Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, stuffed grape leaves. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
These Lebanese Stuffed Grape Leaves (Warak Enab) are made with a spiced ground beef and rice mixture - a delicious Mediterranean dish commonly served as an appetizer! 'Stuffed Grape Leaves' is one of the most popular Turkish dishes. It is one of those dishes that always requested by everyone. It is not made that often because it takes time to stuff and roll the leaves.
Stuffed grape leaves is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Stuffed grape leaves is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed grape leaves using 23 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed grape leaves:
- Prepare 2 lb ground beef
- Prepare 4 clove garlic chopped
- Get 1 small tomato seeded and chopped
- Prepare 1 small can of tomato paste
- Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup vegetable juice
- Take 3 cup basmati rice
- Take 1/2 onion, chopped
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground mint
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- Get 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- Take 1 tbsp oil
- Get 6 mini peppers
- Prepare 1 jar of grape leafs
- Get 2 onions
- Take 1 cup vegetable juice
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp hot sauce …you can double if you like more spicey
- Make ready 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Take 3 cup warm water
- Prepare 1 pork chops or you can use chicken if you dont eat pork… or both if you want
Are stuffed grape leaves bad for you? Grape leaves are both low in calories and high in fiber. They also have high amounts of vitamin A and vitamin K. They have a very high antioxidant content.
Steps to make Stuffed grape leaves:
- Add 1tbs in large bowl add beef garlic tomato paste tomato 1 tsp salt n pepper 1/2 cup vegetable juice rice 1/2 onion mint 1/2 tbs lemon juice n parsley n mix together n set aside
- Take the 2 onions and cut off each end and slice half way through then take your peppers and cut tops off them n clean out insides..once down rince onions in warm water and peel them apart and place in bowl
- Take out your grape leaves and rince them under water then place in bowl… Set up a space you can work in
- In a deep dish add the 1 tbs oil then add your pork chops and sprinkle lightly with pepper and salt
- Remove the stem off the leaf and On a flat surface place your grape leaf flat down take some meat mixture and place across middle then fold the bottoms up over it fold in each side then roll up the rest
- Once it is rolled place over pork chops and repeat till u have all the meat covered
- Stuff the onions and peppers placing on top of the grape leaves
- Then roll out more leaves with the meat and place over top
- In a large measuring cup… Mine holds 4 cups… Add 1 cup of vegetable juice them 3 cups of water 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tbs hot sauce 1/4 tsp pepper 2 tbs lemon juice n mix together
- Pour over top of the grape leaves and place a small plate on top to make sure the leaves dont open then cover with a lid and turn stove to high and let it boil then reduce heat to medium for 20 minutes then lower heat to medium low for about 40 minutes
- Once it done allow to cool down and then remove carefully to a plate or storage container…. Enjoy
A wide variety of grape stuffed leaves options are available to you, such as preservation process, processing type, and packaging. "These are grape leaves, stuffed with a tantalizing mixture of rice, fresh dill, mint and lemon. 'Yum' is the only one word to describe these. These can either be a main dish or an appetizer. Simmering the stuffed grape leaves in the lemon really balances out the potential heaviness of the meat and rice. The herbs and lemon really make these dolmades great! This favorite stuffed grape leaf has dill, mint, ground beef, and rice.
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