Rice and grains
ChefLoubna Fawaz
Fried Kibbeh (Levantine Meat Kibbeh)
A classic Levantine favorite—crispy, meat-filled kibbeh with an approachable home-style method.
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Fried Kibbeh: a wonderful home-style recipe that’s tried and tested!
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Ingredients
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- 4 cups fine bulgur
- Warm water as needed
- 500 grams red meat
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of marjoram
- 2 dry onions or as desired
- Half a cup fine semolina
- A pinch of black pepper
- To prepare the kibbeh filling
- 500 grams minced red meat
- Chopped dry onion
- Salt to taste
- Mixed spices to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Toasted pine nuts
- Remove the meat filling from the heat, add the toasted or fried pine nuts, then set the filling aside to cool.
- Form a small portion of the kibbeh dough into a ball of medium size. Hollow out the ball and put a little filling inside, close it and reshape it into the traditional kibbeh shape, continuing to work the kibbeh until you obtain thin walls,
Method
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- Soak the bulgur in warm water for 4 hours, then place it in a fine sieve and set it aside.Timers: 240 min
- Blend the bulgur and lean red meat in the food processor with the remaining kibbeh ingredients, salt and spices until you obtain a smooth, cohesive, dough-like mixture.
- Start preparing the filling. Fry the minced meat with vegetable oil and finely chopped onion.
- Add salt, spices and a tablespoon of pomegranate molasses if desired, and stir well until the meat is cooked.
- Remove the meat filling from the heat, add the toasted or fried pine nuts, then set the filling aside to cool.
- Form a small portion of the kibbeh dough into a ball of medium size. Hollow out the ball and put a little filling inside, close it and reshape it into the traditional kibbeh shape, continuing to work the kibbeh until you obtain thin walls with the filling in the middle.
- Fry the stuffed kibbeh in plenty of hot oil.
Recipe tags
Rice and grainsLevantDairy freeEgg freeHigh proteinFriedRoastedDessertEidLambLegumes
