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Tbilisi classic salad with beef

Classic Tbilisi salad with beef

A classic Georgian dish: tasty and good for you! Georgians are mindful of their health and, accordingly, their diet. So their dishes are made from natural ingredients. Georgian cuisine also makes use of hot spices and seasonings in cooking. Tbilisi salad is one of the traditional Georgian dishes, made of natural, wholesome, filling ingredients dressed with a plant-based oil, which makes it even healthier.

Snezhana

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Beef (boiled)

200

Red beans (dried)

100

Bell pepper

Walnuts (shelled)

Garlic

Onion (red)

Cilantro

Salt

Hot chili pepper

Olive oil

Red wine vinegar

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 33 % 9 g

Fats 44 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 22 % 6 g

168 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 50 min

Step 1:

How do you make a classic Tbilisi salad with beef? The classic recipe uses fresh-cooked red beans. But if you don't have time to prepare dried beans, which takes a while, you can use canned ones. Rinse the dried beans, cover them with cold water, and leave them overnight to swell well.
Step 2:

In the morning, drain the water off the beans, cover them with fresh water, and cook until tender. But don't overcook the beans, or they'll fall apart and spoil the taste and look of the salad. Drain the water, tip the beans into a colander, and let them cool completely.
Step 3:

For a classic Tbilisi salad, you use beef, chicken, or turkey. All of these are considered lean and healthy. Use fresh, young beef. Wash the beef, trim off the sinew and skin, cut it into pieces, and boil it in salted water until tender — 30 minutes is enough.
Step 4:

Take the meat out of the broth and cut it into small cubes or pull it apart into thin shreds.
Step 5:

For this salad you really want red onion. Peel the onion and cut it into thin wedges or strips. Marinate the chopped onion in the wine vinegar for half an hour, then drain off the marinade. If you don't have red onion, you can use a regular white one.
Step 6:

Wash the bell pepper, cut out the stem and seeds, and cut the flesh into thin strips. For contrast and color, you can use peppers of different colors. Cilantro is a must for the classic recipe. It gives the dish a rich, vivid flavor. Wash the herbs, dry them on a paper towel, and chop them finely.
Step 7:

Walnuts are a beloved ingredient in Georgian cuisine; they make the salad's flavor special and pleasant, and the dish even healthier. Rinse the shelled walnuts well and dry them in the microwave, oven, or a dry skillet. Chop the walnuts finely with a knife.
Step 8:

Peel the garlic cloves and chop them finely with a knife or push them through a press.
Step 9:

Combine all the ingredients in a deep salad bowl. Add salt and a piece of chopped hot chili pepper. Dress the salad with olive oil. Let it sit a little to soak up the flavors, then serve. Enjoy!

Since everyone's sense of saltiness, sweetness, bitterness, heat, acidity, and pungency is different, always add spices and seasonings to your own taste! If you're using a seasoning for the first time, keep in mind that some spices are especially easy to overdo (chili pepper, for instance).