Southwestern Frittata

By SpartyGreenMom

Emily’s Notes:

I adjusted just a few of the veggies a bit based on our family’s preferences, left out the onion and used onion powder, only added a half diced yellow pepper. Still, delicious.

Also, it did take a little longer for mine too cook. After I broiled it, and it had the nice, beautiful brown crust on the top, I realized that the middle was still a little jiggly, so I stuck it back in the oven at 300° for about 5 more minutes. It still came out perfect and delicious. No harm, no foul.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 medium tomato, diced
• 1/2 red sweet pepper, diced
• 1/2 orange or yellow sweet pepper, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped (or pressed)
• 1 cup cooked black beans (canned works too)
• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp oregano
• 8 eggs
• 1/4 cup cream or milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese

Preparation

Step 1

1. Warm a cast-iron pan, add butter. Toss in diced onion, garlic, and peppers.

2. Add ground beef, salt and spices.

3. Stir-fry the mixture until beef is browned and veggies are tender.

4. Distribute black beans in a layer on top of beef mixture.

5. Whisk eggs with cream in a bowl with . tsp salt, then pour egg mixture over top of beef and beans.

6. Sprinkle cheese over top.

7. Allow to cook for one minute on stove-top, then transfer to oven (only if you have a pan with an oven-safe handle!) at 300F for 5 minutes, then broil for 5. Watch carefully during broiling to make sure it doesn’t cook too quickly and burn, as oven temperatures can vary, and broiling happens quickly.

Note: If you don’t have an oven-safe pan, then use a glass pie pan and bake for 15 minutes, or until set. (After Step 3, transfer mixture to pie plate. Fry meat and veggies first as per Step 1 and 2).