Recipe: Perfect Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat

Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat. Delicious Stuffed Grape Leaves From Greece. Then pour on your pre arranged stuffed grape leaves. (If rice need more water you can add more). Put lemon juice also (if you wish to have a sour taste you can add mor).

My mom's stuffed grape leaves recipe aka "yaprak" in Turkish is super simple and incredibly flavorful. Rinse well in cold water to wash away any brine. Arrange the stuffed leaves side by side and on top of each other over the seared lamb chops. You can have Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat

1. You need leaves of grape.
2. You need 1 of step.
3. It's 1 cup of rice.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of tomato minced.
5. It's 1/2 cup of onion minced.
6. It's bunch of parsley.
7. It's 1 cup of ground beef/chicken (optional).
8. You need to taste of salt and pepper.
9. It's 1/2 cup of olive oil.
10. Prepare 3 of step.
11. You need 2 cups of water.
12. You need 1 of maggie cube.
13. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of chilli powder or more if desired.
14. You need 1 cup of lemon juice or more if desired.
15. It's 2 of step.
16. Prepare 1-2 of potatoes sliced.
17. It's 1 of tomatoe sliced.
18. You need of meat ribs (optional).

This will keep the grape leaves secure. Fill the pot with enough water to cover all the leaves and up to the plate. Oh well, because of these delicious Meat & Rice Stuffed Grape Leaves! Stuffed Grape Leaves are popular in several Mediterranean countries and in the Middle East.

Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat step by step

1. Wash rice and drain. Combined all ingredients in step 1..
2. Prepare the pot. Arrange slices tomatoes and potatoes on the pot. If wished to add spareribs for more taste, then it's the time. **but it will do without meat**.
3. Stuffing: Get 1 leaf and lay flat on a saucer or plate, scope rice mixture on the middle of the leaf and arrange..
4. Fold the side of the leaf. Then forld the upper part of the leaf then roll to make a log..
5. Arrange each log of stuffed leaf on top of potatoes and tomatoes on the pot. (I used potatoes only coz my daugther don' t like tomatoes.. but i did put in rice mixture 😂😂😂) Repeat until all rice mixture is consumed..
6. Step 3 Dissolve maggie cube with water. Then pour on your pre arranged stuffed grape leaves. (If rice need more water you can add more). Put lemon juice also (if you wish to have a sour taste you can add mor). Salt to taste. Pepper powder if u want it little hot or more. Cover. And let boil for 2 to 3 minutes on high fire. Continue cooking on low fire until rice is cooked.. but make sure it's low enough to not burn the bottom of the pot..

It has different names depending on the region. The Greek call it dolmathes and the Egyptian and the Lebanese call it Mahshi Wara' inab. But you can call it… stuffed grape leaves! Lebanese Stuffed Grape Leaves are my all-time favorite dish that I grew up eating and actually grew up helping my mom make! In Arabic, we call it "warak enab" which means leaves of grapes, and traditionally it's stuffed with rice and meat or rice and veggies.