Classic Mixed-Meat Solyanka with Sausages and Smoked Meats

A rich, fragrant, homestyle first course! This easy recipe makes a classic mixed-meat solyanka with aromatic smoked meats and pickles in a meat broth — sure to please and to surprise you with its wonderful flavor! (Solyanka is a hearty, tangy soup loaded with assorted meats, pickles, and olives.)

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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 43 % 6 g
Fats 50 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 7 % 1 g
104 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Want a quick, easy, delicious classic mixed-meat solyanka that everyone will love? Start by gathering all your ingredients and spices for this homestyle soup in a meat broth with pickles and smoked meats.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Start the meat broth: pour 2.5 liters (about 10 cups) of water into a suitable pot, add 300 g of bone-in beef, a small onion, and a piece of carrot, set it on the stove, and simmer the meat over high heat for 1.5 hours, then lift the meat out.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    For the sauté base, set a skillet on the stove, add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil and two finely chopped onions, and sauté over medium heat until the onion is translucent.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Add 150 g of smoked chicken (backbone or breast) to the pot of beef broth on the stove and simmer over medium heat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Finely grate one medium carrot, add it to the skillet with the onion, and sauté the vegetables for about 3 minutes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Pour about 3 ladlefuls of beef broth into the skillet, cover it, and simmer the vegetables over low heat for about 15 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Cut 150 g of semi-smoked sausage and 300 g of assorted smoked sausage into strips, put them in a dry skillet, and fry them briefly over high heat to brown them.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Cut the cooked beef into pieces, add it to the skillet with the sausage, and keep frying over high heat.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste to the skillet of vegetables, stir everything together, cover, and continue cooking for 7 minutes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Cut 300 g of hot dogs into strips, add them to the skillet with the sausage and beef, stir everything together, and keep frying.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Slice 15 to 20 olives into rounds and add them to the pot of boiling broth.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Add the fried meat mixture from the skillet to the pot.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Coarsely grate 2 dill pickles into a bowl, then add them to the pot.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Add the sautéed vegetables from the skillet to the pot.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Cover the pot, bring the soup to a boil, and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Add a blend of black and red pepper, a bay leaf, parsley, dill, and basil to the pot, all to taste.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Stir everything together, cover the pot, and simmer the soup for 7 minutes over the lowest heat. Then turn off the heat and let the solyanka rest a while.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Ladle the solyanka into bowls, top with sour cream and a slice of lemon to taste, and serve. Cook together, keep it simple, and make the tastiest dishes at home from everyday ingredients with our recipes. Enjoy!

  • Here's a classic recipe for a mixed-meat solyanka with smoked meats and pickles in a meat broth. Give this delicious, rich homemade soup a try with whatever meats and aromatic smoked cuts you have on hand — you're sure to be pleasantly surprised by the wonderful flavor of this dish!

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

  • Melted beef fat - 871  kcal/100g
  • Fat beef - 171  kcal/100g
  • Lean beef - 158  kcal/100g
  • Beef brisket - 217  kcal/100g
  • Beef - okovalok - 380  kcal/100g
  • Beef - lean roast - 200  kcal/100g
  • Beef shoulder - 137  kcal/100g
  • Beef - ribs - 233  kcal/100g
  • Beef - ham - 104  kcal/100g
  • Beef - tail - 184  kcal/100g
  • Boiled ham - 269  kcal/100g
  • Beef corned beef - 216  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
  • Fresh basil - 27  kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251  kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313  kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45  kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38  kcal/100g
  • Olives - 166  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28  kcal/100g
  • Milk sausages - 266  kcal/100g
  • Russian sausages - 243  kcal/100g
  • Pork sausages - 324  kcal/100g
  • Canned sausages - 228  kcal/100g
  • Smoked sausage - 507  kcal/100g
  • Semi-smoked sausage 'Krakow' - 466  kcal/100g
  • Semi-smoked sausage 'Moscow' - 406  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Pickles - 11  kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast - 113  kcal/100g
  • A mixture of ground peppers - 255  kcal/100g

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