Sour cabbage soup, the recipe of which we will discuss a little further, is delicious from any kind of meat. However, today we will present to your attention a step-by-step method of how to make a rich first course only from beef on the bone.
Delicious sour cabbage soup: recipe with a photo of the finished dish
Required Components:
- fresh beef on the bone - 900 g;
- sauerkraut - 2 cups;
- sea salt, allspice, dried dill - add to taste;
- large carrots - 1 pc.;
- heads of large onions - 2 pcs.;
- bay leaves - 2-3 pcs.;
- small potato tubers - 3 pcs.;
- pickled tomatoes - 2 pcs.
Meat Product Preparation
Sour cabbage soup, the recipe of which is based on beef, should be done only after the meat product has been carefully processed. It needs to be washed well, and then placed in a large pot directly with a bone.
Vegetable processing
Observing all the requirements for the preparation of the first dish, you are sure to get delicious and rich cabbage soup with sauerkraut. The recipe for such a dinner includes the following components: potato tubers, large carrots and onion heads. All these vegetables must be peeled and then finely chopped. You should also completely deprive the brine sauerkraut and remove the peel from the
pickled tomato, and subsequently knead them into gruel.
Heat treatment
Sour cabbage soup (the recipe is designed for 6-8 servings) should start cooking with boiling meat. For this, beef must be filled with water, salt and bring to a boil. After the foam is formed on the surface of the broth, it is necessary to remove it with a slotted spoon, set the fire to a minimum value, and then cook the meat for 1 hour. When the beef on the bone is ready, it needs to be removed and cooled. At the same time, bay leaves, carrots, sauerkraut, gruel from pickled tomatoes, onions, black pepper and dried dill should be put in the broth. In this composition, the soup must be boiled for half an hour.
The final stage in the preparation of the soup
After
sauerkraut, as well as other vegetables become soft, add chopped potato tubers to the broth. Next, the dish must be cooked until the last ingredient is ready. At the end, add salt to the soup (if there is such a need), and also put the meat, previously separated from the bones and chopped into small pieces.
How to serve the first course to the table
Sour cabbage soup, the recipe of which we examined in this article, should be served to family members in deep soup plates in a hot state. Such a liquid dish will be much tastier if it is additionally flavored with fresh herbs, as well as ground pepper and thick fat sour cream. If you wish, you can bring rye or wheat bread to this dinner. It is worth noting that this simple but rich dish has a special taste due to the fact that it contains such aromatic ingredients as sauerkraut and pickled tomatoes. Good appetite!