Healthy Food: Kurdish Chicken Soup with Meat Bulgur Dumplings (Kubbeh)- 5g Carbs, 1g Fiber

Kurdish Chicken Soup with Meat Bulgur Dumplings (Kubbeh)- 5g Carbs, 1g Fiber

Recipe By :Morduch Restaurant, Jerusalem
Serving Size : 11 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs
LowFat (Less than 25%) Meat

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12 cups rich chicken broth
2 celery stalks -- with leaves, cut into 2-inch chunks
5 small zucchini -- cut into 2" chunks
2 lemons -- juice only
12 kubbeh dumplings -- recipe below
2 tablespoons fresh basil -- or dill

In a large pot, bring the chicken broth to a boil. Add the celery, zucchini, lemon juice and the kubbeh. Cover, and simmer about 25 minutes, until the dumplings are soft. add the basil, or dill, and adjust the amount of lemon juice to taste. Simmer a few minutes more and serve immediately in soup bowls giving each person 1 large dumpling and lots of zucchini.

Yields 10 - 11 servings.
Kubbeh - Kurdish Bulgur Meat Dumplings

2 cups fine bulgur
2 cups semolina
salt -- to taste
pepper -- to taste
1/2 medium onion -- chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 pound chopped beef -- or lamb
2 tablespoons pine nuts
1/4 teaspoon allspice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Soak the bulgur in warm water to cover for about an hour. Squeeze dry and mix with the semolina and salt. Knead well with your hands, adding water if necessary, to form a malleable dough. For a smoother dough, pulse in food processor with metal blade.

Saute the onion in the oil and then add the meat. Cook thoroughly, stirring, for about 5 minutes. Add the pine nuts, allspice, salt, pepper and chopped parsley. Drain and set aside. Divide the dough into 12 balls about 2 1/2 inches across. Dip your hands in water and make an opening, keeping the walls about 1/4 inch thick. Insert a heaping teaspoon of the meat mixture into the hole and close up again. Refrigerate about an hour or until ready to cook.

Makes 12 dumplings.

Cuisine: "MidEastern"
Source: "The New York Times Jewish Cookbook, edited by Linda Amster"
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi): "May 2009"
Copyright: "2003"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 58 Calories; 2g Fat (24.4% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 842mg Sodium
Exchanges: 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit.