North African Recipe « Hawawshi

Egyptian pita pockets. After cooking, consider adding lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, or jalapeno/serrano peppers into the pita pockets as well.

Ingredients

• ½ pound ground beef
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 pinch paprika, or to taste
• 1 pinch ground coriander, or to taste
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg, or to taste
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 5 pita bread rounds, split
• 1 tablespoon corn oil

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool slightly.
3. Mix beef, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, paprika, coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Stuff mixture inside of pita bread rounds.
4. Brush tops with corn oil and wrap each in aluminum foil. Place on a baking sheet.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until toasted and vegetables are softened, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories274
• carbohydrateContent34.6 g
• cholesterolContent28.3 mg
• fatContent9.1 g
• fiberContent3.1 g
• proteinContent13.3 g
• saturatedFatContent2.7 g
• sodiumContent330.1 mg
• sugarContent4.1 g