Pita Bowl • Finest Mediterranean Bowl {Video} • Two Purple Figs

Brilliant and recent Pita Bowl utilizing floor American lamb , loaded with flavors of the Mediterranean is a MUST strive! The Pita bowl includes minimal cooking, full versatility with components and provides a fast wholesome nutritious dinner that’s so TASTY! These are my favourite option to make Mediterranean bowls!

I’m honoured to accomplice with the American Lamb Board to share with you one more tasty lamb recipe. All opinions are my very own. 

When you’re new to lamb, it is a excellent place to start out. Floor lamb recipes are one of the vital fashionable methods to introduce extra lamb to your meals. 

And naturally after I point out lamb, I’m referring to recent native American lamb, all the time. “American lamb is an effective way to start out the brand new 12 months off on the suitable foot – it’s naturally nutrient wealthy and a great supply of protein.” Extra on American lamb under.

A few of my favourite floor lamb recipes embrace: Turkish Pizza (a road meals in Turkey that’s scrumptious and distinctive!). Lamb meatball subs on the grill (Italian meets American meatballs). Pull aside bread–A enjoyable tacky bread that’s good for sharing. And a twist on the favored Crunchwrap supreme.

Whereas this recipe is as simple because it will get, I needed to share a video, break down the steps and components so you possibly can think about your self making it with infinite variations 🙂

What’s a Pita Bowl?

Principally a pita bowl is a bowl of goodness loaded on a pita bread. Now you possibly can have the pita bread fried like a taco shell or baked, or you possibly can go away it as is.

There’s a distinction between the kind of bread to make use of for every kind of bowl. And relating to a fried or baked pita base, you’ll additionally want to concentrate to the load of toppings. 

With a recent pita lining the bowl, you possibly can merely go loopy with toppings and that’s the BEST feeling for my part! 

What kind of Pita bread to make use of for Pita bowl?

Right here’s the deal, when lining a bowl with recent pita, it’s finest to make use of the skinny pita pictured above. The skinny bread enhances the toppings so fantastically with out taking up. It additionally by no means feels heavy when it’s a skinny layer. 

To make use of the skinny pita bread, you’ll have to make it even thinner by splitting every pita bread in half and use only one half to line your bowl. 

When you’re frying or baking the pita to make crunchy agency pita bowls, you then’ll want to make use of thick pocket pita bread. When you separate the 2 halves of bread, you possibly can bake  or fry it to kind a crunchy pita base.

I might warning loading these fried pita bowls with loads of toppings because the bowls will break aside and also you don’t need that! 

Pita Bowl Substances

Lamb:

Floor American Lamb —Completely the freshest! American lamb is high quality lamb that has a candy wealthy buttery style. That comes from the breed, the way in which lamb is raised and general the excessive business normal. So I can’t stress sufficient BUYING American Lamb for all of your lamb dishes. The style is unbeatably AMAZING!

Seasoning – Easy salt and pepper is all you want, since lamb is so recent tasting!

Onions — to prepare dinner and taste the bottom lamb

Garlic – minced or grated for max taste

Chilli flakes —non-compulsory but when me, it’s a MUST 🙂

Recent herbs —Since this has a Mediterranean flare: we’ve used recent parsley, thyme, oregano and dill. Be happy to make use of your favorites after all!

Toppings:

Right here’s the place you possibly can actually be as artistic as you need! And in addition be at liberty to scrub up your fridge hahaha!

In step with the Mediterranean theme, I used:

• Inexperienced and black
• Tomatoes
• Feta
• Arugula
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Herb Yogurt Sauce
• Tahini sauce
• Bell peppers
• Garlic chickpeas

The best way to Make Pita Bowls

To start with, have your sauces prepared—right here’s the Tahini Sauce.

The yogurt sauce is so simple as may be— you’ll find it on the Lamb stew Recipe or the Lamb Shanks and Skyr.

Each these sauces may be ready days upfront and saved in your fridge. I all the time make giant batches of them as a result of I do know I’ll be utilizing them typically.

As soon as your sauces are prepared, collect your components and begin making the pita bowls.

1. Prepare dinner the Lamb
   
   

Begin by sautéing onions in a heavy obligation skillet with olive oil till the onions are translucent.

At that time add within the American floor Lamb with garlic to the skillet and season with salt and pepper.

Prepare dinner stirring typically till the lamb is cooked by means of and turns brown in shade. USDA recommends floor lamb attain an inner temperature of 160F

End off the lamb with some chilli flakes and recent herbs. I like utilizing a combo of parsley, oregano and thyme for this recipe. Nonetheless, you need to use no matter herbs you want. The lamb is the true STAR right here! 🙂

Now the lamb is prepared.

2. Assemble the Pita Bowl

Line your serving bowl (I used a regular dimension pasta bowl) with one half a skinny model pita bread. (See extra on the forms of pita above).

I like the pasta bowls finest right here as a result of they’re neither too deep nor too flat—they’re the PERFECT dimension.

Begin layering the bowls.

Greens on the backside (I used arugula) after which chickpeas on high.

To favour the bottom of my pita bowl recipe, I drizzle some tahini sauce over the greens and chickpeas earlier than layering extra toppings.

Now add the lamb to at least one half of the bowl ensuring to make use of all the half. That is your supply of protein and your predominant taste energy right here so don’t skimp. 

Subsequent, you’re going so as to add the remaining components within the different half like tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, olives and feta cheese.

Dollop some yogurt on one finish.

Drizzle extra tahini sauce over the bowl, and sprinkle further chilli flakes (non-compulsory). 

A remaining recent herb end offers your bowls the brightest style—I like ending off with mint and dill.

One other non-compulsory factor however so good is including some selfmade sizzling sauce!

And there you could have it, PERFECT Pita Bowls. 

These are finest loved straight away with a lemon wedge.

SO GOOD!

Pita Bowl / Mediterranean Bowl Suggestions

• Use American Lamb for tastiest and freshest lamb you may get!
• This recipe is nice to make utilizing leftover lamb too! Consider a leftover roast you could have and shred the lamb meat to make use of in these bowls.
• Selected the kind pf pita bread relying on the shell you need, however be sure to load your toppings fastidiously if the shell is baked/fried.
• A pasta bowl is the proper dimension bowl on the whole because it’s not too deep nor too shallow.
• All the time taste the bottom with sauce earlier than loading on the toppings—I used Tahini sauce.
• Use your favourite toppings and don’t really feel like it’s essential to stick to those solely.
• Pita bowls are finest to serve proper after assembling, nevertheless you possibly can simply put together every ingredient upfront. Assemble solely earlier than serving.
• Take pleasure in!

Floor Lamb Recipes

Juicy Spicy Turkish Meatballs

Lamb Sausage

Tacky Pull Aside Bread with Lamb Crumbles

Smashed Potatoes With Spicy Lamb

Final Lamb Kabab Platter

Fall Harvest Bowl with Lamb Meatballs Recipe

American Lamb Meatball Subs On The Grill

The Finest Lamb Burgers Loaded with Nachos

Crunchwrap Supreme

Taco Salad

Jalapeño Poppers