Tbilisi classic salad with beef

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a classic Tbilisi salad with beef? According to the classic recipe, fresh red beans are used in the preparation of the salad. But if there is no time to prepare dry beans, which is not enough, then you can add canned. Dry beans need to be washed, filled with cold water, leave the beans overnight so that it swells well.

2. Step 2:

   

   In the morning, drain the water from the beans, pour in fresh water and cook until tender. But it is impossible to digest the beans, so that it does not fall apart and spoil the taste and appearance of the salad. Drain the water, flip the beans into a colander and let cool completely.

3. Step 3:

   

   Beef, chicken or turkey are used for the classic "Tbilisi". All these types of meat are considered low-calorie and healthy. Beef is better to use fresh and young. Wash the beef meat, cut off the veins and skin, cut the meat into pieces and boil in salted water until tender, 30 minutes is enough.

4. Step 4:

   

   Remove the meat from the broth, cut into small cubes or divide into thin fibers.

5. Step 5:

   

   Onions for this salad, you definitely need blue. Peel the onion from the husk, cut into feathers or strips. Onions should be marinated in wine vinegar, leaving the chopped onion in it for half an hour. Then drain the marinade. In the absence of blue onions, you can use ordinary white.

7. Step 6:

   

   Wash the bell pepper, cut out the stalk with seeds, cut the pepper pulp into thin strips. Bulgarian pepper can be used in different colors for contrast and brightness. Coriander is mandatory for salad according to the classic recipe. It gives a rich and bright taste to the dish. Wash the greens, dry them on a paper towel and finely chop them.

8. Step 7:

   

   Walnuts are a favorite product of Georgian cuisine, it also makes the taste of salad special and pleasant, and the dish is even healthier. Wash the peeled walnuts well, dry them in the microwave, in the oven or in a dry frying pan. Chop the walnuts finely with a knife.

9. Step 8:

   

   Peel the garlic cloves, finely chop with a knife or pass through a press.

10. Step 9:

    

    Mix all the ingredients in a deep salad bowl. Add salt, a piece of chopped hot pepper pod. Season the salad with olive oil. We give it a little soak and serve it to the table. Bon appetit!