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bitok

bitok

9.9
Small fried patties of ground meat often served with sour cream
  • noun
: bitok
  • My grandmother's recipe for bitok always includes a touch of bread to make the mixture tender and flavorful.

Examples

  • The chef prepared delicious bitok patties with ground beef and onions for the family dinner.

  • Omondi, P., E. Bitok, and J. Kagiri. 2004. Managing Human Elephant Conflicts: The Kenyan Experience. Pachyderm 36:80-86.

    Academic text (2018)

  • At the restaurant, I ordered bitok, which was savory and topped with a rich sour cream sauce.

Surface Forms

bitok singular
bitoks plural

Etymology

Bitok comes from the old Russian verb бить, which means 'to beat'. Cooks would beat or press the meat into small flat patties, so a bitok is a small pressed meat patty often served with sauce.