Tabbouleh, a vibrant and refreshing Middle Eastern salad, is a symphony of flavors and textures that has captivated taste buds for centuries. Originating in the Levant region, this traditional dish is a staple of Lebanese, Syrian, and Jordanian cuisine, and its popularity has spread far beyond its borders. Made with bulgur wheat, parsley, tomatoes, mint, and a tangy dressing of lemon juice and olive oil, tabbouleh embodies the essence of healthy and flavorful Mediterranean cooking.
This versatile salad can be enjoyed as a standalone dish, a side, or as part of a mezze platter. Its distinct combination of herbs and grains makes it a perfect accompaniment to grilled meats, roasted vegetables, or served alongside hummus and pita bread. With its vibrant colors and enticing aroma, tabbouleh adds a touch of culinary magic to any occasion.
This article features three variations of tabbouleh, each offering a unique twist on the classic recipe. The first recipe presents the traditional tabbouleh, staying true to its Levantine roots with a balanced blend of bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, and mint. The second recipe introduces a delightful quinoa tabbouleh, a gluten-free alternative that retains the freshness and flavors of the original. Finally, the third recipe presents a vibrant beet tabbouleh, where the addition of roasted beets adds a pop of color and a subtly sweet earthy flavor to the salad.
Whether you're a seasoned culinary enthusiast or just starting your exploration of Middle Eastern cuisine, these tabbouleh recipes will guide you in creating a dish that is both delicious and visually stunning. So, gather your ingredients, sharpen your knives, and embark on a culinary journey to the heart of the Mediterranean with these enticing tabbouleh variations.
TABOULI
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, pour the water over the cracked wheat and cover, let stand about 20 minutes until wheat is tender and water is absorbed. Add the chopped herbs and vegetables and toss with the mix. Combine the oil, lemon juice, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to wheat mixture and mix well. Chill. Serve and enjoy.
ISRAELI COUSCOUS TABOULI
Provided by Melissa d'Arabian : Food Network
Time 28m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a medium-size saucepan of salted water to a boil over medium heat. Add the couscous and cook until al dente, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain the couscous and set aside to cool. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice and zest with the olive oil to make a vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- In a large serving bowl, mix together the couscous, parsley, cilantro, mint, tomatoes, and scallions. Toss with the vinaigrette and season to taste. Allow it to sit for at least a half hour so the flavors can marry.
WORLD'S BEST TABBOULI / TABOULI / TABBOULEH / TABOULEH SALAD
This was one of the most popular dishes at Nancy Mehagian's vegetarian restaurant on the island of Ibiza and she shared it in her book "Siren's Feast: An Edible Odyssey". There are two secret (and essential) ingredients in this recipe - fine bulgur (which has the added benefit of cooking quickly) and tamari soy sauce. This really is the best tabbouleh you will ever make! Dish should be chilled before serving.
Provided by blucoat
Categories Grains
Time 20m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place bulgur in a large mixing bowl. Cover with boiling water and let stand 5 to 10 minutes, then fluff grains with a wooden spoon.
- Add onions, parsley, mint, and tomatoes and mix well.
- Finally, add the rest of the ingredients one at a time. Mix thoroughly. Chill in the refrigerator and toss once again before serving.
LEBANESE-STYLE TABOULI
Steps:
- Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat. Remove from the heat, stir in the bulgur, cover, and let stand 20 minutes.
- Scrape the bulgur into a mixing bowl, and stir in the salt, cinnamon, lemon juice, olive oil, tomatoes, onions, parsley, and mint. Stir, then refrigerate uncovered 1 hour until cold.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.4 calories, Carbohydrate 14.4 g, Fat 14 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 888.8 mg, Sugar 4.5 g
CILANTRO-JALAPENO HUMMUS AND TABOULI (A LA PITA JUNGLE)
I'm addicted to this dish at a local pita chain and had to re-create it at home. The flavor combinations are out of this world; every bit is sheer heaven, I'm not even kidding! My taste buds have never experienced such excitement. This is a vegetarian recipe that will please non-vegetarians (my husband and I are both meat eaters). Pita Jungle uses bulgur in their tabouli (which is traditional) but I use quinoa in mine, to boost the protein a little, and I can't tell the difference in flavor. Prep time includes the recommended 24-hour "marinate" time for the tabouli. The hummus recipe is a variation of my Recipe #436722.
