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Maria's Baked Bulghur

A hearty and wholesome oven-bake of bulghur and beef, in a tomato and onion base.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Greek
Keyword: beef, bulghur
Ingredients
  • 2 beef ribs, approximately 1kg
  • 1 medium brown onion, diced
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, EVOO
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 500 ml water
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cracked black pepper
  • Dried chillies, to taste
  • 230 g coarse burghul
Instructions
Preparing the baked bulghur

  1. In a medium baking dish, add the beef, onions and the EVOO

  2. Sear and brown the fat on the beef ribs

  3. Add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, salt, pepper and chillies

  4. Cover the baking dish with a lid or foil and bake in the oven for 1 hour at 180°C fan-forced

  5. After 1 hour remove the lid and pop back in the oven for 15-20 minutes

  6. Add the bulghur and immerse it in the saucy stock

  7. Return the baking dish to the oven and bake for a further 20 minutes

Serving the baked bulghur

  1. Serve with thick Greek yoghurt and a glass of red wine!

    Kali Orexi!

Recipe Video

Key Points

• You can replace the beef ribs with lamb shoulder pieces or chicken marylands