It is difficult to imagine a full meal without soup. This dish has become one of the fundamental in our cuisine. There are many sayings that are specifically related to soups. For example, “Shchi da porridge”.
However, in addition to us, soups are loved in Europe and Asia. However, each nation has its own ideas about soup
. The Japanese and Chinese prepare this dish mainly from fish products. In Europe, they love cream soups, which differ from the usual cooking algorithms.
We want to talk about soup with minced meat, which can diversify your lunches
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Ingredients for the soup:
- carrots – 2 pcs;
- dill – a bunch;
- onion – 2 pcs.;
- potatoes – 2 pcs;
- black pepper – 3 peas;
- tomato paste – 3 tablespoons;
- bay leaf – pcs;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- minced meat – 450 g;
- salt – ½ tsp.
Preparation of the soup:
One carrot should be cut into large slices, put it together with the onion into a pot of water. Add to the vegetables in the water bay leaf, black pepper and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
At this time you need to finely chop the second onion, chop carrots on a coarse grater. In a frying pan we heat a little vegetable oil and fry onions and carrots for 2-3 minutes.
Add to the fried vegetables minced meat and salt, mix and continue to fry until the color of the meat changes. To the mixture add tomato paste and garlic cloves crushed through a press. Stir the ingredients and leave under a lid to stew over low heat for 10 minutes.
Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes
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Remove the onion and carrots from the broth, put the potatoes in it and cook for 10 minutes.
Then add the fried minced meat, chopped dill and cook for a couple more minutes.
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Ingredients for soup #2:
- sausage – 500 g;
- onions – pcs;
- carrots – pcs;
- potatoes – 3 pcs;
- sweet pepper – pcs;
- hot pepper – ½ pc;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- salt – tbsp;
- dried pepper – tsp;
- rosemary – tsp;
- tomato – pcs;
- water – 400 ml;
- beans – 400 g;
- parsley – bundle.
Preparation of soup #2:
Cut sausage into circles and fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil for no more than 5 minutes. Cut a small diced onion, bring to softness
. Carrots should be cut into quarter rings, lay out to the onion. While the vegetables are frying, peel potatoes and cut into small cubes. Add potatoes to the pan to the vegetables, start to peel and cut sweet and hot peppers.
You need to chop the peppers, also put them in the frying pan with vegetables. Press the garlic, add it to the roasted vegetables and mix.
Salt, pepper and sprinkle with rosemary
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Transfer the mixture into a saucepan and cook for 10 minutes.
While the vegetables are cooking, cut tomato into small slices. Together with the sausage, send the tomato to the vegetables, pour water over the mixture. Bring the soup to a boil, and then add the beans.
Cook the soup on medium heat under a lid for about 20 minutes. Finely chop parsley and sprinkle over the soup.
These soups can diversify your lunches, as they are markedly different from soups in the classical sense. The dishes are hearty and rich, so they can quite easily replace soup or borscht.