Provided by Robyns Cookin
Categories Low Cholesterol
Time P1DT1h15m
Yield 5 , 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Tabouli:.
- Place quinoa in a fine-mesh wire strainer.
- Rinse several times, rubbing the grains together to remove the bitter outer layer.
- Place water and quinoa in a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer and cover.
- Cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until all water has been absorbed.
- Let cool.
- Once the quinoa has cooled completely, mix together with the rest of the ingredients.
- Refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight.
- Hummus:.
- Add all ingredients, except for the reserved garbanzo bean juice, to the work bowl of your food processor.
- Process until well blended.
- While the processor is still running, slowly add reserved garbanzo bean juice through the feed chute until desired consistency is reached.
- To Serve:.
- Spread the hummus evenly onto 5 dinner plates.
- Split the tabouli into 5 servings as well, and plop into the center of each plate on top of the hummus.
- Serve with pitas and sliced cucumbers.
LEMON TABOULI WITH TENDER ROMAINE
Provided by Paula Wolfert
Categories Leafy Green Side Low/No Sugar Lemon Mint Healthy Parsley Bulgur Lettuce Sugar Conscious Vegan Vegetarian Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Serves 6: Makes 4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Place the bulgur in a fine sieve, rinse under cold running water, squeeze dry, and soak in the lemon juice for 45 minutes. Use a fork to fluff the bulgur.
- 2. In a bowl, combine the tomatoes, scallions, cinnamon, and a few pinches of salt and pepper. Drizzle on the olive oil and toss. Fold in the bulgur,parsley, and mint and mix well. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally.
- 3. Taste and correct the flavors with lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Serve with crisp inner leaves of romaine lettuce for scooping up the salad.
BROWN RICE TABOULI
Tabouli is a great side or light snack on a hot summer day. My version is for those that DON'T like bulgar or are gluten sensitive. I also have additions to make this a "one dish wonder" for a complete meal and/or more veggies to satisfy the pallet of vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. This recipe can also be made with bulgar or barley...it is the best the next day. I even took it to my church picnic and got rave reviews.
Provided by dlspoison
Categories Brown Rice
Time P1DT3m
Yield 1 salad, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Bring the water to a boil and add the rice, cook to desired doneness or as per package directions. Add the juices and oil, stir thoroughly with a FORK! This will fluff the rice and distribute the liquids evenly to prevent sticking. Cool completely.
- As the rice is cooling, prepare the other ingredients. Add these once the rice is COMPLETELY cool.
- For best results let stand overnight.
- Optional add ins (for each 1/2 c of add in, add one serving to the total no. of servings shown): 1 cup diced FRESH mozzarella, 1/4 cup chopped green pepper, 1/4 cup chopped red pepper, 1/4 cup chopped yellow pepper, 1 sm can of white chicken breast.
QUINOA AND VEGETABLE TABOULI SALAD
As I venture more into vegan eating, I'm starting to use more quinoa and love the uniqueness of it! Here is a pretty and delicious salad, I hope you enjoy it. Adapted from The Vegan Chef.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Grains
Time 35m
Yield 7 cups
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, bring the water and tea bag to a boil. Add the quinoa, cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain off any of the remaining water from the quinoa and discard the tea bag. Transfer the cooked quinoa to a bowl and set aside to cool.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, Italian herb blend, salt, garlic powder, lemon pepper, and black pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the cooled quinoa and toss gently to combine.
- Add the remaining ingredients and toss gently to combine. Taste and adjust seasonings, as needed.
- Cover and chill for 30-60 minutes to allow the flavors to blend.
- Enjoy!
CHICKEN TABOULI (TABBOULEH)
You will love this! It's the perfect recipe for a luncheon. Also a good make-ahead recipe for the week. Since I like keeping the seeds in the tomatoes and cukes, I just make the salad without them, then dice them fresh and mix them in each time I serve it. You may want to seed them if you throw it all together at once. I got this from a friend, but I think it came from cooking light or southern living. Serve with bread/butter.
