Mini Pan-Kebab & Rice

Preparation and Cooking: 40 min
4 Servings

Ingredients:

Mini Pan-Kebab:

1 lb Ground Beef, Chicken or Turkey: (Use about 1lb if you are not mixing it with breadcrumbs. I do mix the meat with breadcrumbs and milk. So I use less than 1 pound of meat. I often use turkey because it has less fat and because of that it is dryer. The dryness is the main reason for using milk-soaked breadcrumbs)
1Cup Breadcrumbs
1/3 Cup Milk: (we will mix the milk with breadcrumbs to add more moisture to our meat feel free to use the same amount of water if you have any dietary restriction or simply if you are out of milk)
2 average size Tomatoes: Slice them.
1tbs Canola Oil
Spices:

½ tsp Salt
1tsp Black Pepper
½ tsp dried Thyme or Rosemary (optional)
½ tsp dried Parsley (optional)
A dash of Garlic powder
A dash of Onion Powder (optional)
Rice:

2 Cup Rice: (I use basmati)
3 cup Water
1 tsp salt
2 tsp Canola Oil

Directions:

1- Rinse Rice and put it in a small nonstick pot or rice-cooker. Add 3 cups of water, add salt and stir. (I just use a dash of salt but you can go as much as any amount less than 1 tbs.)
Add oil; don’t stir the oil, later it will absorb on its own. If you are using rice-cooker turn on the rice cooker and your rice should be done in about 35 min. If not: put your pot on the stove on high heat; when boiled, bring the heat down to medium or low (depending on your stove) and put the lid half on. The rice will be cooked in about 20 minutes after you put the lid.





2- Soak breadcrumbs in milk or water. Let them soak for 1 min. then add this to your ground meat. Mix it. Add the spices and mix well. Form/shape the beef mixture with your hands: first make a small meatball then flatten the meatball.



3- Heat the pan for 1 min then add oil and after some seconds start putting your Mini Kebabs in the pan. The heat level is on high.

The Kebabs should not overlapped, place them neatly in the pan. After the pan is full bring the heat down to medium. Turn the Kebabs over and let it be for about 4 min on medium heat. (You can also close the lead, if your pan has any) After the both sides of the Mini Kebabs are cooked empty half of the pan and add the sliced tomatoes to the pan. Do not add any more oil. Let tomato juice soak the kebabs. You are done depending on how cooked you like your tomatoes!

Noshe Jan (نوش جان)!
Bon Appétit !