Juicy Beef Arayes

Crispy pita stuffed with juicy, spiced ground beef, grilled to perfection and served with tahini, sumac onions, and Amba sauce. A flavorful Israeli-Mediterranean street food favorite that's easy to make on the stovetop or BBQ.

30 minutes
Serves 8
Medium
Juicy Beef Arayes

Ingredients

  • •Beef mixture ingredients-
  • •3 pounds of ground beef 80/20
  • •Handful of chopped parsley
  • •Handful of chopped cilantro
  • •1 shallot, finely chopped
  • •1.5 teaspoons of salt
  • •1 teaspoon of ground pepper
  • •1 teaspoon of paprika
  • •1 teaspoon of sumac
  • •1 teaspoon of cumin
  • •1 teaspoon of Ras el Hanut
  • •3 minced garlic cloves
  • •5 tablespoons of olive oil
  • •For the pan-
  • •8 pita breads, cut to halves
  • •5 tablespoons of olive oil
  • •Olive oil spray
  • •Garnish-
  • •tahini dressing
  • •sumac onions
  • •chopped parsley
  • •Amba sauce

Instructions

  1. 1.In a large bowl combine all the beef mixture ingredients. Knead the beef mixture for at least 5 minutes with wet hands.
  2. 2.Open up each pita half and stuff it with a handful of the ground beef mixture.
  3. 3.On the stove on medium heat, pour 5 tablespoons of olive oil into a grilling pan.
  4. 4.Fry each stuffed pita face down for 4 minutes until it gets a nice brown color.
  5. 5.Then flip it that the pitas will be faced up.
  6. 6.Spray olive oil on top of the pitas.
  7. 7.Transfer to a preheated oven on 420F for 20 more minutes.
  8. 8.Serve it hot on a nice plate topped with tahini dressing, sumac onions, chopped parsley, and Amba sauce.

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