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Rice pilaf with nuts in a yellow dish held by two hands

Mixed Nut Rice Pilaf, Lebanese Hushweh

By Maureen Abood On October 16, 2019 · 31 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Winter, Your Favorites
This Mixed Nut Rice Pilaf is a version of the classic Lebanese dish, hushweh, and our weekly go-to. The “fried” or toasted nuts are a salty, incredibly flavorful topping to the rice, which is packed with savory beef and chicken. Everyone loves this dish for its deliciousness and ease, a winner. It’s true that I [...]
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Apricot chicken in a roasting pan with roasted apricots

Apricot Chicken Recipe

By Maureen Abood On August 22, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Summer
This fabulous Apricot Chicken Recipe uses fresh apricots. The roasting method results in juicy roasted skinless, boneless chicken. I was rushing to make a dinner that both my mom and my nephew would like to eat. The chicken breasts seemed harmless enough, and I’ve been schooling myself this summer on how not to dry out [...]
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Garlicky Sumac Shrimp skewers on a blue plate

Garlicky Sumac Shrimp Grill

By Maureen Abood On June 7, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Your Favorites
Garlicky Sumac Shrimp Grill is ON for summer dinners alfresco. Everything about this gluten-free recipe is quick: a fast 30-minute marinade, and just 6 minutes on the grill will get you an incredibly delicious, healthy, party-worthy dish. “Nothing says a party like shrimp!” That’s my brother Tom’s line, circa a good many years ago, in [...]
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Grilled Chicken Shawarma Skewers with red onion on a sheet pan

Grilled Chicken Shawarma

By Maureen Abood On May 23, 2019 · 33 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Techniques, Your Favorites
Grilled chicken shawarma is the perfect recipe for summer cookouts: easy, healthy, and incredibly flavorful. You’ll put this one on repeat performance all season long. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. It’s a kind of grilling rut I’ve noticed in recent summers. Granted, this is a “rut” of delicious dinners, but [...]
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Koosa squash cooked in yogurt

Koosa in Yogurt Sauce

By Maureen Abood On March 9, 2019 · 8 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Soups, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Koosa in yogurt sauce is light green squash cored and filled, then poached in a rich, savory sauce of yogurt and mint. Kibbeh is also wonderful made this same way; find that recipe here. Get the finest koosa corer made here, at MaureenAboodMarket.com. Watch my video on koosa-making here. When I think about my kitchen [...]
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Roasted Chicken Fattoush

Roasted Chicken Fattoush

By Maureen Abood On February 28, 2019 · Add Comment · In Breads, Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Your Favorites
Roasted Chicken Fattoush with croutons roasted along with the chicken makes for a decadent/healthy combo! My take on the dish that put Zuni Cafe on the map. Get the ingredients that will make your fattoush divine at MaureenAboodMarket.com. Roasted chicken fattoush may not be the first thought any of us has when we think “Fat [...]
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Kibbeh sahnieh in a round pan, cut in diamonds

Kibbeh Sahnieh in a Round Pan

By Maureen Abood On May 31, 2018 · 16 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Techniques
Learn here how to cut a round kibbeh sahnieh into diamonds! To make this classic Lebanese kibbeh sahnieh, use a large pan, 14-16 inches, and layer the kibbeh with a lemony meat and onion filling. Bake and broil until deep golden brown, and you’re golden too! While I’ve been diving in whenever possible lately to [...]
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Pomegranate glazed leg of lamb

Pomegranate Glazed Leg of Lamb

By Maureen Abood On March 13, 2018 · 9 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Christmas, Easter, Gluten-Free, Summer, Techniques
Pomegranate glazed leg of lamb gets its tremendous flavor from a short marinade, then a glaze of sweet-tart pomegranate molasses toward the end of roasting. This lamb recipe is absolutely made for special occasions like Easter. The pomegranate glaze lends a glisten to the lamb, worthy of carving at the table for all to see. [...]
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Lebanese Kibbeh in Yogurt Sauce, Maureen Abood.com

Kibbeh in Yogurt Sauce, Kibbeh bi Laban

By Maureen Abood On January 11, 2018 · 19 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Kibbeh with yogurt sauce is such a luscious way to prepare Lebanese kibbeh. The little kibbeh balls, or arras kibbeh, are poached in laban or yogurt which is seasoned with lots of dried mint. Topping the kibbeh with yogurt sauce with garlicky olive oil infused with fresh parsley and mint is sophisticated, beautiful, and delicious. [...]
Read More »
Kibbeh bites on a platter with tahini sauce, Maureen Abood

Fried Kibbeh Bites with Tahini Dipping Sauce

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2017 · 10 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Fried kibbeh bites are so delicious that we make them not just with leftover kibbeh, but with kibbeh made just for this purpose. Perfect with a cocktail.  There always seems to be a question around here about how much to make. Of anything. It doesn’t matter what the dish in question is. We’re in constant: [...]
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Rice pilaf with nuts in a yellow dish held by two hands

