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We regularly include influences from the Middle East when cooking in our own kitchens. Check out these 33 Middle Eastern recipes and soon you’ll be inspired to do the same!

A pot of rice, stewed meat and vegetables that's flipped upside down and garnished with toasted nuts. It's a very common dish in the Middle East and absolutely delicious!

Persian Slow Roasted Lamb. Moreish and divine is the best way to describe this slow cooked lamb. The exotic scents that fill the kitchen while cooking this dish are incredible.

This is versatile, speedy, easy and ridiculously tasty. Everyday Hashweh is an exotic way to serve up humble ground (minced) meat.

Lamb Shank and Rice is a popular Mediterranean dish that has an extraordinary savor because of its rich spice blend characteristic to the Middle East. The Lamb Shank is slow-cooked with the spices for the flawlessly tender bites and intense aroma of it all is just to die for. The rice of the Lamb Shank and Rice recipe is cooked in the same broth that comes out like wisps of feather, almost ethereal.

Jordanian Cuisine is full of delicious recipes and mansaf is on top of that list. Mansaf is a traditional dish made by layering bread, rice and tender pieces of lamb chunks served along with a special yogurt sauce. A very festive popular dish for special occasions.

Braised lamb shanks slow cooked in a fantastic sauce with Persian spices, saffron, lemon juice and herbs makes a spectacular feast.

Ouzi lamb is an authentic Arabic recipe that you need to try! This delicious spiced Arabic rice is topped with tender slow cooked lamb. It is filled with so much flavor and is the best Arabic dinner that your guests will be talking about for years to come.

Lamb Tagine, the stew, classically incorporates savory and sweet ingredients to make a complex dish with a richly spiced flavor. You will see an array of seasonings in this stew that sets it apart from anything you've probably tried, like cinnamon and cardamom. It is a comforting, cozy meal that pairs perfectly with plain couscous or rice.

This delicious spiced beef, a version of Lebanese hushwee, is super easy to make and an easy weeknight dinner! It's a fragrant spiced ground beef with toasted pine nuts and fresh parsley, perfect when piled on turmeric rice or homemade hummus!