stuffed grapeleaves

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  • Number of Servings: 30
Ingredients
1 -2 Jars Dolmas (grape leaves), White Rice, long grain, 3 cup Ground beef, lean, 16 oz Olive Oil, 2 tbsp Dill weed, fresh, 1 cup sprigs Onions, raw, 1 cup, chopped Garlic, 2 tsp *Lemon Juice, 1 cup 2 tbsp mint
Directions
sautee chopped onion, garlic and uncooked rice in 2 tbsp olive oil till onion is tranclucent
mix in bowl with uncooked hamburger, lemon juice, dill, and mint.
Drain grape leaves, rinse well, steam for 3-5 minutes in water with lemon juice to get rid of briney taste
Take out leaves,seperate,
put a small ball of hamburg rice mixture onto grape leaf, roll up leaf tucking ends in
put into pan raised slightly from bottom of the pan to avoid burning. complete all leaves put water up to just cover leaves
Cover pan cook for 45 minutes-on medium, watch water level to ensure that the pan does not go completely dry
serving is 2 stuffed grape leaves

Number of Servings: 30

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KEEPSAKES66.

Servings Per Recipe: 30
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 75.9
  • Total Fat: 4.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 11.3 mg
  • Sodium: 17.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 6.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
  • Protein: 3.3 g

Member Reviews
  • SENIOR905
    Didn't know what to do with 1 cup of lemon juice so added it to pot after cooking 45 min in water. I grow my own grape leaves. - 4/28/11
  • MITECU
    My mom makes this every time she visits. My sons love it. - 6/25/09
  • RHENRIE
    I made this with brown rice and ground bison (buffalo), which is leaner than ground beef. The recipe didn't say how much meat/rice mixture to put in each grape leaf, so I ran out of it before I had used all the leaves. Next time I'll either use more meat or put only .5 Tbsp. of meat mixture/leaf. - 5/10/09
  • DRACOWIZ
    How about a substitution of Salmon for the chicken and add some pine nuts. - 3/19/09
  • GENEVIEVE34
    Dolmades are my favorite! I'll leave out the beef, because I'm a vegetarian, but otherwise I'll be keeping this recipe as-is! Thank you! - 3/18/09
  • ISABELLACULLEN
    I cannot wait to make this! I adore Greek food, and stuffed grape leaves are no exception to this! I will be using vegan ground beef in my interpretation of your recipe. Thanks!!! - 3/18/09