Kharcho beef soup with rice is a famous dish of Georgian cuisine. Many people have tried it at least once, although they have never even been to Georgia.
Rich and tasty kharcho soup – a combination of large pieces of meat, spicy dressing and rice, which makes it a unique culinary masterpiece. Georgians claim that this soup is the secret of longevity.
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It is especially popular in the cold season, as it has a powerful warming property. By the way, some people think that kharcho soup with rice should be cooked not at all from beef, but from lamb. Indeed, there was such an option, although it is nothing more than an echo of the Soviet era. Why? But because lamb food was once cooked in the Kremlin kitchen. To please one member of the government who could not stand beef.
By the way, recipes for kharcho soup are as diverse in Georgia as there are recipes for borscht in Ukraine.
The national spicy soup of Georgian cuisine is prepared only from beef. Another characteristic feature of the soup is tklapi, without it, it is just a meat soup, not kharcho. The third feature is the addition of kharcho – walnuts (chopped) – half a glass for two liters of broth. These three components are mandatory, not subject to any substitution, otherwise kharcho, as a national dish, loses its inherent taste.
If you do not have an aversion to this meat; prepare kharcho beef soup with rice according to our recipe and enjoy its wonderful taste.
Interesting Facts:
The word “kharcho” means “beef soup”
Previously, pearl barley or barley was added to kharcho because there was no rice in Georgia.
Long grain rice is used for kharcho
It will take you two and a half hours to prepare kharcho soup. Before the final serving, let the soup cool down a little and infuse under the covered lid, then squeeze out the garlic and wait another 5 minutes. Before serving the kharcho, finely chop the remaining third of the greens and add to each plate. Bread from a home oven or pita bread is very suitable.
P.S. And try not to use “kharcho soup” because it is the same as “borscht soup”…
A detailed step-by-step recipe with a photo in the card below. Bon appétit!
Georgian beef soup
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Kharcho
Kharcho is a delicious dish of Georgian cuisine, and the most common mistake of Ukrainians is to call this dish “soup”. Kharcho is kharcho, you never say that today I will prepare “borscht soup”.
Ingredients
- Beef on the bone – 1 kg.
- Water – 2.5 l.
- Rice – 120 gr.
- Tomato paste – 2 tbsp. l.
- Onions of medium size – 4 pcs.
- Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp. l.
- Flour – 1 tbsp. l.
- Parsley root – 1 pc.
- Bay leaf – 1 pc.
- Walnut – 50 gr.
- Suneli hops – 1 tsp.
- Pomegranate juice without sugar – 125 ml
- Cilantro, basil – 1 bunch
- Hot pepper – 1 pc.
- Garlic – 5 cloves
- Salt, ground black pepper – to your taste
Instructions
Prepare broth for kharcho. To achieve this, wash the beef and cut it into 4–5 pieces. Place in a large saucepan, cover with water and cook for 1.5 hours, periodically removing the foam.
Strain the broth through a fine sieve. Separate the beef pulp from the bone, cut it and put it in a small container. Pour a ladle of broth and close.
Pour the kharcho broth into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Wash the rice thoroughly. Pour into the boiling broth and add salt. Put the chopped beef in the broth with rice and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Add tomato paste and mix.
Peel the onion, finely chop it and lightly brown it in oil. Sprinkle with flour and stir-fry over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from the stove.
Clean the parsley root for kharcho, rinse with cold water and grate on a large grater. Add to the broth along with fried onions and bay leaves. Pepper.
Grind the walnuts in a blender and pour into the soup. But for authenticity, try the old method sometime and grind the nuts in a mortar. Cook for 5 minutes. Add suneli hops and pomegranate juice to the food. Cook on low heat for 5 minutes. Add salt to taste.
Wash the cilantro and basil for kharcho, dry and tear off the leaves from the branches. Chop them up. Wash the hot pepper and cut into thin rings. Peel the garlic and pass it through a press. Combine with cilantro, basil, and pepper.
Remove the pan from the heat. Add the mixture of garlic, greens and hot pepper. Close the pot and wrap it with a large towel. Leave for 10 minutes, then pour on plates.
Of course, please keep in mind the deliciously fragrant Georgian pita bread!
Bon appétit!
Notes
The statement that kharcho is prepared only with mutton is a myth, but if you feel like it, you can replace the beef with mutton. It's entirely up to you!
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Nutrition Information
Serving Size
5 - 7 servingsAmount Per Serving Calories 62.2Total Fat 3.4gCarbohydrates 3.5gProtein 4.6g
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