# The best Lebanese dishes

Lebanese food is built around mezze, shared small plates, plus charcoal grills and sweets. These are the dishes every Lebanese food guide insists on.

- 194 votes · 15 items
- Mar 6, 2024 · Caitlin Kelly
- https://even.best/en/l/397/the-best-lebanese-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Manakish** (20 · ▲20 ▼0) — Flatbread with za'atar, akkawi cheese or minced lamb, the Lebanese breakfast.
2. **Hummus** (16 · ▲18 ▼2) — Chickpea purée with tahini, lemon and garlic, drizzled with olive oil.
3. **Tabbouleh** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — Parsley-heavy salad with a little bulgur, tomato, mint and lemon.
4. **Kibbeh** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — Lamb and fine bulgur shells with spiced meat and pine nuts, fried, baked or raw (nayyeh); the most Lebanese dish.
5. **Shish taouk** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Garlic-lemon chicken skewers grilled over charcoal.
6. **Fattoush** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Salad with crisp pita, purslane and sumac dressing.
7. **Shawarma** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Chicken or beef from the vertical spit wrapped in thin bread with garlic toum.
8. **Baba ghanoush** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Smoky roasted aubergine with tahini and lemon.
9. **Mujaddara** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Lentils and rice or bulgur with deeply caramelised onions.
10. **Falafel** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Fried chickpea and fava bean balls in pita with tahini.
11. **Warak enab** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Vine leaves stuffed with rice, tomato and herbs.
12. **Moutabal** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Creamier aubergine dip with yoghurt and tahini.
13. **Sambousek** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Fried pastries filled with meat or cheese.
14. **Knafeh** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Cheese pastry soaked in syrup, eaten for breakfast in a sesame bun.
15. **Kafta** (-1 · ▲4 ▼5) — Minced lamb or beef with parsley and onion, grilled on skewers.

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