Doctors advise you to eat first meals for proper digestion once a day during lunch . There are many options, so even when the housewives cook according to one recipe, the taste is different. In the article, we will analyze popular types and talk about how to cook soup. Read to the end so as not to miss the chefs tips that will help you do everything right.
Puree soup with croutons
Light soup, which is suitable not only for the home menu. It looks great on the festive table.
It is necessary:
- 6 medium sized potatoes;
- 350 g of chicken breast;
- 1 pc. carrots and onions;
- spices and salt;
- fresh greens;
- 140 g of cheese.
How to cook mashed soup? His recipe is extremely simple.
We send chopped meat in a small amount of water to cook. Then add the potatoes (preferably whole), spices, fried onions with carrots and salt. We bring everything to readiness. Then grind the dish with a blender to a mashed figurative state and boil again.
Cut the bread into small thin squares, fry in the oven. Pour into a deep cup and squeeze out a sufficient amount of garlic. So that croutons do not become soft, you need to pour them into a plate just before eating. Sprinkle with grated cheese on top.
Real Ukrainian borsch
We all try to make this dish a bright red color, but after cooling, the shade changes. This national recipe is for those who want to cook a satisfying first course, which, when served, differs from the usual borsch.
For a four liter pan we need to take:
- 450 g of pork pulp (you can take beef brisket);
- 250 g of white cabbage;
- large beets;
- medium carrots;
- 1 small onion;
- 1/2 cup bean;
- 3-4 medium-sized potatoes;
- 3 tbsp. l tomato paste or 2 tomatoes;
- 1 small pepper (Bulgarian);
- bay leaves, salt, garlic and pepper to taste;
- ½ tsp vinegar
- vegetable oil;
- greens.
We will serve the dish in the same way as it is prepared in Ukraine. Therefore, for dumplings we will buy:
- 400 g of wheat flour;
- 2 eggs;
- 4 tbsp. l vegetable and butter.
How to cook a soup with a rich taste and bewitching color, we will analyze step by step.
- Red beans will be cooked the longest. Therefore, it is better to soak it in advance for several hours in cold water. We put a pan with beans on the fire and after boiling we change the water. Now you can add the meat, which must be immediately divided into portions. Be sure to remove the foam that forms on the surface.
- At this time, cook the roast. We clean all vegetables. We send onions and bell peppers (cubes) to be strained. There are various options for cooking soups, but here we add carrots and beets, cut into strips (Ukrainians do not use graters for borsch). At the end you need to put tomato paste or chopped tomatoes without skin. Extinguish a little over low heat.
- After 1 hour, send shredded cabbage to the broth. Proceed to the preparation of potatoes. We free it from the peel, cut into cubes and send the pan with frying.
- 15 minutes before cooking, add our seasonings, salt, finely chopped garlic and bay leaf.
- Leave to infuse and add vinegar, which will give a little acidity and preserve color.
- To make dumplings, start the dough. To do this, mix the eggs, salt, flour and butter. We mold dumplings, and then boil in salted water.
Serve the dish in plates with sour cream.
Smoked Pea Soup
For some reason, it is believed that this is a man’s dish, although women are happy to eat it during lunch. Now try to cook pea soup, as in a restaurant.
Ingredients:
- peeled peas - 350 g;
- salt and spices;
- 1 medium red Bulgarian pepper;
- 1 medium carrot;
- 1 onion;
- 6 potatoes;
- smoked pork ribs - 500 g;
- oil - 4 tbsp. l .;
- fresh greens.
First, you should soak the peas for several hours. Then you need to rinse it until the water becomes clear. You can not do this if you like a muddy broth. We put on the fire.
We chop the ribs in small pieces and wash well from bone fragments. How to cook pea soup, if the manufacturer of smoked meats used paint? You can bring the meat to a boil in another bowl and drain the water. After 25-30 minutes, send to the pan to the grits.
We make a frying of vegetables in sunflower oil. Peel and chop the potatoes. Check the degree of readiness of the peas. It all depends on your taste, as some prefer to boil it. We throw prepared foods into the broth, salt and add seasonings.
Turn off the stove when the potatoes are almost completely cooked. We throw off the chopped greens and let it brew.
Homemade soup
Now let's talk about how to cook meatball soup.
