Skillet Beef Keftas with Lemon Rice and Cucumber Salad
Spiced beef keftas seared in a skillet, served over fluffy rice with a crunchy lemon cucumber and scallion salad.
- Celiac
- Hashimoto's
- Pregnancy
- Toddlers
- Dairy-free
- High blood pressure
- Heart health
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- High cholesterol
- Sheet pan
- One pan
- Gluten-free dairy-free
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1.5 tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 1 cucumber, diced
- 3 scallions, sliced
- ½ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- 1 tsp salt
Method
- Start the rice in salted water while you mix the beef.18 min timer
- Knead the beef with cumin, cinnamon, half the garlic and half the parsley.
- Shape into eight small oval keftas.
- Sear the keftas in olive oil, turning, until browned and cooked through to 160°F/71°C.8 min timer
- Toss the cucumber and scallions with lemon, remaining garlic, olive oil and parsley.
- Fluff the rice, top with the keftas and the lemony cucumber salad.
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Rice instead of bread in the keftas, and the salad dresses in lemon and olive oil.
- Milk allergy: Keftas bound with nothing but their own fat; olive oil and lemon dress the salad.
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Gluten-free rice and no soy; the spice is cumin, cinnamon and fresh parsley.
- Fish allergy: Beef seasoned with spices and lemon; no fish sauce, anchovy or stock.
- Soy allergy: Fresh lemon, garlic and parsley do the seasoning work instead of soy sauce.
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