Beshbarmak is the most popular dish in Kazakhstan; it is consisting of boiled horse or mutton meat with large noodles and onions. Traditionally Beshbarmak is eaten with fingers (literally, "beshbarmak" means "five fingers") from a common platter.

Shashlik is a common dish in Kazakhstan and in Central Asia. It consists of meat cubes skewered and grilled. The skewers are either threaded with meat only, or with alternating pieces of meat, fat, and vegetables, such as bell pepper, onion, mushroom and tomato.