Solyanka is a very popular soup in Russian cuisine. But besides the classic restaurant version of the combined meat hodgepodge, there are others, for example, the Abkhazian style hodgepodge. Adjika gives this dish a national flavor.
It is necessary
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- 1 kg of beef;
- 1 beef bone with meat (for cooking broth);
- 3 tbsp tomato paste;
- 4-5 cloves of garlic;
- a pinch of adjika;
- 3-4 pickles;
- 2 tbsp capers;
- salt and pepper;
- 1 onion;
- vegetable oil;
- Bay leaf.
Instructions
Step 1
Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Heat the oil in a deep saucepan and fry the onion in it for about 5 minutes. Cut the shoulder of the beef into slices with a side no more than 1 cm. Add the meat to the onion. Cook everything together for 4-5 minutes. The beef should be lightly browned. After that, pour 1 tbsp into a saucepan. water, salt the mixture. Simmer the meat over low heat for an hour and a half, covering the container with a lid.
Step 2
Cut pickled or pickled cucumbers into small cubes. Then add them to the cooking beef together with bay leaves and a few black peppercorns. Cook for another 10 minutes. Place the tomato paste and chopped garlic with capers in the mixture. Simmer for another 5 minutes, then try. If the soup lacks acidity, add the juice of half a lemon. Pour in dry adjika. Keep on fire for another 2-3 minutes, then serve. As a supplement to such a hodgepodge, fried or boiled potatoes with herbs and fresh tomatoes are suitable.
Step 3
The resulting hodgepodge can be attributed more to a roast than a liquid hot dish. If you want to make the soup, start with the broth. Put a beef bone with a little meat and half an onion in cold water. Add bay leaves, salt and pepper. Cook for 2 hours, periodically skimming off the foam. Strain the finished broth until it becomes transparent. Then, as in the first recipe, stew the beef with onions, tomato, garlic and adjika. At the end of cooking, transfer this mixture to the broth. Add more tomato paste if necessary. Cook the soup for another 10 minutes. In addition to beef, if desired, you can cut smoked chicken or ham into it, as well as olives into slices. Serve this soup with sour cream and a quarter of lemon. You can also cut the greens separately and sprinkle them on the dish before meals.
