Arayes Meat Pockets
Enjoy these flavorful Arayes Meat Pockets! Make this beautiful, simple dish for your friends and family!
In a large sauté pan heat up olive oil on medium-high heat and sauté onions until softened, about 3 minutes. Add salt, pepper, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper flakes and tomato paste and cook 2-3 more minutes until slightly caramelized. Add diced tomatoes and mash together and cook down for 4-5 minutes on medium heat.
Allow to slightly cool before adding it to a medium bowl. Then add ground beef and chopped parsley and combine with a spoon.
Cut the pita bread in half and open up each half. Spoon 2-3 large spoonfuls of the meat inside each pita half.
Heat up some butter in a skillet on medium heat and work in batches to cook both sides of each Arayes meat pocket until golden brown and meat is fully cooked. You can also place it in a 350F oven to finish cooking them if you prefer not to fry them.
Makes 6 Arayes.
Ingredients
Directions
In a large sauté pan heat up olive oil on medium-high heat and sauté onions until softened, about 3 minutes. Add salt, pepper, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper flakes and tomato paste and cook 2-3 more minutes until slightly caramelized. Add diced tomatoes and mash together and cook down for 4-5 minutes on medium heat.
Allow to slightly cool before adding it to a medium bowl. Then add ground beef and chopped parsley and combine with a spoon.
Cut the pita bread in half and open up each half. Spoon 2-3 large spoonfuls of the meat inside each pita half.
Heat up some butter in a skillet on medium heat and work in batches to cook both sides of each Arayes meat pocket until golden brown and meat is fully cooked. You can also place it in a 350F oven to finish cooking them if you prefer not to fry them.
Makes 6 Arayes.
