Tavern Fryer · Stuffed Pepper
Chushki Byurek (Fried Stuffed Peppers)
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The pepper is battered and fried whole, so the first bite releases a pocket of melted cheese still sealed inside its own skin.
Long, mild peppers are stuffed with a mix of sirene cheese and egg, dipped in batter, and deep-fried until golden. Plovdiv's mehanas and market grills serve them as a snack plate alongside bread.
Why it's made this way: Stuffed, fried peppers are a Thracian-valley habit that leans on the region's mild pepper varieties, grown across the fields surrounding Plovdiv.
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