Shchi with beef

When you try to remember the most favorite first dish of Russian cuisine, the first thing that comes to mind is fragrant cabbage soup in a rich beef broth . We decided to devote a bit more attention to this dish and talk about how to cook beef soup.

Recipe for fresh cabbage soup with beef

Ingredients:

• beef brisket with bone - 1 kg;
• young cabbage - 1/2 head;
• onions - 1 pc .;
• carrots - 1 piece;
• potatoes - 2-3 pieces;
• greens - to taste;
• bay leaves - 2 pcs .;
• pepper peas - 1 teaspoon;
• vegetable oil;
• salt - to taste.

Preparation

Meat washed and put in a pan with pepper and peas. We fill the meat with water and put it on the fire. Cook the broth for 2 hours on low heat, not forgetting to periodically remove the formed foam. Broth filter and pour into a saucepan. Meat is separated from the bone, cut into cubes and returned to the pan.

Potatoes are cleaned, washed, chopped and put in a broth until half cooked. While the potatoes are brewed, chopped onions and carrots wesser on vegetable oil until golden brown. Passevku add to the broth.

Cabbage shred and then put in a saucepan with broth. Season the soup to taste and cover with a lid. Varim soup to the softness of the cabbage, after which we give the dish to drink before serving 15-20 minutes.

Recipe for sour cabbage soup with beef

Ingredients:

• sauerkraut - 500 g;
• onions - 1 pc .;
• carrots - 1 piece;
• celery root - 70 g;
• potatoes - 3-4 pieces;
• tomato paste - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• beef brisket - 500 g;
• bay leaves - 2-3 pcs .;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• greens - to taste.

Preparation

Let's start cooking with broth cooking. Meat with a laurel leaf is filled with water and we put it on the fire for 1.5-2 hours, periodically removing the resulting noise.

While broth is brewed it is possible to be engaged in potatoes, it should be washed, clean and cut into cubes. Carrots and celery are also cleaned and rubbed on a large grater. We chop the onions. In a frying pan, we warm up the vegetable oil and fry it all the prepared ingredients except potatoes. Cabbage tulish in a separate frying pan for 30 minutes, adding tomato paste.

We remove the meat from the broth, cut it and then return it to the pot with the potatoes. potatoes cook until ready, add cabbage to cabbage soup. All together should boil another 7-10 minutes and remove from heat.

To cook soup with beef in a multivarker first fry in a bowl of vegetables until golden brown, then pour the water and add the meat. We cook for an hour and a half in "Quenching" mode, then add the remaining ingredients and prepare another 40 minutes.