Bacon and Basil Keto Omelet

Name: Bacon and Basil Keto Omelet (8 Minutes, 5 Ingredients)
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Keto
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 strips of bacon; 2 garlic cloves, minced; ½ cup fresh basil leaves; 3 eggs, beaten; Salt and pepper

8 Minutes, 5 Ingredients

Folded omelet with crispy bacon and wilted basil on a cream plate with a fork.

Crispy bacon, garlic and fresh basil folded into a golden three-egg omelet. One pan, eight minutes, enough for two.

2Serves
8 mintotal
5ingredients plus salt and pepper

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Why this works

Bacon and eggs is the most familiar keto breakfast there is. This version adds two things that make it taste like more effort than it is: a little garlic and a big handful of fresh basil, both cooked in the bacon pan for just thirty seconds.

The recipe

Bacon and Basil Keto Omelet

Serves 2 · 8 min · 5 ingredients plus salt and pepper

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Ingredients

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Method

01
Warm the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
02
Fry the bacon on both sides until crisp. Lift it out, crumble it and keep it to one side.
03
In the same pan, add the garlic and basil and stir for about 30 seconds, just until the basil wilts.
04
Pour in the beaten eggs and season with salt and pepper.
05
Cook for 3 minutes, flip and cook the other side for 3 minutes. Scatter the bacon over the top, fold and cut in half to serve two.

Nutrition per serving

343kcal

15gprotein

5gcarbs

30gfat

Figures are estimates.