Salads and appetizers
Fried Kibbeh Boats
Kibbeh boats are a very special way to serve the tastiest appetizers with any filling you like, using one dough: kibbeh dough! Try them and you’ll find they’re very practical and a real crowd-pleaser for special occasions.
Kibbeh boats... a new shape for kibbeh, served as an appetizer! Very suitable for the buffet at parties or special occasions
Ingredients
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- Dough
- Half a kilo finely ground brown bulgur (about 3 cups)
- Quarter kilo lean boneless meat pieces
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- A little kibbeh spice mix, optional
- Also from Fatima, here is the method for preparing lamb mandi
Method
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- Wash the bulgur well twice, then drain it... and leave it in a colander for half an hour to an hour so the grains can swell as they absorb moisture.
- Grind the bulgur in a grinder or meat grinder with the lean meat and onion, adding a very small amount of cold ice water if needed so the ingredients come together.
- Grind the mixture a second time until the dough becomes smooth.
- Add the salt and black pepper... and you can add a little kibbeh spice mix, if desired. Knead the dough by hand until ready.
- Shape the kibbeh dough into small, evenly sized balls.
- Dampen your hand with a little cold water, take one ball of dough, and make a wide hollow in the center so it becomes boat-shaped, with the sides as thin as possible... You can also shape them using cupcake molds.
- Arrange the boats on a wide tray and place them in the freezer for two hours before frying (so they do not fall apart while frying), or freeze them until needed.
- After two hours, fry the boats in plenty of hot oil without turning them, so they do not break apart.
- When the boats start to take on color, turn them until they are golden on all sides.
- Remove them from the oil, drain them, and let them cool to room temperature. Then fill them with appetizers of your choice, such as tabbouleh, salad, mutabbal eggplant, hummus mutabbal, and more
- Note: Kibbeh boats can also be baked in the oven.
Recipe tags
Salads and appetizersGulfVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- lamb mandi
