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Chomlek

Also known as: Чомлек

Bansko Free Tour shares this beef chomlek as a recipe from the town’s grandmothers.

Chomlek — illustrative food image

About Chomlek

Bansko Free Tour shares this beef chomlek as a recipe from the town’s grandmothers. It combines beef, potatoes, onion and garlic in a covered pot, within the traditional Bulgarian cooking associated with Bansko.

Red wine forms the main cooking liquid, with olive oil adding richness around the potatoes and beef. Salt, black pepper and bay leaf provide the straightforward seasoning.

The beef sits above roughly cut potatoes and aromatics during the long covered cooking. The guides associate the dish with holidays and Christmas, alongside its year-round availability in family-run mehana restaurants.

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Ingredients in Chomlek

Bansko Free Tour’s Bulgarian grannies’ beef Chomlek.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Specific cut unprovided; bone-in preferred48, not mandatory.
  • Potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Red wine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact style/treatments unprovided; no sulphite inference.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Bay leaf: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only56.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Bulgaria
  • AlbaniaCatalogue link pending review
  • BulgariaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Bansko Free Tour’s Bulgarian grannies’ beef Chomlek