"Hedgehogs" are products from minced meat and rice. This dish got its name because of its appearance. Indeed, grains of rice during cooking can puff up, resembling thorns of a hedgehog. However, not everyone knows that "hedgehogs" can not only be stewed or fried in sauces or gravy, but also make soup based on them. It is noteworthy that even capricious children often eat soup with "hedgehogs" from minced rice. So itโs worth adopting such recipes.
Schoolboy soup
This version of the soup is quite light. To prepare it, you need to take:
- 250 grams of ground beef;
- slightly less than half a glass of rice;
- three small potato tubers;
- onion head;
- a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- one small carrot;
- Bay leaf;
- salt;
- two liters of water.
You can also add your favorite spices, including peas and allspice. But it depends on the taste preferences of the child.
How to cook soup with "hedgehogs"?
For starters, small balls are formed from minced meat and rice. Leave to rest. At this time, oil is poured into the pan, heated. Lower the "hedgehogs" to fry for ten minutes. Boiled water is added.
Peel onions and carrots, cut into small cubes. Add to the soup. Cook for about twenty minutes. After checking the taste, add salt, spices. Lay bay leaf. Peeled potatoes are cut into cubes. Cook for another fifteen minutes, check if rice is cooked in "hedgehogs". After removing the resulting foam. If desired, you can add chopped greens, cover the soup with "hedgehogs" lid and remove from the stove. Allow the ingredients to brew for another ten minutes.
Chicken Hedgehog Soup
This version of the soup is quite interesting. To prepare it, you need to take the following ingredients:
- 250 grams of minced chicken;
- 80 grams of rice;
- 300 grams of cabbage and potatoes;
- a tablespoon of tomato paste;
- onion head;
- one carrot;
- three liters of water;
- some vegetable oil;
- spices to taste.
This soup with โhedgehogsโ with rice is quite simple to cook, but it has an unusual taste. To start, rice is boiled until half cooked. Chop the cabbage. Peel and dice the vegetables.
In a pan, heat the vegetable oil, fry the onions and carrots until soft. After they put the potatoes, pour some water and stew the vegetables for another five minutes. Pour the rest of the water. Add cabbage and tomato paste. Put spices. Cook until cabbage is softer. To leave the smell of this vegetable, prepare soup with an open lid.
Rice and minced meat, add salt. Form "hedgehogs". They are sent to soup and boiled for another fifteen minutes. Ready soup with "hedgehogs" can be sprinkled with fresh herbs.
Mushroom soup
This dish has a bright aroma and taste. To prepare this version of the soup, you need to take the following ingredients:
- 600 grams of any stuffing, you can use the mixture;
- a kilogram of rice;
- two carrots;
- one egg;
- a pair of ceps;
- two cloves of garlic;
- four potato tubers;
- two onion heads;
- some provence herbs;
- peas of black pepper;
- salt;
- 4 liters of water;
- one tomato.
First, prepare the "hedgehogs." To do this, mix the minced meat, boiled until half cooked, rice and egg. Form balls. Boil water for soup, after boiling put "hedgehogs". Ceps are cleaned and cut into cubes, put in soup. Onions, garlic and carrots are peeled and diced, added to the soup. The tomato is finely chopped, you can peel it, add it to the soup with "hedgehogs".
Potatoes are peeled and cut into bars, put in the broth. Cook until the ingredients are ready, add spices. The finished dish is allowed to stand under the lid, after which it is poured onto portioned plates.
Spicy vegetable soup
This version of the soup with "hedgehogs" from minced meat is liked by adults. For such a dish you need to take:
- 400 grams of minced meat;
- 150 grams of rice;
- two onion heads;
- one egg;
- a tablespoon of tomato paste;
- one bell pepper;
- 1.8 liters of water;
- one hundred grams of root celery;
- one carrot;
- two hundred grams of fresh tomatoes;
- 400 grams of potatoes;
- vegetable oil;
- a quarter teaspoon of chili peppers;
- half a teaspoon of marjoram;
- salt and fresh herbs to taste.
Rice thoroughly washed, put in a bowl. One onion head is peeled, chopped finely, added to rice. Minced meat is also sent there. Lay the tomato paste, salt and egg. Knead the base for "hedgehogs", form small balls.
Heat oil in a pan. Fry "hedgehogs" over high heat until crusty. Peeled vegetables. Onions are crushed in half rings, bell pepper - in strips. Carrots are cut either into cubes or half rings. Celery is chopped into small cubes.
Oil is poured into the pan, heated. Spread onions and peppers. Fry, stirring, for about five minutes. Add finely chopped tomatoes. Pour in water. Add the remaining vegetables, except for potatoes, put spices. After boiling, put the fried "hedgehogs". Cook for another ten minutes after boiling. Add peeled and diced potatoes. Cook for another twenty minutes.
A delicious soup with "hedgehogs" is a dish for the whole family. Often, the broth is not used for cooking, they just take water. A variety of vegetables, from cabbage to celery, also serve as an excellent companion to such a soup. Serve the first dish with fresh herbs.