Beetroot soup is a hearty and very healthy soup that can be served both cold and hot. All options for its execution are quite simple and give amazing results. Let's figure out how to cook beetroot.
Classic recipe
Ingredients for beetroot:
- Beets - 3 pcs.
- Potato - 3 large tubers.
- Carrot - 2 pcs.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Leek - 1 pcs.
- Parsley root - 1/3 part.
- Celery Root - 100 g
- Salt - 20-25 g.
- Sugar - 40-45 g.
- Lemon juice - 40-45 ml.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Greens - several branches.
- Sour cream.
We thoroughly wash the carrots and beets, fill them with water and cook at low boil until fully cooked. The remaining root vegetables are peeled and chopped into arbitrary pieces. We spread the prepared potatoes, parsley root and celery into a large stewpan, add water (about 4 liters) and let it boil. After a few minutes, we send the shredded onions and the chopped white leek there. We cook everything, having covered with a lid, for a third of an hour.
We return to the carrots and beets: we peel them from the skin and rub on a grater. As soon as the potatoes are sufficiently softened, we get the parsley and celery root from the stewpan. Add pepper and salt to taste, pour in the lemon juice and spread the carrots with beets. After the beetroot boils again, immediately remove it from the stove and let it cool on the table, then put it in the refrigerator. Serve with sour cream, chopped herbs and slices of cucumber.
Lean beetroot
Take the recipe for lean beetroot yourself in the piggy bank. He will definitely come in handy. For a dish we take:
- 460 g of beets.
- Large root of carrots.
- 3/4 cup lentils.
- 3-4 g of black pepper.
- 3-4 g oregano.
- A couple of bay leaves.
- 3-4 g of rosemary.
- 9 g of salt.
- 15 g of sugar.
We spread the chopped beets in the stewpan, add the grated carrots and sauté for 5 minutes. Then sprinkle vegetables with oregano, rosemary, add bay leaves and pour 1.8 liters of hot water. Cook everything under the lid for about 20 minutes. Beets should reach full readiness during this time. Pour the lentils and cook for another 5 minutes. Before serving, take bay leaves from the pan. According to the recipe, lean beetroot should be seasoned with sour cream and sprinkled with chopped herbs.
Beetroot soup on meat broth
Having prepared beetroot soup on the broth, you will get a very satisfying and tasty dish that can easily satisfy your hunger. Ingredients that you will need:
- A pound of beef on the bone.
- 2/4 cup beans.
- 5 potato tubers.
- Large beets.
- Carrot root
- Bulb.
- 140 g of tomato.
- 60-70 ml of vinegar.
- A few pinches of salt.
- A pinch of pepper.
In order for the beans to cook faster, soak it in water for several hours, preferably at night. We prepare the broth: pour 3 liters of water into the stewpan, spread the meat, slices of peeled carrots, a whole onion, bay leaves. If desired, add a few branches of greenery. Let it boil and cook under the lid until the meat is completely ready. We get it with the help of a slotted spoon and cut it into portioned pieces, set it aside.
Remove the peel from the potato, cut it randomly and lower it into the broth. Add the grated beets. We stew the tomato in a pan along with vegetable oil and also send it to the stewpan. After the potatoes soften, spread the beets, pieces of meat and pour the indicated portion of vinegar. Bring to taste with salt, add a couple of pinches of pepper. Serve with sour cream.
Beetroot diet
We will need these products:
- 140 g of beets.
- 140 g of potatoes.
- Egg.
- A clove of garlic.
- 4-5 branches of dill.
- Half a liter of water.
We put the potatoes and beets in a bowl and fill them with water. Leave for about an hour. Then boil in a pan directly in the peel until fully cooked. We clean and chop the vegetables: we cut the potatoes into cubes, we rub the beets on a grater. Boil the egg and chop finely. Grind garlic and dill. Pour half a liter of water into a small saucepan and spread the beets with potatoes. After everything boils, add the egg, garlic and dill. Bring to a boil again and remove from heat. Beetroot soup for children is ready.
Cold beetroot
This dish by the principle of cooking is somewhat reminiscent of the familiar okroshka for everyone. And for its filling, usually use chilled beetroot broth. So, how to cook beetroot without cooking?
You will need:
- Young beets with tops - 3 pcs.
- Egg - 3 pcs.
- Cucumber - 2 pcs.
- Potato - 3 pcs.
- Green onion feathers.
- A spoonful of sugar.
- 2-3 g of salt.
- 15-20 ml of lemon juice.
We disassemble and clean the beets. We fill whole root vegetables with two liters of water, add lemon juice, sugar and send to cook. After the beets are completely softened, we take out, let cool, clean and cut into thin strips. We return it to the broth and leave it on the table so that it absorbs the aroma of beets and acquires a characteristic taste.
