Bulgur and Beef
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 12ounces whole onion or 11 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion (2 to 2¼ cups)
- 1teaspoon olive oil
- 1large clove garlic
- 8mushrooms
- 4ounces extra-lean ground beef
- 4ounces ground turkey breast
- 6large Italian, Greek or French olives
- 2cups canned, no-salt-added tomatoes
- ½cup bulgur (cracked wheat)
- ¼cup dry sherry
- ½teaspoon oregano
- Salt to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Step 1
Chop whole onion, and saute it in a nonstick skillet in hot oil until it begins to soften.
- Step 2
Meanwhile, mince garlic and add to onion.
- Step 3
Wash, dry and trim mushrooms. Dice.
- Step 4
When onion has begun to soften, stir in ground beef and turkey and keep stirring to break up. Cook until meat loses its color.
- Step 5
Rinse olives, pit and cut up. Crush tomatoes. Add olives, tomatoes, mushrooms, bulgur, sherry and oregano to pan. Reduce heat; cover and simmer about 10 minutes, until bulgur is cooked.
- Step 6
When bulgur is cooked, season with salt, if desired, and pepper.
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Comments
Filling but a bit "one note". I added celery seed, dried mustard and dried hot peppers and it paid off. Can barely taste the olives. Not worth making again.
Make it one cup of bulgur. Add more ‘maters.