Perhaps, kharcho is one of those few soups that are familiar to everyone since childhood. Nourishing, rich, fragrant - this Georgian dish always pleases with its exquisite taste. According to tradition, kharcho is cooked using beef, however, at present there are a lot of variations for every taste. Today we will tell about the most interesting recipes for cooking kharcho.
Beef and Rice Kharcho Soup
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of beef;
- 3 tbsp. rice;
- 3 tomatoes;
- 1 onion;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 2 liters of water;
- 20 g parsley;
- salt (to taste);
- pepper-peas (to taste);
- hot pepper (to taste)
- hop-suneli seasoning (to taste);
- bay leaf (to taste).
Cooking time - 130 minutes. Calories per 100 g - 103 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Wash a piece of beef, cut into small cubes.
- Put the meat in a saucepan filled with water and place on the stove. Bring to a boil, removing the foam.
- Boil for about 60-90 minutes. Next, strain and set aside the cooked meat pieces.
- Peel the onions and cut into small cubes. Fry in a pan with oil until golden brown.
- Transfer cooked beef to onions and lightly fry.
- Add a little broth and cook under the lid closed for about 10-15 minutes.
- To blanch the tomatoes and remove the skin. Cut into small cubes and shift to the pan. Continue extinguishing 10 minutes.
- Pour the prepared broth into a saucepan and put on the stove.
- After boiling, put the stew into the pan and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Then pour the rice, season with spices to your own taste (spice lovers can also sprinkle a little hot pepper).
- Toward the end of the preparation add chopped parsley and garlic. Kharcho is ready!
Hearty Pork Soup
Ingredients:
- 400 g pork;
- 2 potatoes (to taste);
- 1 onion;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- 70 grams of rice cereal;
- 2 liters of water;
- 5 tbsp. l sunflower oil;
- salt (to taste);
- hop-suneli seasoning (to taste);
- chili pepper (to taste);
- greens (to taste).
Cooking time - 70 minutes. Calories per 100 g - 55 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Wash meat, cut into pieces of medium size.
- Put the pork in a pot filled with water and place on the stove. Bring to a boil, sometimes removing the foam.
- Boil the broth for about 40 minutes.
- Peel the onions and cut them into small pieces.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into medium-sized sticks.
- Rinse the rice thoroughly.
- To boiled pork pour potatoes, rice groats and onions. Boil for 15-20 minutes.
- To blanch tomatoes, peel and cut into small cubes.
- Pour the vegetable oil into the pan and heat it on low heat. Transfer the tomatoes and simmer for 5-7 minutes, sometimes stirring.
- In a boiling dish add the stew and spices. Cook for 5 minutes.
- At the end of cooking add chopped greens and garlic.
- Cover the soup with a lid and let it brew for 20 minutes. The dish is ready!
Mutton Kharcho Soup
Ingredients:
- 500 g lamb ribs;
- 75 grams of rice;
- 3 tomatoes;
- half carrot;
- 1 onion;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 20 g greenery;
- 5 tsp. apple cider vinegar;
- 5 tbsp. l vegetable oil;
- 1 tsp. coriander;
- 5 tsp. hot pepper;
- 3 pcs. peppercorns;
- salt (to taste).
Cooking time - 90 minutes. Calories per 100 g - 39 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Wash and clean the lamb, cut into pieces with ribs.
- Peel the onions and cut into rings.
- Wash and chop the greens.
- Crush and mix salt, black pepper, red pepper and coriander.
- Pour vegetable oil into a pan, put lamb ribs and fry for about 10 minutes.
- Pour the lamb with vinegar, add the onions and the prepared spices. Fry for about 2-3 minutes.
- To blanch the tomatoes, remove the peel and chop finely.
- Put the tomatoes and greens in a saucepan filled with water and simmer with the meat under the lid closed for 60 minutes.
- An hour later, pour the rice cereal and cook until soft rice.
- Ready soup insist 15 minutes.
Soup kharcho with tomatoes in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of beef;
- 5 onions;
- 3 tomatoes;
- 1 tsp. tomato paste;
- 100 grams of rice cereal;
- 1 tbsp. l vegetable oil;
- 1 l of water;
- bunch of greens;
- 1 tsp. hop-suneli condiments;
- 1 bay leaf;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- salt (to taste);
- chili pepper (to taste).
Cooking time - 80 minutes. Calories per 100 g - 62 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Meat wash and cut into small squares.
- In the bowl multicooker pour sunflower oil and place the meat.
- To blanch the tomatoes, remove the peel and cut into portioned cubes. Transfer to beef.
