Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, stuffed grape leaves. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Stuffed grape leaves is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Stuffed grape leaves is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
'Stuffed Grape Leaves' is one of the most popular Turkish dishes. It is one of those dishes that always requested by everyone. It is not made that often because it takes time to stuff and roll the leaves.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed grape leaves using 23 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed grape leaves:
- Take 2 lb ground beef
- Take 4 clove garlic chopped
- Take 1 small tomato seeded and chopped
- Make ready 1 small can of tomato paste
- Get 1 tsp black pepper
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup vegetable juice
- Take 3 cup basmati rice
- Get 1/2 onion, chopped
- Take 1/2 tsp ground mint
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- Take 1 tbsp oil
- Make ready 6 mini peppers
- Prepare 1 jar of grape leafs
- Get 2 onions
- Make ready 1 cup vegetable juice
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp hot sauce …you can double if you like more spicey
- Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Prepare 3 cup warm water
- Make ready 1 pork chops or you can use chicken if you dont eat pork… or both if you want
Dolmades are grape leaves that are stuffed with various ingredients. I had never eaten grape leaves before and the idea of stuffing them with a tasty filling sounded really good. Stuffed Grape Leaves (Greek Dolmades) are often served as part of a meze (appetizer) plate. Too often they come from a can and are not fresh.
Steps to make Stuffed grape leaves:
- Add 1tbs in large bowl add beef garlic tomato paste tomato 1 tsp salt n pepper 1/2 cup vegetable juice rice 1/2 onion mint 1/2 tbs lemon juice n parsley n mix together n set aside
- Take the 2 onions and cut off each end and slice half way through then take your peppers and cut tops off them n clean out insides..once down rince onions in warm water and peel them apart and place in bowl
- Take out your grape leaves and rince them under water then place in bowl… Set up a space you can work in
- In a deep dish add the 1 tbs oil then add your pork chops and sprinkle lightly with pepper and salt
- Remove the stem off the leaf and On a flat surface place your grape leaf flat down take some meat mixture and place across middle then fold the bottoms up over it fold in each side then roll up the rest
- Once it is rolled place over pork chops and repeat till u have all the meat covered
- Stuff the onions and peppers placing on top of the grape leaves
- Then roll out more leaves with the meat and place over top
- In a large measuring cup… Mine holds 4 cups… Add 1 cup of vegetable juice them 3 cups of water 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tbs hot sauce 1/4 tsp pepper 2 tbs lemon juice n mix together
- Pour over top of the grape leaves and place a small plate on top to make sure the leaves dont open then cover with a lid and turn stove to high and let it boil then reduce heat to medium for 20 minutes then lower heat to medium low for about 40 minutes
- Once it done allow to cool down and then remove carefully to a plate or storage container…. Enjoy
This favorite stuffed grape leaf has dill, mint, ground beef, and rice. Dolmathakia me Kima: Stuffed Grape Leaves With Meat and Rice. Rolling grape leaves takes some practice, but once you get the hang of it, these easy vegetarian Dolmadakia , the Greek word for stuffed grape leaves, is one of the most iconic recipes of Greek. Simmering the stuffed grape leaves in the lemon really balances out the potential heaviness of the meat and rice. The herbs and lemon really make these dolmades great!
So that is going to wrap it up with this exceptional food stuffed grape leaves recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am sure that you can make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
