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{{Short description|Levantine dish of parsley and bulgur}}
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{{Infobox food
| name            = Tabbouleh
| image           = File:Tabouleh 1.JPG
| caption         = Tabbouleh
| country         = [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]]
| region          = [[Eastern Mediterranean]]
| course          = [[Salad]]
| served          = Cold
| main_ingredient = [[Parsley]], [[tomato]], [[bulgur]], [[onion]], [[olive oil]], [[lemon juice]], [[Edible salt|salt]]
| variations       = [[Pomegranate]] seeds instead of tomato
}}

'''Tabbouleh''' ({{langx|ar|تبولة|translit=tabbūla}}), also transcribed '''tabouleh''', '''tabbouli''', '''tabouli''', or '''taboulah''', is a [[Levantine cuisine|Levantine]] [[salad]] of finely chopped [[parsley]], soaked [[bulgur]], [[tomato]]es, [[Mentha|mint]], and [[Scallion|onion]], seasoned with [[olive oil]], [[lemon juice]], [[Edible salt|salt]] and sweet pepper. Some variations add lettuce, or use [[semolina]] instead of bulgur.{{sfn|Zubaida|2000|pp=35, 37}}<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Claudia Roden |first=Claudia |last=Roden |title=A Book of Middle Eastern Food |page=86}}{{full citation needed|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author-link=Anissa Helou |first=Anissa |last=Helou |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Companion to Food]] |title=Lebanon |editor-first=Alan |editor-last=Davidson}}{{full citation needed|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Companion to Food]] |title=tabbouleh |editor-first=Alan |editor-last=Davidson}}{{full citation needed|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary |first=Maan Z. |last=Madina |dictionary=Arabic-English Dictionary of the Modern Literary Language |year=1973 |script-title=ar:تبل}}</ref>

Tabbouleh is traditionally served as part of a [[mezze]] in the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] and the [[Arab world]].{{sfn|Basan|2006|p=125, 180}}{{sfn|Wright|2001|p=251}}{{sfn|Peck|2010|p=97}}{{sfn|Davis|2011|p=58}} Like [[hummus]], [[baba ghanoush]], [[pita bread]], and other elements of [[Arab cuisine#Levant|Arab cuisine]], tabbouleh has become a popular food in the [[United States]].{{sfn|Zelinsky|2001|p=118}}{{sfn|Schloss|2007|p=27}}