How To Make Kibbee Lebanese Style
Kibbee, as the name stands for, is a ball-shaped traditional Lebanese croquettes made with spiced ground lamb, bulgur, and onions baked to crisp perfection.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupbulgur
- ½cuphot water
- ½tspmint,dried
- ¼tspground allspice
- ¼tspground black pepper
- ⅛tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspsalt
- 1onion,minced
- 2tbspfresh parsley,chopped
- 1lbground lamb
- 2tbsppine nuts
Instructions
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Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
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Soak bulgur in hot water for about 10 minutes until the bulgur expands and cools. Place the bulgur, mint, allspice, pepper, cinnamon, salt, onion, parsley, and lamb in a food processor. Process for about 1 minute until well mixed.
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Divide the lamb mixture and layer half in the baking dish, creating a large patty. Sprinkle pine nuts over the meat, then layer the remaining lamb on top, patting firmly. Cut the kibbee into 1½-inch squares.
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Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 to 35 minutes, or until the lamb is no longer pink in the middle. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 160 degrees F.
Nutrition
- Calories: 422.19kcal
- Fat: 29.73g
- Saturated Fat: 11.82g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.72g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.64g
- Carbohydrates: 17.13g
- Fiber: 3.06g
- Sugar: 1.57g
- Protein: 21.94g
- Cholesterol: 82.78mg
- Sodium: 219.01mg
- Calcium: 38.44mg
- Potassium: 409.45mg
- Iron: 2.66mg
- Vitamin A: 8.61µg
- Vitamin C: 4.95mg
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