.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- potato
- Waxy holds its shape, floury falls apart, and almost every potato complaint is the wrong one for the job.
- onion
- The base under most of this library.
- olive oil
- Two ingredients sharing a name.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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