- Cook the ingredients with the lid closed in the Stew / Quench mode for 60 minutes.
- Peel and chop the onion.
- Wash rice.
- After 60 minutes, stir in stewed ingredients, tomato paste, onion and rice. Cover with water and cook under the lid in the "Soup" mode for 15 minutes.
- After cooking, sprinkle with chopped herbs and garlic, seasonings and spices (spice lovers can also use chili pepper).
- Let rest 5 minutes. Kharcho is ready!
Real Georgian kharcho with tkemali and nuts
Ingredients:
- 350 grams of beef;
- 70-80 grams of rice;
- 1 carrot;
- 1-2 onions;
- 7-8 cloves of garlic;
- 125 ml of tkemali sauce;
- 70 grams of walnuts;
- 1.5 liters of water;
- bunch of greens;
- hop-suneli seasoning (to taste);
- salt (to taste);
- black pepper (to taste);
- red pepper (to taste).
Cooking time - 200 minutes. Calories per 100 g - 188 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Put the whole beef in a saucepan, add water and bring to a boil. Cook for about 2 hours.
- Remove cooked beef from the pan, cut portions and return to the boiling liquid.
- Peel the onion and cut into half rings.
- Peel the carrots and cut into cubes.
- Add boiled potatoes to boiling soup and cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour the carrots and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the onions, cover the pan and cook on low heat for 30 minutes.
- Half an hour later, fill the rice and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
- Peel the nuts and carefully crush.
- Peel and chop the herbs and garlic.
- After 10 minutes, add the garlic and nuts. Continue cooking for 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with spices to taste and cook for 5 minutes.
- In a boiled kharcho, chop up the greens and allow to sweat for 5 minutes. The dish is ready!
Chicken Kharcho Soup
Ingredients:
- 2 slices of chicken fillet;
- 100 grams of rice cereal;
- 100 ml tkemali;
- 1 onion;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 60 g of tomato paste;
- 3 liters of water;
- bunch of greens;
- hop-suneli seasoning (to taste);
- salt (to taste);
- black pepper (to taste);
- hot pepper (to taste).
Cooking time - 45 min. Calories per 100 g - 27 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Wash chicken fillet and cut into medium-sized slices.
- Put the bird in a saucepan with water, salt and bring to a boil. Boil for about 15 minutes.
- Rinse the rice thoroughly.
- Peel the onions and cut into small cubes.
- Pour rice cereal and onions into the pan and continue cooking for 20 minutes.
- Peel and chop the garlic.
- At the end of 20 minutes add tkemali, garlic, tomato paste and seasonings to your own taste. Boil for 10 minutes.
- Add the finely chopped greens to the cooked kharcho and let it sit for about 5 minutes. The dish is ready!
Spicy meatless kharcho
Ingredients:
- 75 grams of rice cereal;
- 1 onion;
- 3 tomatoes;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. l butter;
- 10 black peppercorns;
- 5 tsp. red pepper;
- 1 l of water;
- salt (to taste);
- hop-suneli seasoning (to taste);
- greens (to taste).
Cooking time - 50 minutes. Calories per 100 g of the product - 42 kcal.
Cooking method:
- Thoroughly wash the rice cereal.
- Peel the garlic and onions and finely chop the vegetables.
- Fill the pot with water and add rice, garlic, onion and pepper-peas. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes.
- To blanch tomatoes, peel and cut into small cubes.
- Heat the butter in a frying pan, add the tomatoes and fry over high heat for 3 minutes.
- Then reduce the heat, cover the pan with the lid and simmer the tomatoes for 7 minutes.
- Put the tomatoes in a pot of boiling soup, add red pepper, as well as other seasonings to your own taste. Boil for 5 minutes.
- Put chopped greens into ready-made kharcho, cover with a lid and let it brew. Enjoy your meal!
Culinary Tricks
- Cooking kharcho takes several hours, so for cooking a tasty soup you should not neglect time.
- Traditionally for kharcho fatty meat is used - so the soup will be more satisfying and rich.
- Round rice is ideal for kharcho: it gives a greater fat to the dish.
- When cooking kharcho with nuts, the soup turns out to be tastier if the nuts are pre-roasted in a pan: this way more flavor will stand out.
- The best greens for kharcho will be parsley or cilantro. For a more refined taste, you can try peppermint.
- There is another, simpler way to remove the peel from a tomato: you just need to put the cut vegetables in a plastic container, cover with a lid and send in a microwave for 1-2 minutes. Tomatoes are well steamed and the skin can be easily removed.
