Kebapche


Kebapche is a Bulgarian dish of grilled minced meat with spices. The meat is shaped into an elongated cylindrical form, similar to a hot dog. Typically, a mix of pork and beef is used, although some recipes involve only pork. The preferred spices are black pepper, cumin and salt. Kebapche is a grilled food. It is never fried or baked.
A typical addition to a kebapche meal are chips, often covered with grated sirene ; lyutenitsa is sometimes used as a dip. The expression a three kebapcheta with sides is particularly well-known. The preferred drink to go with a kebapche is beer.
The word kebapche is derived from kebab, –che is a diminutive Bulgarian neutral suffix, i.e. a "little kebab". A dish similar to kebapche and often combined with it is kyufte, which is often the same in terms of meat and spices but round-shaped. It often includes onions and parsley, which kebapche does not.
It is essentially the same dish as Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian ćevapčići, but the Bulgarian kebapcheta are typically larger.