Kibbeh with Swiss Chard (Kibbeh Bil-Salq)

Ingredients

• Fresh green chard leaves
• Olive oil
• A pinch of red pepper
• Salt
• Half a kilogram of fine bulgur
• Three-quarters cup flour
• 3 dried onions
• Red pepper paste
• Juice of a lemon
• 3 garlic cloves
• This wonderful and delicious Kibbeh Bil-Salq recipe comes from a friend of the Sho Tabkhin Alyawm site:
• Rola Al-Hilu

Method

1. Wash the Swiss chard leaves well, put them in hot water and blanch them. After blanching, place the leaves in a colander to drain and chop them finely.
2. Sauté the chard in a little olive oil with a finely chopped onion. Add salt and a pinch of pepper and leave it over low heat for about 10 minutes.
3. Start preparing the dough: wash the fine bulgur and let it soak in water for about 5 minutes... grind the washed, soaked bulgur in a food processor until very fine; you can also knead it by hand until it is very smooth.
4. Add the finely chopped onion to the bulgur and grind it in the blender, then gradually add the flour with a little water. Add water as needed until you have a cohesive dough. Let the dough rest for a while and prepare the sauce in the meantime.
5. To prepare the sauce, mix the red pepper paste (dibs al-filfil) with garlic, lemon, and olive oil.
6. Shape the dough into balls, stuff each with a little chard, close them and form them like regular kibbeh using the same shaping method.
7. Place a deep pot on the stove with a little salted water and boil the stuffed chard kibbeh balls for a few minutes.
8. Lift them out of the water and drain them well. Arrange the kibbeh on a serving plate and pour the sauce you prepared over them.
9. This wonderful and delicious chard kibbeh recipe is from a friend of the Sho Tabkhin Today site:
10. Rola Helou
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