Peel the potato tubers from the peel, chop into cubes and cook until tender. In a separate stewpan, boil the eggs. We sort out the beet tops: discard the spoiled leaves, and thoroughly rinse the whole leaves, then pour over boiling water and lay them out on a paper towel so that they dry out. Cut each leaf into several pieces. Ready potatoes are thrown in a colander. We chop the eggs in large slices. We wash the cucumbers and shred the straws. Finely chop the greens, send it to the mortar and grate a little with a pinch of salt. We spread all the prepared ingredients in a pan and fill it with broth. Beets are also sent to the soup. Bring the dish to taste by putting a little sugar, salt and adding lemon juice. Mix everything and send to the refrigerator for 25 minutes.
Hot beetroot with chicken
For beetroot with chicken you will need:
- Half a chicken.
- 2 beets.
- 5 potato tubers.
- The middle root of carrots.
- 2 onions.
- A pair of garlic cloves.
- 30 g of tomato.
- 2-3 g of salt.
- A pinch of pepper.
- Bay leaf.
First, we do chicken: wash it and cut it into portions. We put the meat in a saucepan, pour 3 liters of water and cook at low boil for half an hour. Peel the potatoes and chop them with cubes. Remove the husk from the onion and chop the thin rings, then chop them in half. We clean the beets and carrots. We cut each root crop into strips. We take out the finished chicken from the stewpan using a slotted spoon and separate the meat.
First we send potatoes and half beets to the broth. Cook for several minutes. Pass the onion until golden, then add the remaining portion of beets and chopped carrots to it. Cook until vegetables are tender. Then we put bay leaves, a tomato in a pan and pour a little water to make the sauce consistency more liquid. Cover with a lid and cook for a small boil for about 15 minutes. Pour the finished dressing into a stewpan with broth, toss the pepper and bring it to taste by putting salt. Boil for another 6-8 minutes, add crushed garlic and season with herbs if desired. Leave on the table for a quarter of an hour, pour into plates and serve soup. Hot beetroot with chicken meat is ready.
Kefir beetroot
Consider how to cook a refreshing beetroot on kefir. Products that you will need:
- 3 beets.
- 3-4 eggs.
- 3 medium cucumbers.
- 240 g of sausage.
- A glass of sour cream.
- 4 cups kefir.
- Sprigs of dill.
- A pair of a pinch of salt.
Rinse the beets thoroughly and boil until cooked. Let cool and remove the skin. Rub the beets on a coarse grater. Eggs are also boiled, peeled and chopped into small pieces. Dice the sausage. We wash the cucumbers and chop the straws, you can cut them into rings, and then divide each into four parts. We mix in the pan all the prepared ingredients, pour kefir and add sour cream. Mix and bring to taste by adding salt. If the beetroot is too thick, add a little mineral water.
Beetroot with Stew
Take the following ingredients:
- 200 g of stew.
- 4 potato tubers.
- 2 carrot roots.
- 2 beets.
- Onion.
- 15 ml of lemon juice.
- 6-8 olives.
- A pair of canned bean spoons in tomato.
- Sweet paprika.
- Spice.
Remove the peel from the potato and chop into pieces. Fill it with water and boil until cooked. Peel the onion, chop and passé for a few minutes, then add the stew. Continue to fry for 5-6 minutes. Grate the carrots and put them in a pan. We thoroughly rinse the beets, shred the straws and send them to the stew to the rest of the ingredients. We spread the fried vegetables to the potato, mix. We chop paprika with rings, garlic with slices, olives with rings. Add them to the broth. Bring to taste by putting salt, season with pepper and lemon juice. We boil for 5 minutes and remove from the stove.
Beetroot soup on kvass
We will need:
- Beets - a couple of pieces.
- Potato - 5 tubers.
- Fresh cucumber - 5 pieces.
- Egg - 5 pieces.
- Kvass - one and a half liters.
- Ready horseradish with beets - 25-30 g.
- Pepper - a pinch.
- Salt - 3-4 g.
Boil the eggs and peel. Cut each into 4 slices. We also cook the beets until fully cooked, remove the peel and grate. We carefully wash the cucumbers and chop the straws. My greens, shred, put in a mortar and grind with a little salt. Add horseradish, fill with kvass and mix. Season the dish with salt and put a little pepper. Serve with sour cream and a slice of egg.
Mineral beetroot
And the last recipe will help you learn how to cook beetroot in mineral water. Take:
- One beetroot.
- A couple of potato tubers.
- A couple of cucumbers.
- 2-3 radishes.
- 4 eggs.
- One and a half liters of mineral water.
- 4-6 g of horseradish.
- A couple of spoons of wine vinegar.
- Greens.
My beets, grease with oil, sprinkle with pepper, wrap in foil and send to bake. When it reaches full readiness, grind, pour mineral water and leave for a third of an hour. We clean the potatoes, wash the cucumbers and radishes. Shred prepared vegetables with straws. Boiled eggs are cut into halves. Finely chop the greens. Drain the beetroot infusion into a bowl, passing it through a colander. Add wine vinegar to it. We add and give a little pepper. We arrange prepared vegetables and greens on plates, fill with infusion and decorate with halves of eggs.