Many novice housewives wonder how to cook a hodgepodge. Each cook may have a recipe for this dish, but the basic rules and ingredients are mandatory.
Solyanka has excellent taste. It can combine both the first and second dishes. It can be made thick or liquid.
To begin, I’ll tell you how to cook hodgepodge soup. We take about 200 grams of beef and boil it to get a good meat broth. Next, cut the boiled meat into cubes. Now we also cut about 100 grams of ham and the same amount of beef tongue.
Pour 100-120 grams of pearl barley into a pan and pour about one liter of water there. We put on the fire and cook for 30 minutes until it becomes half ready. Next, drain the water and set the grits aside.
Cut two onions into small pieces and fry them a little in a pan. After that, add to the onion chopped medium cucumbers pickles. The proportion depends on your preference. Also put a little tomato paste and chopped tomatoes in a pan. Mix everything well and turn off the pan. We put a pan with broth on the fire and put the sliced meat products there. Next, you need to peel about 2-3 potato tubers, cut them into medium cubes and add to the pan. Cook for some time, spread the fried vegetables with cucumbers and barley. We cook our dish for about 15 minutes. Here's a hodgepodge. The recipe always assumes the presence of pickles. This is one of the main ingredients of the dish. After you turn off the hodgepodge, let it brew. Serve on the table, sprinkled with chopped herbs. A bowl of soup can also be decorated with a slice of lemon and olives.
If you are preparing a liquid hodgepodge, then make sure that the broth is rich. The taste of the whole dish depends on its quality.
And now we will prepare a hodgepodge with smoked meats. To do this, take a good piece of beef or lamb brisket and set it to cook. We cook for a long time so that the meat gives all its juice and aroma to the broth. Only in this case will you get a tasty hodgepodge. The recipe is also distinguished by the presence of spices. Therefore, we throw a bay leaf and several peas of allspice into the pan. You can add a few cloves of cloves, but this is optional.
Now we prepare smoked meats. You need to take smoked pork ribs or a loin with bone. Cut it into pieces, so as to separate along the rib. Next, take smoked sausages and cut them into circles. Then proceed to cutting vegetables. Cut the onion into small pieces, and the carrots can be grated on a coarse grater. Shred the cabbage, and cut the bell pepper into short strips. We take pickles and cut them into cubes.
Next, fry all the vegetables in a pan. We add pickles and a little brine there. Stew for a while. Then we spread about two tablespoons of tomato paste to the vegetables. Stew all the ingredients for about 5-10 minutes. Shortly before the end add chopped garlic.
At this time, we take the boiled meat from the broth and cut it into pieces. Add it back to the broth and spread the smoked meats there. Cook for about 10-15 minutes. Then put the chopped potatoes into the pan and after a while cabbage. When they are almost ready, spread the fried vegetables. Cook for five minutes and turn it off. After that, add chopped half lemon and chopped olives to the pan. Here is such a hodgepodge. The recipe can be supplemented with spices. I use peppers and suneli hops. Salt very carefully, because there are pickles in the dish.
Now you know how to make hodgepodge. The recipe can be changed by choosing seafood instead of meat. It all depends on your wishes and preferences.