I've not been to Lebanon, but what you're describing sounds an awful lot like çiğ köfte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Çiğ_köfte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ç

I've not been to Lebanon, but what you're describing sounds an awful lot like çiğ köfte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Çiğ_köfte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Çiğ_köfte . You should give it a try if you can find it!