Today I went to my favorite small market place in our neighborhood – Cobal de Botafogo. A place that sells fresh fruit and fish, has a couple of great wineshops and Delis and the best place to buy small middle eastern delicacies such as Kibe. Kibe is Brazil’s most popular arab snack that you can buy nearly in all bar de sucos (juice bars serving a huge variety of freshly squeezed juices and salgados (fried or baked snacks)).
Kibe is traditionally made out of beef and bulgur wheat but can be found with lots of different meats today. Her comes the standard recipe:
You will need:
- 200g of bulgur wheat (in Brazil it is called trigo para Quibe, Perlweizen for my German friends)
- 500g of minced beef
- 700 ml of boiling water or stock
- 2 large finely chopped onion
- 1 pressed clove of garlic
- 1 bunch of fresh mint finely chopped
- nutmeg, salt and pepper
- Oil for frying
Soak the bulgur wheat for some 30-40 min in the hot stock or water. Drain should there remain excess liquid after that period. In the meantime fry the 1 diced onion and garlic in some olive oil, add half of the minced meat and brown. Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and fresh mint.
In a food processor mix with the remaining onion, raw minced meat and drained bulgur wheat. Shape around 30 tear drop like kibes and fry in hot oil for around ten minutes or bake in 200 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Serve drizzled with fresh lime juice. Great as a pre-dinner snack with a cold beer or caipirinha!
makanandcomida 
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