Chechil (Armenian: չեչիլ) or chechili (Georgian: ჩეჩილი) is a brined string cheese,[1][2][3][4][5][6] popular in Armenia and Georgia.

[7] It has a consistency approximating that of mozzarella or sulguni and is produced in the form of dense strings, rolled up in a figure eight of thick braid-shaped ropes.

It is a kneaded or pulled cheese, and the art of the cheese-maker is in stretching it thin so that it yields a "chicken-breast texture".

Curd is given a hot whey bath, then kneaded and stretched to the desirable, pliable consistency.

[2] In Turkey, chechil is called çeçil or tel peyniri, and is widely popular being specifically produced in Erzurum and in Ardahan.