In the "piggy bank" of each hostess there is a recipe for beef soup. This dish is not only tasty, but also healthy. After all, beef contains a lot of iron, phosphorus, zinc, various vitamins, omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids. The latter, by the way, do not allow cholesterol to accumulate in the blood vessels, strengthen nails, hair, and make skin elastic. Lean beef contains very little fat, which makes it the main meat on the table of those who follow a diet for reasons of improving health or the desire for weight loss. This product is also used due to the fact that it is perfectly absorbed by the body. And beef broth, which has already been proven, restores strength after illness or physical exertion.
Before you cook beef soup, you should still find out that this meat can cause allergies, including in children. In addition, with caution, it should be used by people who suffer from irritability and insomnia. If there is a lot of beef, then there is a risk of problems with the heart and digestion. However, beef soup and other dishes from this meat should periodically appear on each table.
This article will set out recipes that will help housewives tired of coming up with something new. These first courses will undoubtedly “decorate” your diet.
Try making delicious beef and rice soup. To do this, you will need 300 grams of meat, two carrots, one onion, one and a half liters of broth, a clove of garlic, 60 grams of rice, several branches of thyme, pepper, salt and parsley - to taste.
So, the beef must be cut into small cubes, then fry until golden brown, then put it on a plate. Carrots should be sliced into long thin slices, and the garlic and onions finely chopped. They must be fried in the same pan where the meat was “browned”. Then add the same 100 milliliters of meat broth. Then transfer the contents of the pan to a suitable pan, place the beef there, pour in the remaining broth. All this should be cooked for at least half an hour. Then you can put rice in the pan. Cook the soup until cooked. When serving, be sure to sprinkle the dish with parsley.
Georgian cuisine offers to cook beef soup, called kharcho. You will need half a kilogram of meat, three onions, 4 tablespoons of ordinary rice, 600 grams of tomatoes, bay leaves, parsley, cilantro, allspice, suneli hops, dill. Beef should be fat. Cut it into small pieces, be sure to wash and put in a pan. Then it should be poured with cold water (10 glasses) and cook until half cooked. Even before boiling, remove the foam. Now take another pan and place the onion, previously finely chopped, the fat that you removed from the broth, and simmer it all for 10 minutes. Then it is necessary to shift the meat from the first pan to the second. Together with the onion, it must be stewed for 15 minutes. Tomatoes, carefully rubbed through a sieve, go there. Continue to simmer another 15 minutes. Then strain the broth from the first pan and pour it into the ingredients. Rice should be added when the soup boils. You must put crushed garlic, herbs, suneli hops, pepper, salt, bay leaf 10 minutes before the end of cooking.
Beef soup can be prepared in many ways. Use all kinds of recipes to choose the best. Beef soup with potatoes, dumplings, with milk, cheese, vegetables, berries - lots of options. It all depends on the addictions of the cook. Although in any version, a recipe for good meat soup is guaranteed to be aromatic, tasty, nutritious and healthy. Enjoy your meal.