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Kyrgyz Beshbarmak

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The national dish: boiled mutton or horse meat on wide noodles with onion, eaten by hand ('five fingers').

History

The name means 'five fingers' in Turkic languages. It is the guest dish of nomadic Kyrgyz and Kazakh peoples.

Ingredients

  • Mutton or horse meat
  • Wheat flour
  • Onion
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Broth

How it's made

  1. Boil large pieces of meat for 2-3 hours
  2. Make a dough and roll into thin sheets, cut into squares
  3. Boil the noodles in the broth
  4. Layer noodles, meat and onion rings
  5. Serve with broth in cups

Ratings & notes

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