Khorovats
Armenian grilled meat for festive occasions.
Khorovats is an Armenian grilled meat dish, typically reserved for festive occasions. The meat may be marinated before grilling, but this is not required. It can be made with lamb, pork, beef, chicken, fish, or veal.
Quick Facts
- National cuisine
- Armenian cuisine
- Course
- Main course
- Main ingredients
- Meat
- Served
- Hot
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Description
Khorovats is a grilled meat dish from Armenia, typically cooked in a tonir. The meat, which can be lamb, pork, beef, chicken, or occasionally veal, is often cut into chunks and grilled on a shampoor, or skewer, though bone-in chops or steaks without skewers are also common. Vegetables like asparagus or green beans are a typical side, sometimes fried and mixed with whipped eggs to create a dish similar to scrambled eggs. In Yerevan, Proshian Street is called "Barbecue Street" by visitors because of its many khorovats restaurants.
In popular culture
In the 1976 Soviet film When September Comes, actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan makes khorovats with his grandson on a Moscow apartment balcony, leading neighbors to call firemen; the situation resolves and all gather to eat. An annual khorovats festival has been held in Akhtala since 2009. In 2012, US ambassador John A. Heffern attended among 15,000 guests. The 17th-century French traveler Jean Chardin wrote about khorovats in The Travels of Sir John Chardin in Persia and the Orient.
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