Dinner · 25 min · Amounts not specified
Zucchini frittata
Salt zucchini first so it does not weep into the eggs.
The sheet · 4 wedges · 25 min
easyWhy tonight. Salt zucchini first so it does not weep into the eggs.
What it needs
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- eggs
- zucchini
- onion
- parmesan
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: mint.
Method
- Salt the sliced zucchini and leave it fifteen minutes, then squeeze it. Zucchini is mostly water and that water ends up in your eggs.
- Cook it in oil with the onion until it takes some color.
- Eggs and parmesan beaten with plenty of salt, poured over a low heat, edges pulled in as they set.
- Under the broiler for two minutes and out while the middle still wobbles. It sets on the counter, and every dry frittata was cooked until it looked done.
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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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Published minimums for what is in this
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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.
- zucchini
- Water in a vegetable costume.
- onion
- The base under most of this library.
- parmesan
- Salt, fat and savory depth in a form that keeps for months.
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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