If you were to ask me what the most ubiquitous dish in Spain is, I’d say certainly the tortilla de patata. As far as I know, every Spanish person knows how to make it, even those who don’t cook. I imagine that when you’re born in Spain, the recipe comes in the Spaniard Handbook along with how to speak at an unnecessarily elevated volume and how to annoy the hell out of your neighbours until they move because they can’t stand you anymore. I’ve never made a tortilla de patatas, I usually leave it up to my husband on the nights that I force ask him to cook, so this is my very first Spanish omelet.
A few weeks ago I attended a vegan meetup where I met probably the most food-obsessed people I have ever met in my life (even more than me), and where the topic of conversation turned several times to the best way to make a vegan Spanish omelet. The consensus seemed to be chickpea flour, so after I got home I checked out a couple of recipes online. The recipes I found were simple, which is how a traditional Spanish omelet should be – with just a few basic ingredients, but also pretty boring. I mean, you can put virtually anything into a Spanish omelet so why not get a little creative? Or could it be that the Spanish don’t like their tortilla de patata to be messed with? Come to think of it, I once tried to convince my husband to make a tortilla with sweet potatoes but he definitely wasn’t having it. So I decided to make my vegan Spanish omelet just a little bit different from the rest but still familiar enough that no one would be sticking their nose up at it. Result: Vegan Spanish Omelet with Roasted Garlic, Caramelized Onions and Rosemary. Ta-Da!
If you've ever been to Spain, surely you've seen the Spanish omelete. Now it's vegan! As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Vegan Spanish Omelet with Caramelized Onion, Roasted Garlic and Rosemary
Ingredients
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4
Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 267Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 559mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 5gSugar: 5gProtein: 9g
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Edelweiss says
Thank you for this recipe ! I miss my time in Spain and I love chickpea so I decided to do your recipe tonight ! I'll let you know 🙂
M says
Hi! Great recipe 🙂 I wonder if using black salt would give it more of the "egg" taste in the end. I love to use it in my tofu scramble!
Melissa says
Yes, I think it would give it a more egg-y taste. I haven't managed to find black salt in my city yet, but if you try it, let me know how it is.
Dayna says
Oohh my gosh, I made this today for the first time and was a hit. My son loved it! Thank you.
Melissa says
Great! I'm happy you enjoyed it, thanks!
Melissa says
So what's the proper way for North Americans to live in Spain? And does that include Mexicans? Thanks for visiting!
Marina says
why would that include Mexicans, it is a different country
Melissa says
Folks, I can't make this stuff up!
Val says
It seems appropriate for someone to call you out on your very negative blanket statement about Spaniards. It's unfortunate that you apparently had a bad experience with your neighbors but to say all citizens of a country are loud and annoying is absurd. Would that be okay if someone said it about Americans after a bad experience? about you?
Melissa says
I'm not American, you fuckwit. Not everyone that speaks English is American, genius. Get your head out of your ass, America isn't the centre of the world.
Melissa says
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p.s. Your blog is amazeballs!
hank riley says
I like this recipe but you just made hashbrowns. not an omelet. In cuisine, an omelet is a dish made from beaten eggs quickly fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). so you used potatoes. you can call it a potato bake, a skillet, or hashbrowns. but please stop calling something it is not.
Melissa says
From Wikipedia: "Spanish omelette is the English name for a traditional dish from Spanish cuisine called tortilla española or tortilla de patatas. It is an omelette made with eggs and potatoes, sometimes also with onion and/or chives or garlic; fried in oil and often served cold as an appetizer. It is part of the cuisine of Spain and many South American countries, especially in the zone of Rio de la Plata". Google it.
Gillian says
GIRL! You do you! I was so stoked that I found your recipe!
I lived in Spain for 6 months and absolutely LOVED their cuisine and culture, especially the late night tortillas :')
I am currently living with my vegan sister, so I've been slowly accumulating her food preferences. I became so sad when I realized I wouldn't be able to make my tortillas!!! :O But, low and behold, a vegan tortilla!!!! My life is complete 🙂
Thank you so much, and cannot wait to try this out tonight!
Love from a 'North American'
Melissa says
Thanks so much, hope you like the recipe!
Sandra says
It is obvious he doesn’t know much about vegan cuisine.
Jayme Graha says
I just came across your recipe via facebook and all I can say is THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I only discovered the Spanish omelette a few years ago (before turning vegan) and fell in love with it. This is one dish I really missed being vegan - I cannot wait to make this!
Kris says
I don't understand people who look for vegan tortilla and then mention eggs. Of course a real tortilla is made off eggs but hey guess what ? Rhis is a vegan version and it can be easily called tortilla. Sometimes people amaze me with their inappropriate comments. Anyway lets get back to the recipe. Thank you Melissa. It is delicious and it will be my new perfect "vegan tortilla" meal . I love it and you made my day. You rock! Thanks ❤
Beth V says
I am always amazed how rude people can be no matter where they hail from!! You handle this very well. I happen to think your recipe looks great! I am going to try it out for dinner tonight. Thanks for taking the time to create and post.
Pongodhall says
I don't care if you call it Fred.
It's a great recipe for good food, so thank you
Linda McKenzie says
45 grams of potato? I'm assuming this is a typo and that you intended 450 grams?
Melissa says
OOPSIE!!!
Tine says
This got great reviews for flavor at Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie watch party, but I think your pan must be much smaller than my 10 inch cast iron! My "tortilla" was all of 1/2 of an inch thick, lol.
Sandra says
This recipe is amazing, I had tried many different recipes of tortilla española, but this is the best one Thank you so much
Kasia says
Hi! How many servings does this recipe make?
Melissa says
It will give you about 4 servings.
Sarah says
Wow, this was soooo good, only thing I changed was to add kale, lil more salt. I gotta say I was worried as I’ve never used chick pea flour that perhaps that it all you would taste. But no, this was spot on. Served with a tad bit of vegan mayo and smoked chipotle oil on side. Thank you!!!!!
Monique says
This was such a great recipe, it turned out delicious. It was pretty easy too, thank you!
Nicole Bacha says
This recipe is delicious! Ignore all the constipated trolls. Thank you for this cruelty free Vegan Spanish Omelete. love xo
Becca says
I'll first say that the finished product turned out OK, but the act of making it was a bit disastrous. It's my first time working with chickpea flour so I was quite clueless about that. I ended up having to add more than 50% water to the chickpea mix to get it to a consistency that wasn't like sand. And the cooking process did not go well at all. I had to stick mine in the oven for 20 min or so. That being said, although mine didn't look anything like the picture, the taste was OK. I'd have loved a video to go along with this recipe. Thanks for an interesting experiment in vegan cooking though! 🙂
Tan says
IT WAS SCRUMPITOUS