All I've got left in the pantry is the bulgar - Now what?

I accidentally purchased a 2 lb package of Bulgar along with some steel cut oats (which is what I thought it was) . Now the oats are gone and I’m down to the Bulgar. I made (2 cups dry measure) per the package instructions, and now I’ve got about about 6 cups of warm steaming Bulgar in bowl on my kitchen counter.

Now what?

I dunno - invite over some Bulgarians? :smiley:

Well, you could learn to dance klezmer. Alternatively, here are a few other ideas, provided you don’t mind tweaking your spelling. It’s a rather versatile ingredient, if you like experimenting.

Throw a chicken breast and a little tarragon cream sauce on top.

Brown some pine nuts and stir them in with a little fresh basil.

Stir-fry some broccoli and tofu and throw it on top.

One word: Tabouli!

That is, add some: fresh minced (or crushed) garlic, lemon juice, scallions, tomato, parsley and if you want to go wild maybe some feta and kalamata olives. Yum!

I initially read this as All I’ve got left in the panty is the bulger - Now what?

:eek:

I have no idea what bulgar is.

[consults dictionary… no entry for bulgar.

Finds bulgur:

bul-gur [Turk](1926): parched cracked wheat]

Hm. How have I lived for 39+ years and never heard of this bulgur?

And interestingly, in Arabic (and thence in Hebrew) it’s called burgul – you’d think we were *far-*Easterners the way we switched those ‘l’ and ‘r’…

An Example (from Syria)

I second trying for Tabouli. Maybe try adding some Tehina on top, as well. As already said:

Add meat, blend with spices and cook (unless you really like it raw) for kibbeh.

Roll kibbeh into small nuggets for kibble. :slight_smile:

Just read the header again and it looked like:
All I’ve got left in the pantry is the burglar - Now what?
Maybe klonk him with the bowl of bulgur?

:smiley:
Yes, roll into kibble and fry! Pretty much can be cooked or not cooked any way you like (baked in a dish, fried as meatballs, fried as giant meatballs.)
:smiley:
Seriously this is good stuff, now I am salivating. I have the meat and the burghul, but I threw out my blender/food processor last week… (considers buying food processor on the way home from work, or just holding up a middle eastern deli - “just give me your kibbeh and nobody gets hurt!”)

I read this thread title as:
“All I’ve got left in the pantry is the burglar-now what?”

So I was expecting a much odder story.

Tell me,
Carl, does your
hospital employ an
optometrist? 'Cause I posted the
burglar bit, in teeny print, earlier today.