Chicken Kharcho Soup

Famous Georgian, but with chicken instead of beef. In Georgian, kharcho is called "dzrokhizs khorstsi harshot". The literal translation is beef meat in broth. Initially, kharcho was beef with walnut sauce. But there are people who prefer chicken from meat. This recipe is for them.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Water

2.5

Chicken (on the dice)

500

Tomatoes (canned chopped in its own juice)

200

Fig

100

Walnuts

Onion

Garlic

Coriander greens (bundle)

Lemon juice

Hops-suneli

0.5

Paprika

0.5

Ground black pepper

to taste

Ground hot pepper (on the tip of the knife)

Salt

to taste

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 33 % 3 g

Fats 33 % 3 g

Carbohydrates 33 % 3 g

55 kcal

GI: 33 / 67 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 10 min

Step 1:
Prepare the ingredients. To prepare soup "Kharcho" with chicken, we will need: water, chicken meat on bones (breast, legs, wings), onion, cilantro, tomato paste or chopped tomatoes in their own juice (can be replaced with fresh tomatoes), garlic, rice, walnuts, lemon juice, hops-suneli, paprika, ground chili pepper, ground black pepper and salt.
Step 2:
Wash and dry the bunch of cilantro. Separate the stems from the leaves.
Step 3:
Wash the chicken. Peel the onion. Put the chicken, a whole onion and coriander stalks in a saucepan. Bring the broth to a boil and cook, removing the foam, until the chicken is ready for about 40 minutes.
Step 4:
Strain the finished broth. Return the broth to the fire and bring to a boil.
Step 5:
Cut chicken meat into small pieces.
Step 6:
Rinse and dry the rice.
Step 7:
Finely chop walnuts.
Step 8:
Finely chop the remaining coriander greens. Peel and finely chop the garlic.
Step 9:
Put the rice in the boiling broth. Cook, stirring, for 10 minutes.
Step 10:
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Lay out the chicken meat. Fry for 4-5 minutes.
Step 11:
Add canned tomatoes (tomato paste or fresh tomatoes), lemon juice, suneli hops, paprika, ground black pepper to the chicken.
Step 12:
Simmer, stirring, for 3-5 minutes.
Step 13:
Transfer the contents of the frying pan into a saucepan. Add walnuts, hot pepper. Cook for about 5 more minutes. At the same stage, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of tkemali. I didn't add it, because the soup needed to be cooked urgently, and it was far from the store.
Step 14:
At the end, add coriander and garlic, add salt to taste. Cover the soup with a lid and let it brew for about 10 minutes.
Step 15:
Pour the Kharcho soup on plates and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!

Kharcho soup is one of the most famous and popular soups in Georgia. This first dish is considered to be the national dish of Georgians. It is impossible to confuse kharcho with another first course. It is thick in consistency and very satisfying soup. In different regions, it is prepared in its own way, sometimes even with significant deviations from the recipe, but there are certain rules that are followed regardless of which territory the kharcho is prepared in.

There are numerous disputes about the recipe. This also applies to the meat base. Some believe that beef can be replaced with lamb or even a mixture of different meats. However, the classic version of the soup involves the use of only beef. The use of other meat is illiteracy. The inhabitants of the Caucasus respect pork, lamb, chicken, etc. But beef is one of the main products of national nutrition.

A characteristic feature of the Georgian cuisine dish is the presence of tkemali, plum sauce in the recipe. Another mandatory ingredient: grated walnuts at the rate of half a cup per two liters of broth.