Tabouli is a chopped parsley salad made with lemon juice, onions, Italian parsley, tomatoes, softened bulgar wheat, olive oil, and salt.
Kousa mahshi is a Lebanese stuffed zucchini that simmers in a rich and fragrant tomato broth.
Labneh is a strained yogurt similar in consistency between cream cheese and Greek yogurt.
Stuffed grape leaves are slow-simmered in a lemony broth with lamb chops. The minced meat and rice stuffing is spiced with Lebanese seven spices.
Mujadara is a super simple lentil recipe made with brown or green lentils, rice, olive oil, and caramelized onions.
Stuffed kibbeh is a minced meat and bulgar wheat layered with spiced meat and pine nut stuffing.
Fattoush is a bright chopped salad made with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, radishes, cucumbers, parsley, fresh mint, pomegranate, olive oil, lemon juice, sumac, and pita chips.
Chicken shish tawook is the famous Lebanese chicken kabob skewers that are marinated and grilled to perfection.
Toum Lebanese garlic sauce is the famous garlic sauce slathered on chicken shawarma and chicken tawook.
Baba ganoush is flame roasted eggplant dip made with charred eggplant, tahini, crushed garlic, lemon juice, salt, and olive oil.
Shish barak are meat-filled dumplings simmered in a yogurt mint sauce.
Sheikh el mahshi is spiced meat stuffed into roasted eggplants and then baked in a rich tomato sauce.
Sfouf is a turmeric and semolina cake that's the perfect side for Arabic coffee or cardamom tea.
Grilled kafta skewers are minced meat kabobs made with aromatic herbs, onion, crushed garlic, and spices.
Namoura is a semolina cake that's baked until golden brown then drizzled with orange blossom sugar syrup.
Fried kibbeh balls are fried kibbeh morsels stuffed with pine nuts and minced meat.
Kibbeh nayyeh is a delicacy made with raw minced meat, softened bulgar wheat, spices, and onion.
Eggplant fatteh, or fattet betinjan, is made with fried eggplant, toasted pita chips, chickpeas, pine nuts, and a garlicky yogurt sauce.
Lahm bi ajeen are delicious minced meat pies made with homemade dough and a tomato spiced ground meat mixture.
Za'atar manakish are flatbreads topped with a mixture of za'atar spice and olive oil. These are a popular breakfast all over Lebanon.
This is the best pita chips made with thin Lebanese pita bread that's deep-fried until crispy and golden. These pita chips are perfect for hummus, baba ganoush, labneh, and olive tapenade.
Rice pudding, or riz bi haleeb, is a thick stovetop rice pudding made with orange blossom water and rose water.