Name: Egyptian Fatteh
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 1lb Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Chicken Stock Cube; 2 Tomatoes; 4 Garlic Clove; 1 tbs Tomato Puree; 2 cups Rice; 1/4 cup Noodles; 1/4 cup Butter; 2 cups Olive Oil; 1 Pita Bread; 1 tbs Cumin; 3 tbs White Wine Vinegar; To taste Salt; To taste Pepper

Beef

6 servings

1154 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Rip pita into bite-size pieces

Pita Bread

Step 2

Fry pita pieces in butter until golden and crisp and transfer to a glass baking dish

ButterPita Bread

Step 3

Add more butter, salt, crushed garlic and cumin to the pan, stir until aromatic, add the fried bread pieces and coat, then return to the baking dish

ButterSaltGarlic CloveCuminPita Bread

Step 4

Brown beef in butter in a pot

ButterBeef

Step 5

Add onion, chicken stock cube, salt and pepper, add water to cover and bring to a boil then simmer covered until the beef is tender

OnionChicken Stock CubeSaltPepperBeef

Step 6

Remove cooked beef chunks to a bowl and reserve the cooking liquid

Beef

Step 7

Heat butter in a pot and toast the noodles until golden

ButterNoodles

Step 8

Add rice to the toasted noodles, add water and salt, bring to a boil then cover and simmer until the rice is tender

RiceSalt

Step 9

Pour some reserved meat broth over the bread pieces in the baking dish to saturate them

Beef

Step 10

Add the cooked rice on top of the bread pieces

Rice

Step 11

Spoon the remaining reserved meat broth slowly over the rice until it reaches just to the top of the rice

Beef

Step 12

Make the red sauce by heating a little olive oil, adding crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, crushed garlic, cumin, salt, pepper and vinegar, and simmer until slightly thick

Olive OilTomatoesTomato PureeGarlic CloveCuminSaltPepperWhite Wine Vinegar

Step 13

Spread the red sauce evenly over the rice to cover

TomatoesTomato PureeGarlic CloveCuminWhite Wine VinegarSaltPepperOlive Oil

Step 14

Fry the reserved beef in a bit of butter with a touch of tomato puree, fresh crushed garlic, cumin, salt and pepper until the meat is golden

ButterBeefTomato PureeGarlic CloveCuminSaltPepper

Step 15

Spoon the fried beef atop the rice and serve

Beef