River Perch Soup (Ukha) with Potatoes
The rule for good fish soup: the fresher the fish, the tastier it is! In summer, the whole family gathers on the riverbank — my husband's job is to catch the fish, and mine is to make the ukha. Nature, fresh air, and just-caught fish make it taste even better! But it's winter outside, so I'll share my "winter" ukha recipe. A few rules for making it at home: First, cook ukha in a non-reactive pot (enamel or clay). Second, don't add browned onion, grains, flour, or oil. Third, it tastes better cooked uncovered over moderate or low heat.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
The ingredients.
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Step 2:
Small fish (left unscaled) are best cooked in the pot inside a colander or wrapped in several layers of cheesecloth, which makes them easy to lift out. Salt to taste.
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Step 3:
Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes, skimming off the foam. Once the fish is cooked, you can remove the colander of small fish.
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Step 4:
Add the diced potatoes and chopped onion to the fish broth.
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Step 5:
Add the bay leaf and peppercorns. Cook for about another 20 minutes.
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Step 6:
Then stir the beaten eggs into the pot and cook for another 5 minutes.
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Step 7:
Add the finely chopped dill. The ukha is ready! Ladle it into bowls and serve. Enjoy.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- 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
- Chicken egg - 157 kcal/100g
- Egg white - 45 kcal/100g
- Egg powder - 542 kcal/100g
- Egg yolk - 352 kcal/100g
- Ostrich egg - 118 kcal/100g
- Hot smoked sea bass - 175 kcal/100g
- Boiled sea bass - 112 kcal/100g
- Fresh sea bass - 117 kcal/100g
- Sea bass stewed - 120 kcal/100g
- Fried river perch - 180 kcal/100g
- Baked river perch - 103 kcal/100g
- River perch - 109 kcal/100g
- Fresh river perch - 82 kcal/100g
- Stuffed river perch - 130 kcal/100g
- Bay leaf - 313 kcal/100g
- Dill greens - 38 kcal/100g
- Black pepper peas - 255 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
