Çılbır (Turkish Poached Eggs with Yogurt and Spiced Butter)

Name: Çılbır (Turkish Poached Eggs with Yogurt and Spiced Butter)
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 cup plain whole-milk strained, yogurt; ½ teaspoon, garlic, minced to paste; ⅛ teaspoon, table salt, plus salt for cooking eggs; 4 , large eggs; 1 tablespoon, distilled white vinegar; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon pul biber or ground dried, Aleppo pepper; ¼ teaspoon, dried mint (optional); , Pita, flatbread, or crusty bread

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2022, America's Test Kitchen TV

Appetizers

Eggs

Breakfast & Brunch

Garlicky yogurt crowned with a just-set egg and gilded with spiced butter, çılbır has been simple, stunning Turkish fare since the Ottoman Empire.

SERVES4

TIME40 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make çılbır, we started with a base of thick, creamy whole-milk strained yogurt that would stand up to a poached egg being placed on top. We added grated garlic, which is potent but mixed seamlessly with the yogurt, and a bit of salt. Le...

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