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SLO Feb 22, 2007 02:20 PM

Chevap chi chi (Serbian sausage)

I bought this on Arthur Ave. (Bronx, NY) I know it's supposed to be grilled ... any suggestions for what to serve with it? Anyone know what it's made of?

TIA

  1. v
    venera Feb 22, 2007 05:13 PM

    Yum, cevapcici!

    Yes, raw onion, bread, and beer are definitely traditional accompaniments. I prefer the onions diced.

    Other things that go well:

    --Cabbage salad (green cabbage, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper)
    --Roasted sweet red peppers--try roasting/charring a hot pepper, like a serrano, too. :)
    --Shopska salad: onion, tomato, cukes, banana pepper, feta

    Also, some parts of the Balkan serve cevapcici with "bukovska piper." It's dried, roasted, crushed red pepper. You can have this hot or mild. You literally take a cooked cevap and dunk it, coating it in the pepper. It offsets the meat perfectly.

    Technically a cevap isn't a sausage. It's more like a lula kabob---minced/ground meat that's shaped like a log and then grilled (sans skewer).

    Raise a glass of beer and say "Ziveli!" :) Enjoy 'em. They're great.

    1. g
      glutton Feb 22, 2007 04:04 PM

      When I have ordered this at Serbian restaurants, it has typically been served with tons of sliced raw onions, some tomatoes, some hearty bread, and beer. It's wonderful...

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