🇱🇧Lebanese food
Lebanese cuisine is part of the wider Levantine tradition, featuring olive oil, lemon, garlic, fresh herbs, chickpeas, bulgur and grilled meats. A meal often begins with mezze such as hummus, tabbouleh and fattoush, followed by grills.
46dishes
210average kcal per 100 g
65%vegetarian
Lightest dishes
Most filling dishes
Highest in protein
💡Tip
Mezze spreads add up through olive oil, tahini and bread — grilled chicken or meat skewers with salad are a filling, protein-rich option.
All 46 dishes
🍨 Ashta with honey🫘 Balila (warm chickpeas)🥔 Batata harra (spicy potatoes)🧀 Cheese fatayer🧀 Cheese manakish🧀 Cheese manakish (akkawi)🥟 Cheese sambousek🥗 Fattoush🍚 Hashweh (spiced rice with meat)🥬 Hindbeh (dandelion greens with olive oil)🧆 Hummus Beiruti🥤 Jallab🥘 Kafta bil sanieh🍋 Kibdeh (Lebanese Lamb Liver)🍮 Layali Lubnan🫘 Lebanese Foul Moudammas🍚 Lebanese Rice with Vermicelli🍗 Lebanese chicken livers☕ Lebanese coffee with cardamom🥯 Lebanese ka'ak🍖 Lebanese lamb chops🍋 Lebanese lemonade🍵 Lebanese mint tea🍢 Lebanese mixed grill🥬 Lebanese molokhia🫘 Loubieh bi zeit🍮 Mafroukeh🌭 Makanek🫓 Manakish with za'atar and sesame🥟 Meat fatayer🥟 Meat sambousek🍲 Moghrabieh🍮 Osmalieh🍮 Riz bi Haleeb (Lebanese Rice Pudding)🐟 Samke harra (spicy fish)🐟 Sayadieh🐟 Sayadiyah (fish and caramelised-onion rice)🥙 Sfeeha (Lamb Flatbread with Yogurt)🍰 Sfouf (Turmeric Semolina Cake)🥬 Spinach fatayer🌭 Sujuk (Lebanese Spicy Sausage)🧄 Toum (Garlic Sauce)☕ White Coffee🥐 Za'atar Croissant🫓 Za'atar manakeesh🥮 Znoud el Sit
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. How we count →