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Kharcho Soup with Beef Brisket, Walnuts, and Tkemali

An incredibly simple take on the beloved Kharcho! Hearty and easy—a rich soup for a crowd. Today I'll show you how to make kharcho, a rich and intensely fragrant Georgian soup. Once you know the basics, even a beginner can pull it off!

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 26 % 11 g
Fats 42 % 18 g
Carbohydrates 33 % 14 g
275 kcal
GI: 36 / 64 / 0

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1
    1. Since this soup is built on a meat broth, start by making one in the usual way. For extra flavor you can add celery root and parsley; if you don't have them, onion and carrot will do.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2
    1. Lift the onion and carrot out of the finished broth.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3
    1. Pull the meat off the bones.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4
    1. Cut the meat into pieces.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5
    1. Return the meat to the broth and set it over the heat to warm. Meanwhile, rinse the rice.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6
    1. Rinse the rice thoroughly, ideally letting it soak a bit.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7
    1. Grate the carrot on the large holes of a grater.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8
    1. Cut the onion into small half-rings.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9
    1. Chop the walnuts.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10
    1. Sauté the carrot in a little sunflower oil.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11
    1. Add the rice, bay leaves, and cinnamon stick to the boiling broth.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12
    1. Add the onion, khmeli-suneli, and tkemali to the carrot.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13
    1. Pour a ladle of broth into the vegetable mixture.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14
    1. Simmer, stirring.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15
    1. Once the rice is about halfway cooked, add the walnuts and the sautéed vegetables to the broth. Stir and keep building the flavor.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16
    1. If you want more tang, add a squeeze of lemon. Stir in fresh herbs—cilantro and parsley—and a third of the hot pepper. Season with salt.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17
    1. Check the rice for doneness. Add the garlic, turn off the heat, move the pot off the burner, and let it rest about 20 minutes.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18
    1. Done! Serve with sour cream or thick homemade cream.
  • Caucasian cooking, and Georgian in particular, is all about bold, bright flavor. Did you know that an authentic kharcho actually has very little rice—it's built on meat and walnuts? It's the most popular soup in Georgia and unmistakable: a thick, hearty meat soup whose roots reach far back into antiquity, to when the people of the Caucasus first raised livestock and grew crops. Serve it with sour cream or thick homemade cream—it's so much better that way!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Raw wild rice - 353  kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360  kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119  kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363  kcal/100g
  • Fortified boiled white rice - 109  kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369  kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106  kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374  kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109  kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344  kcal/100g
  • Lemon - 16  kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650  kcal/100g
  • Black Walnut English Walnut - 628  kcal/100g
  • Black Persian Walnut - 651  kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Dried ground cilantro - 216  kcal/100g
  • Coriander - 25  kcal/100g
  • Cilantro, coriander - 25  kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313  kcal/100g
  • Hot capsicum - 40  kcal/100g
  • Hop-suneli - 417  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Tkemali - 418  kcal/100g
  • Allspice - 263  kcal/100g
  • Cinnamon stick - 261  kcal/100g
  • Beef brisket - 217  kcal/100g

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