Slow Cooker Shakshuka + VIDEO (2024)

Slow cooker shakshuka is simple yet flavorful Middle Eastern dish made with tomatoes, eggs, and spices. You can also make this easy recipe in your Instant Pot.

Updated 2019 with Instant Pot instructions

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Here is yet another recipe that you normally don’t associate with the slow cooker or electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot) but trust me it works.While the main ingredient in this recipe are eggs, shakshuka can be eaten any time of the day.

What is Shakshuka?

Shakshuka is a Middle Eastern dish of eggs poached in a tomato sauce. I tried it during my first trip to Israel back in 2012. It’s a common dish there and I understand why. Is SO easy, healthy and tasty. There are tons of different versions of shakshuka out there; heck I recently saw a recipe for curry lentil shakshuka (it looked delicious). That’s one of the things I love about shakshuka – you can tailor it to your own liking. This is my version. I kept it fairly simple with common vegetables and spices.

How Do You Eat Shakshuka?

Normally shakshuka is served with some sort of bread. Since this slow cooker/pressure cooker version is low-carb, paleo & whole30, it’s not intended to be eaten that way. Some ideas on ways to eat this include straight out of the slow cooker or pressure cooker (my favorite way), with zoodles, or with a side of diced potatoes or sweet potatoes (not low-carb). When I’m not following a particular diet, I do eat this with bread. Pita bread to be exact.

Cooking The Eggs

Traditionally shakshuka is served with runny eggs. But I’m a firm believer you should eat how you like not how tradition goes. Cook the eggs to your liking. How do you like your eggs? A little runny? Leave them in 5 minutes. Hard-boiled? Cook them a little longer. Every slow cooker and pressure heats differently so it might have to make this a time or two to get it right for you. It’s very easy to overcook eggs in the slow cooker so if you leave it in too long, you will definitely get an egg with a hard-cook yolk.I used a6-quart slow cooker and I was able to fit 4 eggs in comfortably but I could have crowded in a couple more.

Other egg recipes you might enjoy:

Eggs in Portobello Mushrooms

Don’t be surprised if the sauce has your kitchen smelling amazing while it cooks. You might want to eat some of the sauce right away. Go ahead, there’s plenty of sauce!

I used a6-quart slow cookeror Instant Potfor this recipe.

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