Frigărui

This recipe for Romanian chicken kabobs/kebabs or frigarui is made with seasoned chicken only or a combination of chicken and veggies. Frigarui also can be made with pork or beef and sometimes bacon skewered with onions, peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms, and then grilled.

This popular Romanian street food is typically served with a garlic sauce known as mujdei de usturoi. As you might imagine, there are as many versions of this sauce as there are cooks in Romania.

The word frigăruie is a diminutive form of frigare "skewer", which is derived from a frige, meaning "to grill" or "to fry". This in turn comes from the Latin frῑgĕre "roast, fry" and as such is a cognate of the English "fry".