Maria Tsalkos, creator of Magical Sunset Tours https://www.magicalsunset.com, shares her Pontian family recipe for Baked Bulghur. This dish is soooo DELICIOUS and so satiating. The day I filmed Maria making it, I enjoyed it for lunch with her and I wasn’t hungry again till the next morning! I loved this dish so much I made it for my family the following week and everyone devoured it – pleasing 6 palates with one dish is considered a miracle in my home!!! We achieved this MIRACLE!
Make miracles in your home too, make Maria’s Baked Bulghur!!!
Maria’s Baked Bulghur – Greek Baked Beef Ribs with Whole Grain Recipe
A hearty and wholesome oven-bake of bulghur and beef, in a tomato and onion base.
- 2 beef ribs, (approximately 1kg)
- 1 medium brown onion, (diced)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, EVOO
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 500 ml water
- 3 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cracked black pepper
- Dried chillies, (to taste )
- 230 g coarse burghul
Preparing the baked bulghur
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In a medium baking dish, add the beef, onions and the EVOO
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Sear and brown the fat on the beef ribs
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Add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, salt, pepper and chillies
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Cover the baking dish with a lid or foil and bake in the oven for 1 hour at 180°C fan-forced
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After 1 hour remove the lid and pop back in the oven for 15-20 minutes
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Add the bulghur and immerse it in the saucy stock
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Return the baking dish to the oven and bake for a further 20 minutes
Serving the baked bulghur
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Serve with thick Greek yoghurt and a glass of red wine!
Kali Orexi!
• You can replace the beef ribs with lamb shoulder pieces or chicken marylands