Lebanese Fattoush Salad with Grilled Chicken Recipe

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The Home of Middle Eastern/Lebanese food recipes) invites you to try Lebanese Fattoush Salad with Grilled Chicken Recipe. Enjoy Lebanese cooking and learn how to make Lebanese Fattoush Salad with Grilled Chicken.

Fattoush is a popular salad in Lebanon made with mixed greens, a lemony vinaigrette and pita bread pieces. Toasting the pita adds crunch and a sprinkle of ground sumac—which grows wild all over Lebanon—adds depth. Let the salad sit for a bit to let the pita soak up the lemony dressing.

Recipe Nutrition
Per serving: 295 calories; 12 g fat (2 g saturated fat, 7 g mono unsaturated fat); 63 mg cholesterol; 21 g carbohydrates; 27 g protein; 5 g fiber; 473 mg sodium; 693 mg potassium Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (120% daily value), Vitamin C (60% dv), Folate (38% dv), Iron & Potassium (20% dv).

Ingredients

Salad
2 6-inch whole-wheat pitas, split
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 1/4 teaspoons ground sumac (see Note), divided
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 large head romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped
2 large tomatoes, diced
2 small salad cucumbers or 1 large cucumber, seeded and diced (peeled if desired)
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
1/3 cup thinly sliced fresh mint

Chicken
1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed
1 1/2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Directions

1. To prepare salad: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place pita halves rough-side up on a large baking sheet. Brush with 1 tablespoon oil and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sumac. Bake until golden and crisp, about 15 minutes. When cool, break into bite-size pieces.
2. Whisk lemon juice, salt, pepper and the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and 1/4 teaspoon sumac in a large bowl. Add lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, mint and the pita pieces; toss to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes.
3. To prepare chicken: Meanwhile, preheat grill to medium-high. Rub the chicken with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until no longer pink inside, 3 to 4 minutes per side. (Alternatively, broil chicken 4 to 6 inches from the heat source for about 6 minutes per side.) Slice the chicken thinly and serve on top of the salad.
4. Note: The tart berries of the sumac bush add another element to many Middle Eastern dishes. Find them whole or ground in Middle Eastern markets or online at kalustyans.com or lebaneseproducts.com.

Recipe source: Eatingwell

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Curried Couscous Salad with Dried Sweet Cranberries

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of Middle Eastern/Lebanese Food Recipes) invites you to try Curried Couscous Salad with Dried Sweet Cranberries recipe. Enjoy easy and delicious Middle Eastern recipes and learn how to make Curried Couscous Salad with Dried Sweet Cranberries.

Cook Time: 5 min  Level: Easy  Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 (5.8-ounce) box instant couscous
3/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 orange, juiced
2 to 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 to 4 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced on an angle
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
1/2 lemon, juiced
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
Freshly ground pepper

Directions

Stir the couscous, cranberries, curry powder, salt, and sugar together in a heatproof bowl. Bring water (amount will be listed on package directions) to a boil and pour it over the couscous. Add the orange juice. Give it a big stir, cover the bowl tightly and let it stand, giving it a big stir once or twice, until the water is absorbed and the couscous is tender, about 5 minutes.

Fluff up the couscous with a fork. Add the olive oil, scallions, parsley, lemon juice, and walnuts. Stir around until everything is distributed evenly throughout the couscous. Make up to 2 hours ahead of time and keep at room temperature until you're ready to serve. Check the seasonings just before you serve the salad and add salt and pepper, to taste.

Note: To toast the walnuts, spread them out on a baking sheet and bake in a 400 degree F oven until they turn a shade darker, about 8 minutes.

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Grilled Lamb Kofta Kebabs with Pistachios and Spicy Salad Wrap

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of Tasty Middle Eastern/Lebanese Food Recipes) invites you to try Grilled Lamb Kofta Kebabs with Pistachios and Spicy Salad Wrap recipe. Enjoy easy and delicious Middle Eastern cooking and learn how to make Grilled Lamb Kofta Kebabs with Pistachios and Spicy Salad Wrap.

Cook Time: 15 min  Level: Intermediate  Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 pound trimmed shoulder or neck fillet of lamb, chopped into 1-inch chunks
2 heaping tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
1 level tablespoon ground chili pepper
1 level tablespoon ground cumin
4 level tablespoons sumac, if you can find any, or 1 lemon, zest finely grated
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
A good handful shelled pistachio nuts
A few handfuls mixed salad leaves, such as romaine, endive and arugula, washed, spun dry and shredded
A small bunch fresh mint, leaves picked
1 red onion, peeled and very finely sliced
1 lemon
A bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked
Extra-virgin olive oil
4 large flatbreads or tortilla wraps
4 heaping tablespoons plain yogurt

Directions

Place the lamb in a food processor with most of the thyme, chili, cumin and sumac (reserving a little of each for sprinkling over later), a little salt and pepper and all the pistachios. Put the lid on and keep pulsing until the mixture looks like ground meat.

Divide the meat into 4 equal pieces and get yourself 4 skewers. With damp hands, push and shape the meat around and along each skewer. Press little indents in the meat with your fingers as you go - this will give it a better texture when cooked.

In a bowl, mix the salad leaves and mint. In another bowl, combine the sliced onion with a good pinch of salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice (the acidity will take the edge off and lightly pickle the raw onion). Scrunch this all together with your hands, then mix in the parsley leaves.

Grill the kebabs until nicely golden on all sides. Dress your salad leaves and mint with a splash of extra-virgin olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice and some salt and pepper. Meanwhile, warm the flatbreads for 30 seconds on the griddle pan or under the broiler, then divide between plates and top each with some dressed salad leaves and onion. When your kebabs are cooked, slip them off their skewers onto the flatbreads - you can leave them whole or break them up as I've done here. Sprinkle with the rest of the sumac, cumin, chili and fresh thyme, and a little salt and pepper. Now either toss the salads, grilled meat and juices together on top of the flatbreads and drizzle with some of the yogurt before rolling up and serving; or let your friends toss theirs together at the table, then dress and roll up their own, drizzled with some extra-virgin olive oil.

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