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Kibbeh (, also kubba and other spellings; ; ) is a popular dish in the Arab world and the Levant in particular, made of spiced lean ground meat and bulgur wheat. Kibbeh is considered to be a national dish of Lebanon and Syria.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Kibbeh
- Food.image
- Kibbeh3.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 230px
- Food.caption
- Fried kibbeh raas (nabulsi kibbeh)
- Food.country
- Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Armenia, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Turkey
- Food.region
- Levant, Mesopotamia, Caucasus, East Mediterranean
- Food.course
- Meze
- Food.served
- Hot (or raw as kibbeh nayyeh)
- Food.main_ingredient
- Finely ground meat, cracked wheat (bulgur), and Levantine spices
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Variations
- Levant
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Iraq
- Turkey
- Egypt
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- Culture
- See also
- References
Kibbeh (, also kubba and other spellings; ; ) is a popular dish in the Arab world and the Levant in particular, made of spiced lean ground meat and bulgur wheat. Kibbeh is considered to be a national dish of Lebanon and Syria.
In Levantine cuisine, kibbeh is made by pounding bulgur wheat together with meat into a fine paste and forming it into ovoid shapes, with toasted pine nuts and spices. It may also be layered and cooked on a tray, deep-fried, grilled, or served raw. The Syrian city of Aleppo can lay claim to at least 17 types of kibbeh. In Mesopotamian cuisine, versions with rice or farina are found.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kibbeh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.