Chakcuouka (a Tunisian Cooked Tomato And Pepper Salad)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 medium red bell peppers
• olive oil flavored cooking spray, as needed
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1/2 medium yellow onion, sliced (1 cup)
• 2 medium garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 ripe medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 4 pita breads

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler.
• 2 line a baking tray with aluminum foil and place red bell peppers on tray.
• 3 spray peppers with olive oil spray.
• 4 broil 5 minutes per side.
• 5 heat oil in a medium-sized nonstick frying pan on medium-high heat.
• 6 add onion and garlic and saute 5 minutes.
• 7 remove peppers from broiler, and core, seed, and slice them.
• 8 add peppers and tomatoes to frying pan.
• 9 simmer 15 minutes.
• 10 if mixture is watery, cook a few minutes more.
• 11 sprinkle with sugar and toss well.
• 12 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 13 place pita in broiler, which should still be warm from cooking peppers, for 2 minutes before serving.
• 14 spoon warm salad into a serving bowl or on individual plates with couscous salad and serve with warm pita bread.