Here are tasty meat dish recipes that are easy and healthy

Meat dishes are popular and favorite on the Arab table especially during holidays and events, and they can be prepared in many ways like grilling, with vegetables, or casseroles in the oven. In this article, we will offer you some different meat recipes that are easy and healthy.

• Grilled meat steak on the grill:

•Ingredients:-

• 3 pieces of meat steak (300 grams).
• 50 grams soy sauce.
• 2 big spoons of honey.
• 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• 50 grams of barbecue sauce.
• 50 grams balsamic vinegar.
• 1 tablespoon onion powder.
• 3 cloves garlic, minced.
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce.
• ½ teaspoon salt.
• ½ teaspoon black pepper.
• ½ teaspoon hot red pepper.

•Preparation method:-

1. The meat should be in steak form. If not, put it on parchment paper and pound it until it's thin and steak-like.
2. Take a bowl and add all the previous ingredients as they will be the steak marinade.
3. Mix them well then put the meat slices inside it.
4. Leave the meat in the fridge overnight so it soaks in the marinade well.
5. Heat the grill well on medium heat and grill the steak pieces on both sides until cooked.
6. You can scoop some marinade with a spoon and brush it on the steak pieces while cooking if needed.
7. Make sure the steak has grill marks.

• Meat casserole with vegetables:

•Ingredients:-

• 500 grams of meat (cubes).
• 2 potatoes (cubes).
• 2 tomatoes (cubes).
• 2 carrots (cubes).
• 1 chopped onion.
• 3 cloves of minced garlic.
• 1 cup mushrooms cut in halves.
• ¼ cup soy sauce.
• 2 tablespoons butter.
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce.
• 1 bouillon cube.
• ½ teaspoon salt.
• ½ teaspoon black pepper.
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg.
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon.
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley for garnish.

• Preparation method:-

1. Season the meat with soy sauce and black pepper.
2. Heat a pan on medium heat, add butter and let it melt.
3. Add the meat to the butter and stir for 5 minutes.
4. Add onion, garlic, mushroom pieces, carrot, and tomato then stir for another 5 minutes.
5. Add the tomato sauce, stock cube, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and stir the ingredients well.
6. Take an oven dish and pour the mix in. Put it in the oven at 190 degrees Celsius for about 60 minutes until cooked.
7. Take the dish out and sprinkle chopped parsley on top. Serve it.

• Mozzarella stuffed meatballs:

• Ingredients:-

• 1 kilo of ground meat.
• 250 grams mozzarella cheese (cubes).
• 1 big spoon of olive oil.
• 1 egg.
• ½ cup breadcrumbs.
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese.
• ¼ cup chopped parsley.
• 2 tablespoons chopped basil.
• 1 teaspoon black pepper.

To prepare the sauce:-

• 1 large onion, chopped.
• 3 cloves of minced garlic. 
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil. 
• 1 cup of chopped tomatoes. 
• ½ cup of diced tomatoes. 
• ½ teaspoon of sugar. 
• 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce. 
• 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley. 
• 1 tablespoon of ground dried basil. 
• ½ teaspoon black pepper.
• Grate one lemon.
• 1 bay leaf.

•Preparation method:-

 – To prepare the sauce:- 

1. In a pot on medium heat, put olive oil and let it heat up.
2. Add onion and garlic and stir for about 5 minutes.
3. Add bay leaf, diced tomatoes, chopped tomatoes, parsley, black pepper, lemon zest, and sugar. Stir well until it boils.
4. Turn the heat down low and let the sauce simmer for about 45 minutes.

, To make meatballs:-

1. In a large bowl, mix the ground meat with the egg, oil, breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, basil, black pepper and stir well.
2. Shape medium-sized meatballs, stuff each with a piece of mozzarella cheese and close them tightly.
3. Arrange the meatballs on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, and bake in the oven at 375 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes.
4. Take the meatballs out of the oven and put them in the sauce, let them cook in it for about 15 minutes.

• Hatty Kofta:

•Ingredients:-

• 500 grams of minced meat (make sure it has fat).
• 1 pain de mie loaf.
• 2 chopped onions.
• ½ cup chopped parsley.
• ½ teaspoon meat spices.
• ½ teaspoon grilling spices.
• ½ teaspoon black pepper.
• ½ teaspoon paprika.
• ½ teaspoon chili powder.
• 1 teaspoon salt.
• 1 cup water.

• Preparation method:-

1. Cut the bread into pieces and put it in a dish, cover it with a cup of water and leave it for about half an hour until it absorbs the water.
2. Get a deep dish, put the minced meat in it and start adding the other ingredients.
3. Squeeze the bread to remove the water and add it to the meat.
4. Chop the onion and strain it well, then add the pulp to the meat while keeping the onion water.
5. Put the chopped parsley, spices, paprika, salt, and pepper in and start mixing well until it’s almost like dough.
6. Leave the mix in the fridge for about an hour.
7. Shape the meat onto grill skewers to medium thickness and wet your hands with onion water while shaping.
8. Get an oven tray, cover it with aluminum foil, and lay the kofte fingers on it.
9. Light two pieces of charcoal and put them in the grill tray.
10. Put the tray in the oven and while grilling the fat will melt and make the coal smell like real grilled meat.
11. Take the kofte out and put it on a plate over chopped parsley.

• Meat pie Turkish style:

•Ingredients:-

• To make the dough:-
• 2 cups flour.
• 2 teaspoons salt.
• 2 teaspoons baking powder.
• 2 tablespoons yeast.
• 1 cup warm milk.
• 2 tablespoons oil.
• 1 teaspoon sugar.

• Preparation method:-

• Mix all the above ingredients in a deep bowl and knead well until you get a soft tender dough. Leave it for an hour in a warm place to ferment well.

• Filling ingredients:-

• 250 grams minced meat.
• 1 onion, chopped.
• 3 colored peppers, chopped.
• ¼ teaspoon salt.
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• 1/4 teaspoon mixed spices.
• 100 grams mozzarella cheese.
• 100 grams roumy cheese.
• 100 grams black seed.
• 100 grams sesame.

• Meat mixture:-

• Place the meat in a pot on the stove. Add onion, pepper, spices, and water. Cook until the meat is well done.

• How to make the pie:-

1. Divide the dough into two halves.
2. Take an oven tray and spread half the dough to the edges.
3. Put the ground meat on the dough.
4. Add half the amount of Roumi and Mozzarella cheese.
5. Place the other half of the dough on top, spread it well and seal the edges.
6. Sprinkle sesame, black seed, and the rest of the Roumi and Mozzarella cheese on top.
7. Put the tray in the oven until it browns at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.