Chikhirtma is a traditional Georgian dish, which is a thick soup based on chicken or lamb broth. This dish is characterized by its nutritiousness and rich flavor.
Chikhirtma is prepared from simple ingredients, but the cooking process requires attention and care. The peculiarity of this soup is the use of flour for thickening, as well as egg yolks, which give the dish a creamy texture.
In the process of preparation, meat is boiled until ready, then separated from the bones and cut into pieces. The broth is strained and added to it flour fried with fat, and cover with a lid.
Let’s tell you how to cook chikhirtma
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 1,5 kg;
- Onions – 2 pcs;
- Eggs – 3 pcs;
- Flour – 2 tbsp;
- Cilantro – 40 g;
- Dill – 20 g;
- Wine vinegar 5% – 2 tbsp;
- Salt – ½ tbsp.
Preparation of Chihirtma:
Boil the chicken until cooked, remove it from the broth. Chop the onion finely, fry it in the fat removed from the top of the broth. If there is not enough fat, you can add butter.
Chop cilantro finely, add a couple of ladles of broth to the flour, whisk. Put the onions in a saucepan with broth, pour the mixture of flour and broth
into it. Bring the broth to a boil, at this time remove the skin and bones from the chicken. Pour dill into the broth, salt and leave to boil for 5 minutes without a lid
. Beat eggs in a separate container, pour in a ladle of broth
.
Pour the egg mixture into the broth, while constantly stirring the contents of the pot.
Before the beginning of boiling put chicken in the soup, again cook until boiling. At this point, add cilantro, stir.
As a result, you get a delicious aromatic Georgian soup. It is worth trying to cook it at least once, it is a hearty and healthy dish.
