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Borts

борц

Beef air-dried in strips through winter, then crumbled into soups and stews

Mongolia Charcuterie & cured

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Mongol cavalry carried pulverised dried beef in saddlebags, letting armies ride for weeks without baggage trains, and herders still dry it in cold sheds.

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What is Borts?

Borts is a charcuterie & cured from Mongolia: beef air-dried in strips through winter, then crumbled into soups and stews. Mongol cavalry carried pulverised dried beef in saddlebags, letting armies ride for weeks without baggage trains, and herders still dry it in cold sheds.

Made with

beef

Cooked

driedcured

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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