How to Make Homemade Spanish Omelette (Recipe Guide)

Our full recipe guide on how to make Spanish Omelette, also known as “tortilla española,” is a delicious dish made from eggs, potatoes, and onions that you will find everywhere in Spain.

Spanish Omelette is the most popular dish in Spain besides the paella and is less complicated to cook. Here’s a simple guide to making a classic Spanish omelette:

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How to Make Spanish Omelette

Spanish Omelette Recipe Ingredients

The are two ways of cooking a Spanish omelette with onion or without, both of them are delicious but I prefer with onion. A few people can add chorizo or other ingredients but I prefer just onion!

4-10 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 large onion, thinly sliced
6-10 large eggs
Olive oil for frying
Salt and pepper to taste

A regular pan for frying

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Step By Step How to Make Spanish Omelette

Step 1 – Prepare Ingredients

Peel and slice Potatoes and Onions: Peel the potatoes, cut them into thin slices, clean them with water, and the same with the onions.

Step 2 – Cook Potatoes and Onions

Heat the oil and cook the onions first in a small pan around 5 minutes should be enough and add in a bowl to mix with the potatoes when you finish.

In a large frying pan, add enough oil to cover the potatoes (you can always keep the oil drained in a pot after you finish to use again). The potatoes can take 20-25 minutes depending on how thin you peel them and how hot is the oil.

Once you finish frying both of them put them together in a bowl drained to season with salt and pepper. Make sure you drain properly if not it can be too oily!

Step 3 – Prepare Egg Mixture
Beat the eggs in a bowl and add a pinch of salt. Once you beat the eggs add to the bowl with the potatoes and onions. Stir, mix and make sure you add salt as much as you want to have it less or more saltier.

Step 4 – Cook the Omelette

Heat the pan with a few tablespoons of oil over medium heat and add the mixture from the bowl: egg, potatoes and onions to the pan spreading properly.

You will have to cook for around 7-10 minutes and the most difficult part is the flip. You can do it with a plate to do the turn carefully and add it back to the pan to cook the other side of the omelette.

Another 5 minutes more you will have to cook depending how brown you want to have it, I personally love it very brown.

Step 5 – Serve

Slide the Spanish omelette onto a plate and you can cut in 4 small portions or 8 portions. If you prefer cutting in small squares, depending on how many people are joining.

Tips For Making Spanish Omelette

When flipping the omelette, use a large plate over the pan, invert it so it falls onto the plate, then slide it back into the pan.
You can add additional ingredients like chorizo or bell peppers and remove the onion as we mentioned previously.

You usually partner Spanish omelette with bread, fried green peppers (my favorite way) or salad and you can add sauce like mayonnaise or ketchup too.