49 recipes

Lebanese recipes

Home recipes for the dishes Lebanon cooks every day, from hummus and tabbouleh to stews, pies and sweets, with tips on the Lebanese ingredients that make them taste right.

Lebanese recipes
49 recipes
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How to Cook Lebanese Chickpea Stew (Yakhnet Hummus)

50 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Baba Ghanoush (Smoky Lebanese Eggplant Dip)

45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Batata Harra (Lebanese Spicy Potatoes)

55 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Bulgur Pilaf (Lebanese Burghul bi Banadoura)

40 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Crispy Cheese Rolls (Rakakat)

45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Falafel with Chickpeas and Fava Beans

50 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Fattet Hummus (Lebanese Chickpea Fatteh)

45 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Foul, Balila and Msabbaha (Beans and Chickpeas)

30 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Grilled Halloumi, the Lebanese Way

11 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Homemade Lebanese Kanafa (Knefeh bi Jibneh)

1 h · Serves 8

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How to Make Hummus with Ground Beef (Hummus bi Lahmeh)

30 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Kafta and Potato Stew (Kafta bil Saniyeh)

1 h 30 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Kibbeh in Yogurt Sauce (Kibbeh Labanieh)

1 h 40 min · Serves 5

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How to Make Kibbeh Nayyeh (Lebanese Raw Kibbeh)

30 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Kibbeh: Fried Spiced Meatballs with Pine Nuts

1 h 30 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Kibbeht Batata (Lebanese Potato Kibbeh)

1 h 45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Kishik Manoushe (Lebanese Kishk Manakish)

50 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Kousa Mahshi (Lebanese Stuffed Zucchini)

1 h 45 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Lahm bi Ajin (Lebanese Meat Pizza at Home)

2 h · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Baklava with Pistachios and Ater Syrup

1 h 30 min · Serves 35

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How to Make Lebanese Chicken Fatteh (Fattet Djej)

1 h 5 min · Serves 5

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How to Make Lebanese Cucumber Yogurt Sauce (Khiyar bi Laban)

10 min · Serves 5

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How to Make Lebanese Fattoush Salad with Sumac Dressing

30 min · Serves 5

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How to Make Lebanese Freekeh Soup with Chicken (Shorbet Freekeh)

1 h 45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Garlic Sauce (Toum) That Never Splits

20 min · Serves 24

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How to Make Lebanese Green Bean Stew (Loubieh bi Zeit)

1 h 5 min · Serves 5

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How to Make Lebanese Lentil Soup (Shorbet Adas)

45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Molokhia (Mloukhieh with Chicken)

2 h · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Moussaka (Maghmour with Chickpeas)

1 h 20 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Okra Stew (Bamia bi Lahme)

2 h 10 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Potato and Beef Stew (Yakhnet Batata)

2 h 10 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Rice Pudding (Riz bi Haleeb)

55 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Rice with Vermicelli (Riz bi Sh'arieh)

45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Spinach Stew (Yakhnet Sbanekh)

55 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Lebanese Stuffed Grape Leaves (Warak Enab)

2 h 45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Lebanese Za'atar Mix at Home

15 min · Serves 12

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How to Make Maamoul (Lebanese Date Stuffed Cookies)

1 h 35 min · Serves 35

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How to Make Meghli (Lebanese Spiced Rice Pudding)

50 min · Serves 8

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How to Make Muhammara (Roasted Red Pepper and Walnut Dip)

45 min · Serves 6

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How to Make Mujadara (Lebanese Lentils and Rice with Onions)

1 h 5 min · Serves 5

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How to Make Namoura: Lebanese Semolina Cake with Syrup

1 h · Serves 24

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How to Make Sambousek (Lebanese Meat Pies with Pine Nuts)

1 h 25 min · Serves 30

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How to Make Sayadieh (Lebanese Fish and Caramelized Onion Rice)

1 h 20 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Sesame Tahini Cookies (Ka'ak bi Tahini)

29 min · Serves 20

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How to Make Sfouf (Lebanese Turmeric Semolina Cake)

1 h 5 min · Serves 12

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How to Make Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers)

32 min · Serves 4

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How to Make Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Lebanese Malfouf Mahshi)

2 h · Serves 6

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How to Make Zaatar Manakeesh (Lebanese Za'atar Flatbread)

1 h 50 min · Serves 8

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Mediterranean Ground Beef and Rice (Lebanese Hashweh)

45 min · Serves 5

Questions, answered.

What are the most popular Lebanese dishes?
Hummus, tabbouleh, fattoush, kibbeh, shish tawook, manakish with za’atar, stuffed vine leaves and knafeh are among the dishes most people know. Home cooking also leans on stews served with rice, such as bamia (okra) and fasolia (green beans).
Where can I buy Lebanese ingredients?
Each recipe links to Lebanese producers in the Made in Liban directory for ingredients like olive oil, za’atar, tahini, pomegranate molasses and cheese, so you can buy from the makers directly.

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