A Vegan Omelette made with just 2 ingredients. Chickpea flour and aquafaba. It's really puffy, light and fluffy, a bit like a souffle omelette, and so delicious. Budget-friendly too!
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Hello. I'm happy to report that you can make a simple and budget-friendly Vegan Omelette with just 2 ingredients!
This naturally gluten-free aquafaba omelette is made souffle style so is thick, with a fluffy and light texture. Whip it up and stuff full of fillings of choice for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
In this post - Everything you need to make a perfect vegan omelette:
Ingredients
To make this Vegan Omelette recipe you will need chickpea flour and aquafaba. That's it, apart from a little seasoning and the oil you need to fry the omelette in.
Chef's Tip - For eggy flavor add an optional sprinkle of kala namak (Himalayan black salt) over the omelette after flipping, just as its finished setting (not before).
Filling Ideas
Fill your vegan omelette with whatever goodies you like. Some ideas include:
- fresh or sautéed veggies like onions, tomato, mushrooms and asparagus
- green leafy vegetables like arugula and baby spinach
- avocado
- vegan cheese or cream cheese
- pesto
- cashew cheese sauce
- fresh herbs like parsley, cilantro and basil ( I have a year round supply thanks to my Click & Grow!).
- diced or thinly sliced vegan deli meats (you can use my vegan beef, roast, ham or chicken for this)
If the fillings need to be cooked this must be done ahead of time. You can keep them warm on very low while you cook your omelette.
How To Make A Vegan Omelette
For your fluffy vegan chickpea flour omelette, first you need to whip up the aquafaba with an electric mixer. Then it's as simple as folding in the chickpea flour very gently, then cooking in a good non-stick frying pan. Be sure it's cooked through well because raw chickpea flour isn't the best.
Necessary equipment - For this recipe you need an electric mixer, either hand held or a stand mixer. Beating aquafaba by hand doesn't work as well. You will also need a really good non-stick pan with gently angled sides. It must be perfectly non-stick.
Serving Suggestions
Serve your vegan omelette with:
- a crisp green salad or steamed veggies
- vegan sausages
- golden breakfast potatoes or hash browns
- vegan scrambled eggs or tofu scramble
- grilled tomatoes
- baked beans
- hot sauce, salsa or ketchup
- toast spread with vegan butter
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Recipe FAQs
Aquafaba is the liquid from canned chickpeas. Just pour the chicpeas out of the can into a sieve and catch what runs out!
You can but there is some prep work involved. Once your chickpeas are cooked drain the liquid. Then you want to put that liquid back into the pan and reduce it by about half. And then you need to refrigerate it overnight. Do that and you'll end up with the thick, gloppy, aquafaba that is like the canned stuff.
The pan. Using a really great nonstick pan is important to prevent sticking. One so good that when you cook something like a pancake, it will slide around in the pan very freely.
Fat. it is also really important to use oil. It’s a misconception that using a nonstick pan means you don’t need to add fat. With something like an omelette oil is really important.
Heat. A pan that is too hot will cause your omelette to stick.
Recipe
Vegan Omelette
Author:Ingredients
- ½ cup (46 grams) chickpea flour , also known as garbanzo flour or besan
- 1 generous pinch freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup (120 mls) aquafaba , liquid from canned chickpeas
- oil for frying
OPTIONAL
- kala namak , for eggy flavour
INSTRUCTIONS
- Add the pepper to the chickpea flour, mix together, then set aside.
- In a scrupulously clean bowl, with an electric mixer, whisk the aquafaba until stiffish peaks form. It won't be as stiff as you need for meringue, just white, fluffy and airy and it should form gentle mounds.
- Put a large and very good non stick shallow frying pan or omelette/crepe pan over a medium heat and brush with oil.
- Gently and gradually sieve about ¼ of the chickpea flour into the aquafaba and fold in with a metal spoon (don't use wood or plastic) until just combined. Don't mix or beat it in.
- Repeat until all flour is incorporated. the aquafaba will lose some of its volume but should still stay quite fluffy if you're very gentle.
- Gently help the batter into the frying pan to conserve as much air as possible, so it's about ½ an inch thick, and level the top gently with a spatula.
- Turn to medium low heat and leave well alone until it starts to solidify a bit and the top isn't wet anymore.
- Now you can either turn your omelette over very carefully and continue cooking for another 3 - 4 minutes or put it under the broiler on low keeping a close eye on it until it's cooked through. Make surre it is cooked through thoroughly because raw chickpea flour does not taste good. It's now you should add kala namak for eggy flavour. Sprinkle a tiny bit over the top once you've flipped it. Only a tiny bit though because aquafaba is already salted. Don't do this before it's almost set as all of your fluffiness could collapse.
- Once it's cooked, gently slide out of the pan. Cover one side with fillings of choice then flip the other half over the top. If you're using vegan cheese, you can sprinkle it on then pop it under the broiler to melt. Otherwise make sure fillings are pre-cooked.
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NUTRITION
Wayne says
Hello,
I made this recipe, but tweaked it.
I had made aquafaba from navy beans last week and this morning I made flour from a cup of navy beans.
I also added in 2 tsps of baking powder, 3 TBSP's of sunflower seed oil, and 228g/1cup of homemade split pea milk.
The batter was rather thick and dry, so I decided to waffle-ise the recipe.
It worked out a treat. However, the waffles were a bit bland. An easy fix in future.
In future iterations, I'll tweak it for better flavour.