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Fried Halloumi Cheese
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Breakfast and brunch

Fried Halloumi Cheese

Pan-fried halloumi in butter or olive oil — one of the tastiest things to serve for breakfast or dinner with a cup of tea. Serve with fresh mint — irresistible.

Total time50 min
Prep15 min
Cook35 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Breakfast and brunchInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

Recipe story

Fried halloumi — you have probably tried it before. Very delicious for breakfast, especially with tomato

Ingredients

  • Half a kilogram (500 g) halloumi
  • 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
  • Tomato — optional
  • The fried halloumi recipe is from a friend and cook on the Shou Tabkhin Al-Youm site:
  • Fatima Zahwi Ghamloush
  • Click Fatima’s name to visit her page on our site and see her wonderful recipes
  • For more delicious breakfast recipes, see Honeycomb with Cheese

Method

  1. Cut the halloumi into medium slices.
  2. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat.
  3. Add the cheese slices and fry until golden on both sides.
  4. Serve the halloumi with any kind of bread or toast — delicious with fresh mint.
  5. Fatima Zahwi Ghamloush
  6. For more delicious breakfast recipes, try the honeycomb pastry with cheese

Notes and serving ideas

  • Honeycomb with Cheese
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Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

If you see a recipe written as poetry, it’s surely Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch—known as Umm Badr—who posted it. Between mawawil and rhymed prose, her rice dishes arrive effortlessly and win the admiration of everyone in our group.

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