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A sizzling breakfast skillet with simit pieces, sucuk, melted cheese, and eggs.

One-Pan Turkish Simit Breakfast with Sucuk and Eggs

A delicious and practical breakfast skillet featuring sesame simit pieces, spicy Turkish sucuk, melted kashar cheese, and perfectly cooked eggs.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Turkish
Calories: 136
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large Turkish simit (or sesame bread), cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 large Eggs
  • ½ cup Kashar cheese (or mozzarella), shredded
  • 12 slices Sucuk (Turkish spicy sausage)
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • ½ tsp Red pepper flakes
  • ½ tsp Black pepper
  • 1 tsp Salt

Equipment

  • Large Non-Stick Skillet: Essential for toasting the simit and cooking the eggs without sticking.
  • Thin Spatula: For flipping the simit slices and serving the dish intact.
  • Tight-Fitting Lid: To help the tops of the eggs cook perfectly through steam.

Method
 

  1. Cut the simit or simit bread into small, even pieces.
  2. Place the simit pieces in a medium-sized non-stick skillet, arranging them in a circle or filling the pan.
    Placing the chopped simit pieces in a circular pattern in a non-stick skillet.
  3. Tuck the slices of kashar cheese in between the simit pieces. As they heat up, they will act as the "glue" for your skillet.
    Tucking slices of kashar cheese or mozzarella between the simit pieces in the pan.
  4. Clear a small space in the center of the pan and add the butter. Let it melt and sizzle.
    Melting a tablespoon of butter in the empty center of the simit breakfast skillet.
  5. Place the sucuk slices in the center with the butter. Sauté them for 1-2 minutes until they release their aromatic oils.
    Adding spicy Turkish sucuk (sausage) slices to the melted butter in the center.
  6. Crack the eggs directly over the sucuk or into the center of the pan.
    Sautéing the sucuk slices until they are cooked and have released their aromatic oils.
  7. Sprinkle salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes over the eggs and simit.
    Cracking fresh eggs directly over the cooked sucuk in the middle of the simit ring.
  8. Cover the pan with a lid for 1-2 minutes if you prefer your eggs well-done and the cheese fully melted.
  9. Serve the skillet hot, straight from the stove, with a side of fresh tomatoes and a cup of Turkish tea.
    The final presentation of the cheesy simit and egg breakfast skillet with melted cheese.

Video

Notes

Toast the simit pieces lightly in the pan before adding eggs — this keeps them slightly crisp on the outside while soaking up the egg flavor inside.