# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4BL8RLIzq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810507-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-30T17:14:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Star reporter Anna Spoerre ordered the chirbuli at Clay & Fire the first time she found herself at the homey spot in Kansas City’s West Side — and it’s the meal she’s ordered ever since.

The dish, from the country of Georgia, near Turkey, is a stew of sorts, made of onion, garlic, tomato, walnut, coriander, butter and basil, and topped with poached eggs. It tastes like a little bowl of comfort, made to be eaten next to a fire with a book, or on a crisp fall day, all cozy in a warm jacket. But as summer approaches, Anna has realized it’s perfect year-round.

On a recent May day, the chef, Brent Gunnels, said the dish is the genesis of huevos rancheros, after Georgian immigrants brought chirbuli to Mexico in the 19th century.

As the tomatoes cooked down, Gunnels hand-mashed garlic and walnuts in a mortar and pestle, then added everything to a cast iron bowl that he pushed into the 1,000-degree wood-fire oven, where the flavors could marinate for a few minutes.

The rich, salty, tangy mashup is finished with poached eggs, spirals of fresh basil and billowy, crisp flatbread made to order.

“Bread is the lifeblood of this place,” Gunnels said before snagging a batch from beside the flames, adding that almost their whole menu is cooked with fire in some way.

Read more about clayandfirekc at the link in our bio.

📸: kctammy

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