🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Cuisine

Chak-Chak

Fried Honey Pastry

Prep Time 50 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Medium
Calories 346 kcal

Small fried dough pieces coated in hot honey syrup and pressed into a mound. A festive sweet treat served at celebrations and with tea.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix flour, eggs, butter, and salt into firm dough.
  2. 2 Roll thin and cut into small sticks or balls.
  3. 3 Deep fry in batches until golden.
  4. 4 Heat honey and sugar until syrupy.
  5. 5 Toss fried dough in hot honey syrup.
  6. 6 Press into a mound shape on a plate.
  7. 7 Let cool and set before serving.

Did You Know?

Chak-chak is shared across Turkic cultures from Kyrgyzstan to Tatarstan. In Kyrgyz tradition, a bride must bring chak-chak to her new family as a symbol of the sweetness she will add to their lives.