Food of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz cuisine is rooted in nomadic herding, with mutton, beef, horse meat, dairy, noodles and bread. Beshbarmak is the national dish, and tea with bread and jam is always on the table. Yurts and mountain pastures shape the food, and everything is shared.
Beshbarmak
Boiled meat over noodles with onion, the dish of hospitality.
How to make Beshbarmak- Main dishes (5)
- Breakfast (1)
- Street food (2)
- Soups (2)
- Salads (1)
- Breads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (2)
- Drinks (2)
- Fruits and produce (3)
Staples
- lamb
- beef
- noodles
- dairy
- bread
- potatoes
Signature flavors
- black pepper
- onion
- dill
- cumin
Main dishes
Boiled meat over noodles with onion, the dish of hospitality.
Key ingredients: lamb, noodles, onionFull guide →
Rice with meat and carrots.
Key ingredients: rice, lamb, carrotsFull guide →
Steamed meat dumplings.
Key ingredients: dough, lamb, onionFull guide →
Fried meat and potatoes.
Key ingredients: lamb, potatoes, onionA rolled, steamed noodle dough filled with meat and potato.
Key ingredients: dough, meat, potato, onionBreakfast
Fried dough puffs served with butter, honey or jam.
Key ingredients: flour, oil, honeyStreet food
Baked pastry with lamb and onion.
Key ingredients: dough, lamb, onionFull guide →Cold noodle and starch jelly dish with spicy sauce.
Key ingredients: noodles, starch jelly, vinegar, chiliSoups
Hand-pulled noodles in meat stew.
Key ingredients: noodles, meat, vegetablesFull guide →
A hearty broth of lamb and potato.
Key ingredients: lamb, potato, carrotSalads
Tomato, cucumber and onion with herbs.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, dillBreads
Round baked bread.
Key ingredients: flour, yeastDesserts and sweets
Dough pieces in honey.
Key ingredients: flour, honeySweet cooked fruit with honey.
Key ingredients: apricot, honeyDrinks
Black tea with milk.
Key ingredients: tea, milk
Yogurt drink.
Key ingredients: yogurt, water, saltFull guide →Fruits and produce
Mountain apricots eaten fresh and dried.
Key ingredients: fresh, driedFull guide →
Crisp mountain apples.
Key ingredients: fresh
Walnuts from the Arslanbob forests.
Key ingredients: snacks, sweetsDish guides from Kyrgyzstan
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Бешбармак из говядины 01: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Afghan Palo: Jost Wagner, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kayseride bir restoranda Kayseri mantısı (cropped): Kızılkum, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kazakh quwyrdaq: Rio Murr from Minsk, Belarus, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Boortsog: Vidor, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ouzbékistan-Samsas: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bean soup with tomatoes and red peppers: Gillgaramond, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A large mixed salad: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Flatbread: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Longjing tea steeping in gaiwan: Difference engine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fresh ayran: Mavigogun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Apricot jam: Rita, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Walnuts - whole and open with halved kernel: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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