Take the following ingredients:
- 300 g of minced chicken;
- 1 carrot and onion;
- bay leaf, spices and salt.
For the test you will need:
- 35 g of vegetable oil;
- 1 egg
- 140 g of flour.
First, knead all the ingredients with a little salt. Put in the refrigerator for a while. Constantly adding flour, you need to roll very thin cakes with a rolling pin, roll them into a roll and cut the noodles (they are now selling a special apparatus for this). Spread the noodles on the table so that it does not stick together and then dry for half an hour. Then it can be fried in a dry frying pan until golden brown. So we can cook the soup, as they did in ancient times.
We put on a fire a 3-liter saucepan with water. When it boils, we roll small meatballs with wet hands and dump it there. While they are boiling, fry carrots and onions, cut potatoes without peel.
We send everything to the pot with minced balls to the pan. The soup will turn out to be transparent if you first throw homemade pasta into boiling water in a different container, and then, immediately throwing it in a colander, throw it into a common bowl for cooking. Add spices and bring to readiness.
Mushroom Cheese Soup
You can cook such mushroom soup from both dried and fresh products. We will use the last option.
For 500 g of a mixture of champignons, boletus, white or any other and 1 liter of water requires:
- 2 pcs. potatoes;
- large onion;
- 400 g of cream cheese;
- a couple of tablespoons of cream;
- several peeled garlic cloves;
- vegetable oil;
- 1/4 tsp flour;
- seasonings and salt - to taste.
We set to cook peeled and diced potatoes. At this time, we make dressing: fry the onions with garlic, chopped mushrooms to a cream color and add the flour. All this must be put in the pan when its contents are almost ready. Cream cheese, cream and spices should also be sent there.
Cook for several minutes until all the cheese has dissolved, and insist 10-12 minutes. Sprinkled with herbs, serve. Now you know how to cook mushroom soup.
Kharcho
Such a first course will save you in the cold season. It is prepared quite simply.
For cooking you will need:
- beef brisket - 450 g;
- round rice - 4 tbsp. l .;
- crushed walnut - 3 tbsp. l .;
- cherry plum (can be replaced with plum jam from prunes, tkemali and pomegranate juice);
- Caucasian spices
- greens;
- salt;
- adjika - 2 tsp;
- 4 cloves of garlic.
To cook a delicious soup, as in the Caucasus, we carry out all the steps in sequence. Boiled meat, pulled out of the broth, cut into pieces and sent back to the pan. Add rice with a sprig of cilantro and parsley. This greens must then be pulled out.
When the cereal is almost ready, it is necessary to pour out toasted nuts, 1 tsp. hops-managed, chopped garlic, adjika and herbs. Let the soup brew for 25 minutes and then serve.
Meat hodgepodge
There are so many options for cooking this dish. The recipe used is almost always different and depends on the hostess's imagination, as well as on the ingredients used. All kinds of meat and sausages that you have in the refrigerator are used. Here you can put:
- simple boiled and smoked meat;
- smoked and boiled sausage;
- sausages and pork sausages.
Cereals (rice or oatmeal), potatoes, vegetables are also added at your discretion. Main products for this soup:
- olives;
- salted cucumbers;
- bow;
- tomato paste.
The hostesses did not come to a consensus on how to cook a tasty soup with hodgepodge. Therefore, the recipe can be developed independently, based on your taste preferences.
Advice
Now we’ll tell you about tips to help you prepare a delicious lunch:
- Try to cook at once, so as not to lose useful substances and not upset the taste balance.
- Do not add water to the finished broth. Otherwise, it will not be so saturated. If there is still such a need, then use boiling water.
- If you did not remove the foam in time, then strain the contents of the pan through cheesecloth.
- Soup broth will be more aromatic if several types of fish are used. Remove the gills to avoid bitterness.
- Cut the mushrooms in different sizes for the broth. Small ones will add flavor, and large ones will add flavor.
- Barley before adding to the soup should be fried in butter.
- For the preparation of milk soups, use cereals or pasta, previously boiled in water for 5 minutes.
- Canned fish and stew are put in dressing soups shortly before readiness.
- Make the stew fat fry if you use it for cooking soup.
- To prevent the soup from clouding, remove the bay leaf after cooking.