Unconventional Kibbeh - Gluten Free!
Kibbeh is a Lebanese dish that is made with bulgur and ground meat (beef or lamb).
While Kibbeh means to form a ball, there are many ways to shape it; balls, patties or football shaped. Traditionally, these could also be stuffed. However, we’ve adapted a recipe which is not stuffed, and have also made this a totally gluten free preparation. I don’t know how the bulgur would taste, but I can guarantee you won’t miss the wheat if you try our version. It’s delicious.
Serve the patties with a yogurt sauce or stuff them into a pita like Falafel. If you don’t like Falafel, you’ll probably like this recipe. And if you love Falafel, and aren’t vegan, then you’ll love this too. Since we like to switch things up around here, you gotta try our twist on Falafels; our Falafel Waffle recipe.
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Hubs got a little heavy handed on the garlic, using up all our small cloves. We’ll definitely be keeping the vampires away for a few days :).
Hubs has burned his share of pine nuts, so I get the honour of cooking them just perfectly until nutty and brown.
This isn’t a time to multi-task; they can go from brown to burned in seconds!
To make this gluten free, our recipe uses kasha (or buckwheat) instead of bulgur. I’ve always thought it strange that something gluten free actually has ‘wheat’ in its name. Strange but true.
When you mix the grated onion and kasha, let it sit for at least 10 minutes so the onion juice absorbs and softens the grain.
While you’re waiting for that, mix the yoghurt sauce with the reserved garlic, tahini and parsley. We combine it in a measuring cup.
Once you combine the spices and finish prepping, add everything else on top of the onion/kasha.
Get right in there and mix with your hands.
We make 7- 8 at a time, then flatten into patties (or, if you prefer, you can line a baking sheet with parchment and form everything at once).
While Hubs watches the pan, I roll out the next batch.
Serve as an appetizer or main meal. Since I’m still in the process of losing weight (14 pounds so far), I don’t serve these with any type of bread.
While some pita or flatbread would be amazing, these are so delicious as-is just with the dipping sauce!
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Unconventional Kibbeh - Gluten Free!
Recipe details
- 18 Patties
- Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 15 Minutes Total time: 30 min
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Directions do not include adding the kasha onion mixture to other ingredients