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Shawraba - Lebanese Meat and Vegetable Soup

posted on: Dec 8, 2014

Serves from 8 to 10.

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pound chicken, beef or lamb with bones, cut into pieces
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 2 medium zucchini, chopped
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 8 cups water
• 4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander leaves
• 3 tablespoons zhug
• 2 tablespoons hulbah
• Arabic bread (pita), toasted and broken into pieces

Melt butter in a saucepan, then sauté meat for 10 minutes. Add potatoes, zucchini, onions, salt and water, then bring to boil. Cover and cook over medium heat for 1 hour or until meat becomes tender, adding more water if necessary. Stir in coriander, zhug and hulbah. Serve immediately with toasted bread.