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Potato and Pepper Frittata

A skillet frittata with soft potatoes, peppers, and cheddar, finished under the broiler.

Potato and Pepper Frittata, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
37 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.32

Ingredients

  • 10 large eggs
  • 1 lb yukon gold potatoes
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 4 oz shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/3 cup whole milk
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 bunch green onions / scallions(optional)

Method

  1. Dice the potatoes small. Cook them in the olive oil in a 10-inch oven-safe skillet over medium heat, covered, for 10 minutes until tender.

  2. Add the diced onion and pepper and cook 6 minutes uncovered.

  3. Beat the eggs with the milk, salt, and pepper.

  4. Pour the eggs into the skillet and stir gently for 30 seconds, then let them set undisturbed over low heat for 6 minutes.

  5. Scatter the cheddar on top and run the skillet under the broiler 3 minutes until puffed and golden.

  6. Slide onto a board, scatter with scallions, and cut into wedges.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 9 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Australia$63.15$15.799 of 9 ingredients
New Zealand$70.60$17.659 of 9 ingredients
United Kingdom£31.72£7.938 of 9 ingredients
Greece33,79 €8,45 €8 of 9 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٠٣٩٫٢٥ ج.م.‏‏٢٥٩٫٨١ ج.م.‏8 of 9 ingredients
Canada$96.88$24.228 of 9 ingredients
Spain19,65 €4,91 €8 of 9 ingredients
United States$33.29$8.327 of 9 ingredients
Germany14,62 €3,66 €7 of 9 ingredients
Austria€ 31,46€ 7,877 of 9 ingredients
Mexico$861.58*$215.406 of 9 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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