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Botvinnik (Beet-Greens Soup) with Chicken

A worthy stand-in for borscht — tasty and easy to make. This summer, while thinning the beets in the garden, my husband suggested making botvinnik from the extra beet greens we'd pulled, saying his grandmother used to make him this soup all the time. Honestly, I was skeptical of his idea. But when a man asks... I used my usual borscht recipe as a base, just swapping beet greens for the cabbage. The result blew me away — it came out delicious. Now the whole family happily eats botvinnik all through summer and fall.

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Composition / ingredients

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 30 % 3 g
Fats 20 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 50 % 5 g
51 kcal
GI: 67 / 0 / 33
  • Make a chicken broth with 4–6 cups of water. Wash and peel the beet and carrot, and grate them on the coarse holes of a grater. Wash the beet greens, separate the leaves from the stems, and chop them. Peel and finely dice the potatoes. Drop the chopped greens and potatoes into the boiling broth. Sauté the finely chopped onion, add the grated carrot, and after 2–3 minutes add the grated beet, the chopped beet-green stems, a tablespoon of vinegar, the tomato paste or chopped tomatoes, and the seeded, chopped pepper. Stir, cover, and let it cook for about 5 minutes, then add it to the pot with the broth. By now the potatoes should be done. After 5 minutes, add 2 teaspoons of sugar, salt, and the bay leaf, cover, and turn off the heat. After about 20 minutes you can ladle it into bowls. Top the botvinnik with sour cream or mayonnaise and garlic.

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

  • Category I chicken - 238  kcal/100g
  • Chicken of the II category - 159  kcal/100g
  • Chicken, flesh without skin - 241  kcal/100g
  • Chickens - 140  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Ripe potatoes - 80  kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70  kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380  kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82  kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74  kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192  kcal/100g
  • Tomatoes - 23  kcal/100g
  • Beetroot - 40  kcal/100g
  • Dried beetroot - 278  kcal/100g
  • Boiled beets - 49  kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Wine vinegar (3%) - 9  kcal/100g
  • Vinegar 9% - 11  kcal/100g
  • Balsamic vinegar - 88  kcal/100g
  • Apple vinegar - 14  kcal/100g
  • Vinegar - 11  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Beet leaves - 12  kcal/100g

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