Description
The best Mediterranean beef bowls! These are a family favorite, made with jasmine rice and chickpeas, seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, cucumbers, hummus, feta and more. Delicious and easy to throw together for leftovers too!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 mini cucumbers, sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock or bone broth
- 1 cup dry jasmine rice, rinsed well
- kosher salt and pepper
- 1 (14 ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon dried dill
- 1 cup hummus
- ¼ cup crumbled feta
- chopped parsley and chives, for topping
- pickled onions, for topping
Instructions
- Step: Chop cucumbers and tomatoes first.
- Step: Heat chicken stock in a saucepan over medium heat; once boiling, add rice, salt, and pepper, then simmer covered for 10 to 15 minutes until liquid is absorbed.
- Step: Stir chickpeas into the rice and keep warm.
- Step: Brown ground beef in olive oil with salt and pepper, then stir in garlic powder, oregano, and dill, cooking until browned and fat has cooked off.
- Step: Spoon 3 tablespoons of hummus in the bottom of each bowl and swirl around.
- Step: Add a scoop of rice with chickpeas and a scoop of ground beef.
- Step: Top with cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled onions, feta cheese, and fresh herbs.
Notes
Use a meat masher or wooden spoon to create tiny beef crumbles. Ideal for meal prep and lunch leftovers.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 620 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 950 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 9 g
- Protein: 38 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg