Fragrant soup from cod

In the menu of any respectable hostess, who cares about the health and well-being of all members of the family, there must be first courses. Especially popular hot soup or borscht are used in the winter. But constantly cook the same thing sooner or later bores, and households are not so actively knocking spoons when they are offered a mushroom soup for the fifth time in a row .

If you already do not have enough imagination to invent more and more first dishes, we recommend preparing fish soup with cod. It is easily digestible and useful, in addition it is done quite simply and very quickly. Having tried this soup, you probably want to cook it more than once.

What is necessary for cooking?

So, we prepare soup from cod. But first let's say a few words about this wonderful fish. Cod is a delicious sea fish with white meat. It is rich in iodine and chromium, fluorine and cobalt, potassium and phosphorus, sulfur and calcium.

The cod contains vitamins B12, PP, A, C, H and E. Eating meat from this fish helps fight joint and heart diseases. It is also good as a prevention of cancer, as well as for improving memory. In general, cod should at least sometimes appear in the menu of each person, especially the child. We think after reading this information, you will take even more zeal to make soup from cod. And we'll show you how to cook it properly.

For this dish you will need: fillet of cod - half a kilo, medium-sized potatoes - 3-4 tubers, one carrot and onion, white beans - 100 g, tomatoes - 3 pcs., As well as salt, pepper, your favorite spices, vegetable oil , Bay leaves, dill or parsley.

Cooking the first dish

As you know, beans always take a lot of time during cooking, so it must be soaked in cool water beforehand and left overnight. Then the beans should be washed, poured with water and cook until cooked.

This will take approximately 1.5 hours. When the bean has become soft, the burner can be switched off. And only now we start to cook soup from cod. Peel potatoes, carrots and onions. Potatoes cut into cubes, carrots grate, and onions turn into thin half rings. Next, you have to blanch tomatoes. To do this, wash the tomatoes, make two notches on each of them crosswise. Boil water and pour the tomatoes with boiling water, leave for a couple of minutes. Then put them for a minute in cold water. Done - peel from tomatoes is removed almost by itself! After the tomatoes are cleaned, they should be rubbed.

Next stage

And start frying. Preheat a frying pan with vegetable oil, send onions. After he has slightly blushed, add carrots and fry for a couple of minutes until soft. Then pour in the grated tomatoes, mix everything and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper.

While the vegetables are being stewed, take hold of the cod itself. The fillet should be washed and cut into small pieces. If there are a few bones, it is better to remove them. Pour the potatoes into a saucepan, then pour water and allow to boil. After a couple of minutes, add bay leaf, beans and roast.

The last stage of cooking

Let all this boil together for about ten minutes, then throw into the soup cod. Salt, pepper, pour your favorite spices and leave the soup of cod and potatoes boil on small fire for another 8-10 minutes. In the meantime, finely chop the greens and, if desired, squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic.

Add all this to the soup, turn off the stove and cover the pan with a lid. Soup from cod should be at least twenty minutes. After that, it is completely ready! You can call home for dinner and treat yourself to a fragrant, steaming, useful and tasty soup. We wish you a pleasant appetite!