Georgian pork soup with ham

How to cook soup-kharcho from pork? The traditional Georgian recipe is designed for the use of beef or mutton. Try to experiment with a variety of meat and make a dish with pork.

Classic pork soup with ham

If you use beef instead of pork in preparation, then you can safely say that you have prepared a real traditional Georgian dish. So, special attention should be paid to seasonings, which give the soup an incredible flavor and taste. To prepare the dish we need: a small piece of pork weighing about 400-500 grams, 0.5 cups of rice, onion, garlic, prunes, hot chili, a couple of spoons of tomato puree, vegetable oil for frying, water, hops-suneli, tkemali , Salt and fresh cilantro.

How to cook pork soup

Prepare meat: rinse under cold water, then cut into small pieces and put into a pan with thick walls. Pour two glasses of water (it should cover meat), cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Chop onion, garlic, coriander. Mix everything with tomato paste and seasonings, add the vegetable oil. Hold the mixture for 2 minutes at maximum heat and put into meat. To him, send tkemali, prunes, rice and pepper. Add the necessary amount of water (depending on how much soup you want to get), salt. Cook until cooked rice on high heat. Chop the greens, sprinkle the prepared dish and serve it.

Pork soup with ham and tomato sauce

For this recipe you need: a small piece of pork weighing 300-400 grams, onions, 0.5 cups of rice, a couple of large ripe tomatoes, garlic, salt, coriander and spices (basil, sweet pepper, hops-suneli, bay leaf). Wash the meat in a saucepan and cook until cooked. Beef is usually cooked for 1.5 hours, and enough pork for an hour. Salt the broth. After the meat is cooked, remove it from the pan, strain the liquid and separate the bones. Cut the onion, fry it in oil in a frying pan, transfer chopped pieces of meat to a bow. Lightly fry. Add in it a few spoonfuls of broth and put it out for 10 minutes under the lid. While meat is stewed, prepare tomatoes. To begin with, they need to remove the skin: from above cut the tomato criss-cross, pour boiling water. Cut the tomatoes into slices and add them to the meat and onions. Stew for a few more minutes. Broth in a saucepan bring to a boil, then put meat into it with vegetables. Let it boil. Rinse the rice and put in the soup. Reduce the fire, cook for about 5 minutes, and then put in the soup all the spices. A few minutes before the meal, chop the garlic and season it with pork soup. Leave the dish a little to stand, after which you can pour soup on plates, sprinkle with herbs and enjoy its taste and aroma. By tradition, lavash is served.

Cooking tips

Despite the fact that the Georgian dishes are characterized by a sharp taste, you should use the chili pepper very carefully . He should make the soup fragrant, and not give it spicy. Preparation of soup-harcho from pork practically does not differ from soup from beef. In addition, you can add additional ingredients to the dish: Bulgarian pepper or finely chopped cherry plum. Pay attention to rice - it can be long-grain or round, but not steamed or crushed.