
Grape Leaves
A Lebanese meze of beef, chicken and vine leaves, simmered on the stove.
5 hr 30 min · Serves 10 · Medium
Ingredients
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 240 min · Cook 90 min · 330 min total
- medium
- 1
Grape leaves:. Wash and de-stem grape leaves. Add filling to dull side. Roll. Filling:. Wash rice.
- 2
Remove seeds of tomatoes, dice them, and add to rice. Add one and a half of the onions, diced.
- 3
Slice half an onion into rings for later. Add dill. Add ground beef. Add salt and pepper. Add lemon juice.
- 4
Add half of the tomato sauce. Cooking:. Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil into casserole.
- 5
Add a layer of onion rings. Add a layer of sliced green bell pepper. Add the three chicken breasts.
- 6
Drizzle some tomato sauce. Add some garlic cloves with the skin still on. Add a layer of rolled grape leaves.
- 7
Drizzle more tomato sauce. Add a layer of sliced green bell pepper. Add more garlic. Add salt and lemon.
- 8
Repeat layers. Put a dinner plate upside down on the top of the pot. Cover with lid and cook on high until boiling.
- 9
Reduce heat to medium and cook for at least an hour until rice is cooked.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.



