Çibörek (deep-fried turnovers filled with mincemeat)

ÇiBörek (deep-fried turnovers filled with mincemeat) is a pastry identified with Eskişehir. It is eaten in many places in Eskişehir in Türkiye, but the taste of ÇiBörek is not easy to find elsewhere. ÇiBörek, which is the work of the Crimean Tatar culture that first settled in Eskişehir, is a traditional pastry made by putting a mixture of minced meat, onion and spices in rolled thin dough and frying it in oil. Usually it is in the shape of a half moon.

Varieties are also available with mushrooms, cheese, potatoes etc. However, it is traditionally made with ground beef. It is a unique taste with cold and foamy ayran. It takes its name from the combination of the words “çi”, which means delicious (lezzetli) in the Old Kipchak dialect, and Pastry (börek).

You should definitely taste this flavor, the fragrance of which comes to your nose a you wander the streets of Eskişehir.