Mixed Nut Rice Pilaf, Lebanese Hushweh

By Maureen Abood On October 16, 2019 · 31 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Winter, Your Favorites
This Mixed Nut Rice Pilaf is a version of the classic Lebanese dish, hushweh, and our weekly go-to. The “fried” or toasted nuts are a salty, incredibly flavorful topping to the rice, which is packed with savory beef and chicken. Everyone loves this dish for its deliciousness and ease, a winner. It’s true that I [...]
Read More »
Apricot chicken in a roasting pan with roasted apricots

Apricot Chicken Recipe

By Maureen Abood On August 22, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Summer
This fabulous Apricot Chicken Recipe uses fresh apricots. The roasting method results in juicy roasted skinless, boneless chicken. I was rushing to make a dinner that both my mom and my nephew would like to eat. The chicken breasts seemed harmless enough, and I’ve been schooling myself this summer on how not to dry out [...]
Read More »
Garlicky Sumac Shrimp skewers on a blue plate

Garlicky Sumac Shrimp Grill

By Maureen Abood On June 7, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Your Favorites
Garlicky Sumac Shrimp Grill is ON for summer dinners alfresco. Everything about this gluten-free recipe is quick: a fast 30-minute marinade, and just 6 minutes on the grill will get you an incredibly delicious, healthy, party-worthy dish. “Nothing says a party like shrimp!” That’s my brother Tom’s line, circa a good many years ago, in [...]
Read More »
Grilled Chicken Shawarma Skewers with red onion on a sheet pan

Grilled Chicken Shawarma

By Maureen Abood On May 23, 2019 · 33 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Preserves and Pickles, Summer, Techniques, Your Favorites
Grilled chicken shawarma is the perfect recipe for summer cookouts: easy, healthy, and incredibly flavorful. You’ll put this one on repeat performance all season long. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. Steak. Shish Kebab. BBQ Chicken. It’s a kind of grilling rut I’ve noticed in recent summers. Granted, this is a “rut” of delicious dinners, but [...]
Read More »
Koosa squash cooked in yogurt

Koosa in Yogurt Sauce

By Maureen Abood On March 9, 2019 · 8 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Soups, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Koosa in yogurt sauce is light green squash cored and filled, then poached in a rich, savory sauce of yogurt and mint. Kibbeh is also wonderful made this same way; find that recipe here. Get the finest koosa corer made here, at MaureenAboodMarket.com. Watch my video on koosa-making here. When I think about my kitchen [...]
Read More »
Roasted Chicken Fattoush

Roasted Chicken Fattoush

By Maureen Abood On February 28, 2019 · Add Comment · In Breads, Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Your Favorites
Roasted Chicken Fattoush with croutons roasted along with the chicken makes for a decadent/healthy combo! My take on the dish that put Zuni Cafe on the map. Get the ingredients that will make your fattoush divine at MaureenAboodMarket.com. Roasted chicken fattoush may not be the first thought any of us has when we think “Fat [...]
Read More »
Kibbeh sahnieh in a round pan, cut in diamonds

Kibbeh Sahnieh in a Round Pan

By Maureen Abood On May 31, 2018 · 16 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Techniques
Learn here how to cut a round kibbeh sahnieh into diamonds! To make this classic Lebanese kibbeh sahnieh, use a large pan, 14-16 inches, and layer the kibbeh with a lemony meat and onion filling. Bake and broil until deep golden brown, and you’re golden too! While I’ve been diving in whenever possible lately to [...]
Read More »
Pomegranate glazed leg of lamb

Pomegranate Glazed Leg of Lamb

By Maureen Abood On March 13, 2018 · 9 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Christmas, Easter, Gluten-Free, Summer, Techniques
Pomegranate glazed leg of lamb gets its tremendous flavor from a short marinade, then a glaze of sweet-tart pomegranate molasses toward the end of roasting. This lamb recipe is absolutely made for special occasions like Easter. The pomegranate glaze lends a glisten to the lamb, worthy of carving at the table for all to see. [...]
Read More »
Lebanese Kibbeh in Yogurt Sauce, Maureen Abood.com

Kibbeh in Yogurt Sauce, Kibbeh bi Laban

By Maureen Abood On January 11, 2018 · 19 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
Kibbeh with yogurt sauce is such a luscious way to prepare Lebanese kibbeh. The little kibbeh balls, or arras kibbeh, are poached in laban or yogurt which is seasoned with lots of dried mint. Topping the kibbeh with yogurt sauce with garlicky olive oil infused with fresh parsley and mint is sophisticated, beautiful, and delicious. [...]
Read More »
Kibbeh bites on a platter with tahini sauce, Maureen Abood

Fried Kibbeh Bites with Tahini Dipping Sauce

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2017 · 10 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban, Your Favorites
Fried kibbeh bites are so delicious that we make them not just with leftover kibbeh, but with kibbeh made just for this purpose. Perfect with a cocktail.  There always seems to be a question around here about how much to make. Of anything. It doesn’t matter what the dish in question is. We’re in constant: [...]
Read More »
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