stuffed swiss chart
Stuffed Swiss Chard is old traditional Armenian recipe passed though to me by my mother in low. Since i moved to south of Orange County in California , I have been planting swiss Chart in my back yard, and it's growing very wild, now i am raising organic Swiss Chart and have been making this dish more often and inviting my family and friends for dinner. I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we enjoy it. Bon appetite
prep time
2 Hr 15 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
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yield
6-8
Ingredients
- 3 bunches swiss chart
- 3 cups boiling water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 pound ground beef 20% fat
- 1 cup cracked wheat (coarse #4 bulgur)
- 3 - fresh tomatoes chopped (or if off the season 1 cane)
- 2 - small green pepper
- 1 can 4 ounce tomato paste
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper
- 9 tablespoons lemon juice
- - salt
How To Make stuffed swiss chart
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Step 1Rinse the swiss chart in running water and remove the stems . set aside.
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Step 2Place pot with the water and some salt on the stove, cover and bring to boil on hight heat. Reduce heat and simmer swiss charts small Bacchus for 2 min. then turn it on the other side for 1 min. take it out and put on ice water to cool down .
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Step 3To prepare stuffing . Add ground meat, bulgur, chopped tomatoes green pepper and onions,2 oz, tomato past, salt, black pepper and hot red pepper. mixed well .
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Step 4if swiss chart are big ( like mine ) cut it in half,place about teaspoon of filling along the stem end of each leaf ,fold over the sides,and roll from the stem up to form a sausage-like roll.
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Step 5Cover the bottom of the pan with some removed stems to prevent burning during cooking. Arrange the stuffed swiss charts side by side, seam side down, in the pen, layer by layer.
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Step 6In 3 cups water mixed salt lemon juice and remaining tomato paste , mixed well pour in, bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to low. Taste the cooking liquid for salt and lemon. Add more if necessary, cook about 45 min.-1 Hr. Drain any remaining liquid. Transfer on a serving plate, garnished with fresh mint leaves.
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Step 7I hope you enjoy this dish as much we do . enjoy your dinner
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