The Best Lebanese Recipes

Lebanese Recipes

Make my authentic, no-fail Lebanese recipes. From the BEST smooth hummus to chicken shawarma, grape leaves, kibbeh, tabbouleh, Fattoush salad and more!

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Smooth hummus in the food processor, Maureen Abood

Best Homemade Hummus Recipe

Lebanese stuffed grape leaves on a white platter served by Maureen Abood's hands

Lebanese Stuffed Grape Leaves

Tabbouleh salad in a dish with yellow trim

Tabouli Salad: A Lebanese Tabbouleh Recipe

Lebanese Stuffed Koosa topped with labneh

Lebanese Stuffed Koosa

Lebanese Main Dishes

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Lebanese falafel with tahini sauce on a plate

Authentic Lebanese Falafel

Baked eggs topped with za'atar in ramekins

Baked Eggs with Spinach, Labneh and Za’atar

Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese Mujadara with labneh and caramelized onions in a white dish

Lebanese Mujadara

Lebanese Side Dishes

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Lebanese couscous salad with a spoon in a white dish

Lebanese Couscous Salad

Lebanese eggplant on a blue platter with tahini sauce

Garlic Tahini Eggplant

Green Broccolini with Pine Nut Sauce and Sumac in a white enameled dish

Broccolini with Pine Nut Sauce

Lebanese Potato Salad

Lebanese Salads

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Lebanese Salad in a salad bowl

Lebanese Salad (Salata)

Cabbage salad with garlic and lemon on a blue plate

Easy Cabbage Salad with Garlic and Lemon

Lebanese Fattoush Salad for the Mediterranean Diet

The Ultimate Lebanese Salad Dressing

Tabbouleh in lettuce cups

Avocado Tabbouleh, the original chopped salad!

Lebanese Soup Recipes

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Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese-Style Chili

Vegetable Soup with Chickpeas and Kale, MaureenAbood.com

Fall Soup Recipes

Bowl of lentil tomato soup on the counter

Lentil Bulgur Soup with Mint Olive Oil

Lebanese Mezze Recipes

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Lebanese falafel with tahini sauce on a plate

Authentic Lebanese Falafel

Baba Gannouj in a bowl with pomegranate seeds

Lebanese Baba Gannouj (baba ganoush)

Olive Oil Chex Mix with 7 Spice

Lebanese Maza Platter

Lebanese Mezze Platter

Lebanese Dessert Recipes

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Rice pudding with pistachios on top in a bowl

Lebanese Rice Pudding

Blondies with Orange Blossom Caramel

20 Fall Desserts

Lebanese Sfouf cake with turmeric cut in diamond-shaped pieces on a white plate

Baking with Yogurt

(Easy!) Valentine Spectacular Cake

Lebanese Baklava Recipes

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Lebanese Baklawa diamonds, Maureen Abood

Lebanese Baklava Recipes

Chocolate baklava cut in a pan

Chocolate Baklava

Pistachio baklava nests on a sheet pan

Pistachio Baklawa Nests

Pistachio baklawa made with olive oil, cut in pieces in the pan

Olive Oil Baklawa with Pistachios

Lebanese Breads

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Baked feta kale fatayer on a sheet pan

Feta and Kale Fatayer

Best Lebanese Fatayer Recipes

Sfeha flatbread on a cooling rack

Sfeha Flatbreads

Za'atar Crackers on a sheet pan

Zaatar Crackers

Lebanese Cookies

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Chocolate Peppermint Graybeh on a sheetpan

Chocolate Peppermint Graybeh

Lebanese Date Maamoul Cookies with powdered sugar on a sheet pan

Sitto’s Date Ma’moul

White iced shortbread cookie on a cookie rack

Molded Shortbread Ka’ik Cookies

Shortbread dipped in white chocolate flavored with freeze dried fruit

Pastel Dipped Shortbread (Graybeh)

Lebanese Fatayar Recipes

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Baked feta kale fatayer on a sheet pan

Feta and Kale Fatayer

Best Lebanese Fatayer Recipes

Fingers pinching fatayer dough seams

How to shape fatayer so they won’t open up.

Risen dough in a bowl

The Secret to Perfect Fatayer Dough

Lebanese Grape Leaf Rolls

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Vegetarian Grapeleaves, MaureenAbood.com

Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves

Grape leaves on the vine

How to identify, clean, and store fresh grape leaves

Lebanese stuffed grape leaves on a white platter served by Maureen Abood's hands

Lebanese Stuffed Grape Leaves

How to roll grape leaves

Lebanese Kebab Recipes

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Chicken Shish Tawook on skewers

Shish Tawook, Grilled Chicken Skewers

Lebanese kafta on a platter

Lebanese Grilled Kafta (Kofta)

Garlicky Sumac Shrimp skewers on a blue plate

Garlicky Sumac Shrimp Grill

Grilled Chicken Shawarma Skewers with red onion on a sheet pan

Grilled Chicken Shawarma

Lebanese Kibbeh Recipes

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Fine and coarse bulgur side by side in a blue bowl

What is Bulgur?

Kibbeh sahnieh in a round pan, cut in diamonds

All of the Lebanese Kibbeh Recipes You Need

Lebanese Pumpkin Kibbeh

Potato kibbeh in a square dish

Potato Kibbeh

Lebanese Koosa Recipes

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Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Sauteed squash cores in a little blue and yellow bowl with a fork alongside

Koosa Core Saute

Koosa squash cooked in yogurt

Koosa in Yogurt Sauce

Vegetarian Stuffed Koosa

Lebanese Rice Recipes

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Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese Koosa Soup with Meatballs

Lebanese Mujadara with labneh and caramelized onions in a white dish

Lebanese Mujadara

Cabbage rolls with tomato on a platter

Cabbage Rolls in Tomato Broth

Vermicelli rice in a pot with a wooden spoon and chicken shawarma

Lebanese Vermicelli Rice

Lebanese Vegetarian Recipes

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Lebanese Salad in a salad bowl

Lebanese Salad (Salata)

Lebanese falafel with tahini sauce on a plate

Authentic Lebanese Falafel

Fresh Herb Falafel Wrap, Maureen Abood

Lebanese Recipes for Lent

Baked eggs topped with za'atar in ramekins

Baked Eggs with Spinach, Labneh and Za’atar

Lebanese Pickles & Preserves Recipes

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Strawberry jam jar with berries

Easy Strawberry Jam

Aspargus pickles in weck jars

Asparagus Pickles with Grape Leaves

Mujadara rolled in pita on a white plate

Mujadara Pita Roll Up

Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chicops

Bread and Butter Sweet Pickle Chips

Lebanese Ma’amoul Recipes

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Lebanese Date Maamoul Cookies with powdered sugar on a sheet pan

Sitto’s Date Ma’moul

Ma'moul molded cookies with powdered sugar

Lebanese Walnut Ma’moul Cookies

Lebanese Ma’moul Molds

Lebanese Sauces & Condiments

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Lebanese Fattoush Salad for the Mediterranean Diet

The Ultimate Lebanese Salad Dressing

Tahini sauce in a bowl with a whisk

Tahini Sauce

Cranberry sauce with rose water, MaureenAbood.com

Cranberry Sauce with Rose Water & Pistachios

Tomato salsa topped with fresh mint in a bowl, surrounded by pita bread on a platter

Spicy Lebanese Salsa