Provided by Natalia 3
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In heat-proof bowl, pour the boiling water over the bulgur wheat. Add the lemon juice, 1/4 c olive oil, and 1 1/2 tsp salt. Stir, cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow bulgur to stand at room temp for an hour.
- Place chicken on a baking sheet and rub it with olive oil. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Roast for about 35-40 minutes, until just cooked. Set aside until cool enough to handle.
- Remove chicken meat and medium dice. Add to the tabbouleh. Add scallions, mint, parsley, cucumber, tomatoes, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper. Serve immediately or cover to refrigerate.
MAPLE AND CHILE ROASTED SQUASH WITH QUINOA TABOULI
Butternut squash gets brushed with maple-chili oil before roasting and being topped with lemon-tahini dressing and herby quinoa.
Provided by Donna Hay
Categories HarperCollins Winter Fall Butternut Squash Squash Quinoa Vegetarian Vegan Dinner Soy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Dairy Free Sesame
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F).
- Scoop the seeds from the squash and discard. Place squash, cut side up, onto a baking tray. Using the tip of a sharp knife, make some shallow slashes into the squash flesh. Combine the oil, maple, chile, salt and pepper and brush over the squash. Cover with aluminium foil and roast for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and roast for a further 40 minutes or until the squash is golden and soft.
- To make the quinoa tabouli, in a large bowl combine the quinoa, mint, and arugula.
- To make the lemon tahini dressing, in a small bowl, place the tahini, lemon juice, water, garlic and salt. Mix to combine.
- To serve, place the squash onto a serving platter and top with the tabouli. Drizzle with the lemon tahini dressing and sprinkle over almonds.
LEBANESE STYLE TABOULI
My family thinks that Emily's Lebanese Deli in Minneapolis has the best tabouli. I found this recipe on a blog by MoiFrey (http://diningchezmoi.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-favorite-tabouli-tabouli-is.html) She worked on it for years and claimed to be like Emily's - it's a winner! I use my own method of draining and fluffing the bulgar and the results seem to be just fine. (See blog for original method.)
Provided by Linky
Categories Grains
Time 3h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Prepare the bulgur by soaking it for 2-3 hours in cold water.
- When it reaches the "al dente" stage, drain it thoroughly in a fine-mesh strainer. While preparing the other ingredients, let the damp wheat sit for another hour, stirring and tossing it from time to time, to fluff it and dry it.
- Add the lemon juice, garlic, oil, mint and seasonings and mix thoroughly.
- Add the chopped parsley and onions and toss everything together.
- Just before serving, add the chopped tomatoes. Correct the seasonings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 60.2, Fat 3.6, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 446.1, Carbohydrate 6.7, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 1.1, Protein 1.4
LEMON TABOULI WITH TENDER ROMAINE
This tabouli is excellent with or without the romaine lettuce. To make this a meal, you could add some chopped grilled chicken. From Epicurious.com, September 2003. Paula Wolfert: "A few years ago, when I was in southeastern Turkey working on my book Mediterranean Grains and Greens, I noticed that the women didn't soak their bulgur in water for some summer preparations. When I asked a Turkish friend about this, she let out a laugh. "In Turkey, no man would marry a woman who just used water! For cold bulgur dishes we always soak in tomato juice, onion juice, or fresh pressed and strained sour grape juice to flavor the bulgur first.""
Provided by swissms
Categories Low Protein
Time 2h
Yield 4 cups, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place the bulgur in a fine sieve, rinse under cold running water, squeeze dry, and soak in the lemon juice for 45 minutes. Use a fork to fluff the bulgur.
- In a bowl, combine the tomatoes, scallions, cinnamon, and a few pinches of salt and pepper. Drizzle on the olive oil and toss. Fold in the bulgur, parsley, and mint and mix well. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally.
- Taste and correct the flavors with lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Serve with crisp inner leaves of romaine lettuce for scooping up the salad.
LEMON TABOULI
Steps:
- In a large bowl, pour boiling water over bulgur. Stir in olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, mint, and parsley. Set aside for 30 minutes.
- Fluff bulgur with a fork, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 168.5 calories, Carbohydrate 27.8 g, Fat 5.6 g, Fiber 6.6 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.8 g, Sodium 10.8 mg, Sugar 0.5 g
AUTHENTIC LEBANESE TABOULI
Steps:
- Prepare the chopped parsley and mint and set aside. In a large bowl, mix Bulgur, chopped tomatoes, chopped onions/scallions with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add to them the parsley and mint and olive oil and mix, adjusting seasoning by adding more oil and lemon if desired. Serve cold garnished with romaine lettuce.
CILANTRO QUINOA TABOULI
Categories Salad Side Wheat/Gluten-Free
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Maybe a little less olive oil. I used 1/3 C last time, and that was too much. Combine everything but the cheese. Let salad cool before adding cheese.
TABOULI SALAD
Make and share this Tabouli Salad recipe from Food.com.
Provided by carrie sheridan
Categories Grains
Time 2h20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Soak bulghur in water for 2 hours.
- Add the minced garlic, chopped onion, chopped parsley, chopped mint leaves and mix well.
- Add the Italian dressing [or make your own dressing of 1 part vinegar to 3-4 parts olive oil or safflower oil].
- Gently fold in the chopped tomatoes.
- Refrigerate to chill [you can put this in the freezer for 30 minutes if you want to chill it fast!].
Nutrition Facts : Calories 237.6, Fat 5, SaturatedFat 0.8, Sodium 256.5, Carbohydrate 44.8, Fiber 10.4, Sugar 3.2, Protein 7.1
MEXICAN TABOULI RECIPE
Provided by kendall4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In medium bowl combine all ingredients. Chill atleast 1 hour before serving. Serve with tortilla chips.
TABOULI (SUMMER MINT SALAD) FOR 50
Make and share this Tabouli (Summer Mint Salad) for 50 recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Shirl J 831
Categories Summer
Time 1h10m
Yield 50 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Put bulgur into a large bowl and cover with boiling water.
- Let stand 30 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, if the bulgur seems dry, add a little more boiling water.
- After 30 minutes, if it has extra water, drain it.
- While bulgur soaks, prepare parsley, mint, etc.
- After bulgur cools, add parsley, mint, onions and tomatoes.
- Stir to mix well.
- Cover and chill until serving time.
- Makes 50 servings.
- In a small bowl, whisk lemon juice, Canola Oil, salt and pepper.
- Pour over salad and toss.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 61.2, Fat 2.2, SaturatedFat 0.2, Sodium 80.2, Carbohydrate 9.9, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 1, Protein 1.8
LEBANESE STYLE TABOULI
Steps:
- mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, garnish it with a lemon wedge, Crispy romaine lettuce leaves taste excellent with this salad
BEET AND QUINOA TABOULI
Categories Side
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Make the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, combine the sea salt and pepper with the lemon juice and oil, and whisk to emulsify. Stir in the herbs. Dress the salad with this vinaigrette and adjust the seasoning to your taste. Add more dressing if you like and serve with the pine nuts. Make the tabouli: Toast the pine nuts in a frying pan over medium heat for 2 minutes, or until lightly colored and fragrant; remove from the heat and set aside to cool. Rinse the quinoa under cold water and drain it in a colander. Add it to a pot and cover with the water or broth and a pinch of sea salt. Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat, cover, and simmer for 12 to 14 minutes, or until all of the water or broth is absorbed. Remove from the heat and keep covered for 5 more minutes. Transfer the quinoa to a bowl and fluff it with a fork; let cool. Add the beet and toss gently. The quinoa will take on a nice pink color. Add the tomatoes, onion, and cheese.
Tips:
- Use fresh, ripe tomatoes for the best flavor.
- Choose a bulgur that is coarse or medium-grain, as it will hold its shape better in the salad.
- Be sure to soak the bulgur in hot water for at least 30 minutes before using, or until it is tender and has doubled in size.
- Chop the parsley, mint, and scallions finely, as this will help to distribute their flavor throughout the salad.
- Use a light touch when mixing the salad, as over-mixing can make the bulgur mushy.
- Season the salad with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Serve the tabbouleh immediately, or chill it for later.
Conclusion:
Tabbouleh is a refreshing and flavorful salad that is perfect for summer gatherings. It is easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With its combination of fresh herbs, vegetables, and bulgur, tabbouleh is a healthy and delicious way to enjoy the flavors of the Mediterranean.
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