Chorizo, potato & cheese omelette

Name: Chorizo, potato & cheese omelette
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 small Potatoes; 1 teaspoon Olive Oil; 50g Chorizo; 3 Egg; Chopped Parsley; 25g Cheddar Cheese

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Pork recipe with Spanish flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 50 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Step-by-step instructions

Cook the potato in boiling water for 8-10 mins or until tender.
Drain and allow to steam-dry.
Heat oil in an omelette pan, add chorizo and cook for 2 mins.
Add the potato and cook for a further 5 mins until the potato starts to crisp.
Spoon pan contents out, wipe pan and cook a 2 or 3-egg omelette in the same pan.
When almost cooked, scatter with the chorizo and potato, parsley and cheese.
Fold the omelette in the pan and cook for 1 min more to melt the cheese.

Why this works on a weeknight

Chorizo, potato & cheese omelette genuinely fits a 30-minute weeknight window, which is why it earned a spot in our Skillet & One-Pan collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Chorizo, potato & cheese omelette actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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