Hawawshi

Description

Egyptian pita pockets. After cooking, consider adding lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, or jalapeno/serrano peppers into the pita pockets as well.

Ingredients

  • ½ pound ground beef
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 pinch paprika, or to taste
  • 1 pinch ground coriander, or to taste
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg, or to taste
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 5 pita bread rounds, split
  • 1 tablespoon corn oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  3. 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool slightly.
  4. Mix beef
  5. tomatoes
  6. onion
  7. bell pepper
  8. paprika
  9. coriander
  10. cinnamon
  11. nutmeg
  12. salt
  13. and pepper together in a large bowl. Stuff mixture inside of pita bread rounds.
  14. Brush tops with corn oil and wrap each in aluminum foil. Place on a baking sheet.
  15. Bake in the preheated oven until toasted and vegetables are softened
  16. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 5

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