Lamb Çöp Şiş

Kuzu çöp şiş is lamb cut into very small pieces, roughly the size of a fingertip, threaded tightly onto thin wooden skewers and grilled fast over charcoal. Çöp means twig or stick, after the thin skewers, and that is what separates it from ordinary kuzu şiş, which uses larger cubes on wide metal skewers. The dish is most strongly associated with the Aegean, Selçuk near İzmir in particular, and it is also served across the south and east of Türkiye, often ordered by the skewer and arriving as a stack of six or ten. The classic plate puts the skewers on thin lavaş or pide bread with grilled tomatoes and green peppers and a salad of sliced onion, parsley and sumac. Because each piece is so small, there is more charred surface per bite than in any other lamb kebab, and the fat between the pieces drips into the bread underneath.