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Omelet with Lox

Smoked Salmon Omelet

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Servings

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 small red onion thinly sliced
  • 5 large eggs beaten
  • 4 tablespoon cream cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoon chopped chives
  • 1 tablespoon capers optional
  • 3 ounce thinly sliced smoked salmon
  • Matzah or everything bagel optional

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook 4 to 6 minutes or until tender.
  • Whisk together eggs, cream cheese, salt and pepper.
  • Add eggs to the pan and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until just set in the center, tilting the skillet and lifting the edges of omelet with a spatula to let uncooked portion run out to edges.
  • Sprinkle with chives and capers and lay salmon over half of the omelet. Using a spatula, fold the omelet half, without the salmon, over the half with salmon to enclose it, and slide the omelet onto a plate.
  • Cut in half crosswise and serve with matzah and cream cheese or an open faced bagel with cream cheese.