These Persian beef recipes use cuts from tenderloin to sirloin, include recipes with ground beef, and even include ways to make less expensive cuts of beef come out tender and succulent in stews. Persian beef recipes are versatile and have an incredible depth of flavor.

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🌟Why You’ll Love These Persian Beef Recipes

  • Amazing variety – Not everyone has a prime cut of beef on hand. Whether you have tenderloin, ground beef, beef shoulder, or chuck, a recipe here will turn your beef into the most flavorful meal you can imagine. Plus, there are recipe options from stews to soups to grilled beef dishes.
  • Taste of Persian tradition – Many of these dishes are staples in Persian homes, including in mine as I was growing up! I have fond memories of cutting the herbs for Ghormeh Sabzi or learning to make kotlet from my maman-joon. If you want to steep yourself in Persian culture, our fantastic cuisine is a great place to start.
  • Thoughtful recipe instructions – Whether you’re a seasoned cook or a beginner in the kitchen, my recipes have easy-to-follow steps to make sure you are successful every single time.

9 Amazing Persian Recipes with Beef

1.

Ghormeh Sabzi – Persian Herb & Beef Stew with Dried Limes
This Persian Beef Stew known as Ghormeh Sabzi is something I grew up eating almost every week. Filled with fresh herbs and dried limes, the aroma of this stewed, herbaceous dish brings to the house is incredible and nourishing in itself, and instantly presences me to family Shabbat dinners.
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Green stew in a white pot.

2.

Koobideh – Persian Ground Beef Kabob
One of the most popular dishes ordered in Persian restaurants, these Persian ground beef kabobs known as koobideh (or kubideh), are grilled to juicy perfection and you only need 5 ingredients to make them.
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Meat kabobs on a plate with tomatoes and rice.

3.

Persian Beef Kabob Barg
This Persian Kabob Barg is marinated overnight in grated onion, oil, garlic, salt, pepper, saffron, and lemon or lime juice. Delicious!
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Kabob with rice and salad.

4.

Dolmeh Felfel – Persian Stuffed Peppers
This recipe for dolmeh felfel is meant to be served warm as a meal, but the leftovers make for a great, cold lunch the next day.
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Roasted peppers stuffed with rice.

5.

Koufteh – Persian Meat & Rice Dumpling Soup
This mouthwatering koufteh, a Persian meat & rice dumpling soup, is filled with fresh herbs & spices. It's a heartwarming recipe you'll love not just on cold months, but all year round.
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Bowl of dumpling soup.

6.

Beef Tongue
This fall-apart beef tongue is usually the star of our Persian Rosh Hashanah seder. I'm showing you a simple way to make it at home, with some great ideas for how to use the broth and leftovers.
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Top view of sliced cow tongue on a plate.

7.

Khoresh Gheymeh – Persian Meat and Split Pea Stew
Khoresh Gheymeh is a robust and flavorful meat and split pea soup, instantly recognizable by the yellow split peas dotted throughout.
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Serving bowl with red meat stew.

8.

Kotlet – Persian Meat and Potato Patties
Kotlet are delicious meat patties, the Persian version of meat cutlets, and can be made with either ground beef, lamb, or turkey. You'll find variations in the spices used depending on which part of Iran your family is from.
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Meat patties on a plate.

9.

Khoresh Beh – Persian Quince & Plum Beef Stew
Khroesh e Beh, a quince, plum, and beef stew is the most popular Persian recipe on my blog, and it will please everyone at the dinner table.
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🥗 What to Eat With Persian Beef Dishes

While these beef dishes are satisfying as they are, you can’t go wrong by adding a heaped plate of Persian saffron basmati rice, or go the extra mile and turn it into tahdig. I also love to serve these with a fresh vegetable side too like a classic Shirazi salad. Finally, a cool glass of sharbat is ideal to quench your thirst during your meal.

🍽 More Great Persian Recipes

Delicious Persian cuisine doesn’t stop with beef recipes! Try these mouthwatering chicken recipes next.

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