Tortang Giniling, or Ground Meat Omelette, is one of my favorite Filipino dishes. We usually have this for breakfast. And of course, paired with rice.
I decided to make some again a few days ago after seeing omelette ideas on the web. Thing is, when I made this back in my hometown before, I didn’t add peas and carrots. But since I had leftover peas and carrots in the fridge, I decided to add them and I couldn’t be any happier; it turned out delicious!
I also thought that using an egg ring would make this omelette have the perfect round shape. I just bought me an egg ring so I’m going to use it next time I make these omelettes. But regardless of the shape, it would still be good. It’ll just look cuter or prettier, I think, if they’re more rounded. 🙂
Here’s how I did these omelettes if you want to give them a try, too. You can also use ground beef in lieu of ground pork if you want, or perhaps mix them both.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb. ground pork
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 3 tsps. olive oil
- 1 medium-sized onion, chopped
- 2 tsps. garlic, minced
- 8 pcs. cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1/2 cup frozen peas & carrots
- 1-1/4 tsps. salt
- 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
Instructions:
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in skillet in medium heat.
- Add onion, garlic and tomatoes. Saute until onion is translucent.
- Add the ground pork and cook for 10 minutes or until pork is brown.
- Add frozen peas and carrots, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper and stir. Then transfer the mixture to a bowl and let it cool.
- When the ground pork mixture is already cool, add in the eggs and mix.
- Heat a non-stick skillet and add 1 tbsp. olive oil.
- Scoop 1/3 of the mixture and pour into the pan, and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until egg is cooked. Do the same step until the mixture is all consumed.
- Serve with rice.
- Enjoy!
I love the colors that the peas and carrots made.
Have you tried preparing Tortang Giniling or Ground Meat Omelette before?
Happy Foodie Friday, friends!
This sounds like a delicious omelette. My husband would enjoy this for breakfast
I used to add different vegetables on this recipe, carrots and peas do taste great too!
My sons’ favorite breakfast! They live this with garlic fried rice or with yang chow rice.
I’ve never heard of this before. It looks really good though. I will have to give it a try. I’m always looking for something different to eat for breakfast.
Yum this looks so delicious! Going to make this weekend.
This is such a good dish! One of my favorites! My mom used to cook this for lunch and I swear it’s so good!
That sounds like an interesting dish full of flavour. I ‘ve not tried ground pork in an omelette before.
This looks amazing and pretty clean eating, even possibly low carb! I can imagine so many little sauces that would taste fabulous on them too!
This is a new idea for me! My family will appreciate this omelette for dinner!
Ground meat omelette looks delicious perfect breakfast.
Looks a yummy dish for my family, I use ground pork and potato only, called ( tortang patatas )
I have never heard of this dish. It sounds interesting and it would be fun to give this a try.
This looks so good and super easy to prepare! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
You’re welcome! 😋
These omelettes look delicious. I love having breakfast for dinner. It’s something quick and easy to make. Yet, it is packed with protein to keep you full all night long.