Pickle Soup without Potatoes Recipe
There are many different recipes for pickle. I will offer you a rich meat broth without potatoes based on pickles with cucumber pickle and pearl barley, which gives it a unique taste. A great solution for a weekend lunch for the whole family.
Servings 7
Cook Time 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons Pearl barley
- 100 gram Onion
- 200 gram Carrot
- 200 gram Rutabaga
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
- 4 tablespoons Pickled cucumber
- 1.5 liters Broth (chicken)
- 500 gram Meat (boiled)
- 2 glasses Brine (cucumber)
- 0.6 tablespoons Salt
- 7 tablespoons Sour cream
Instructions
- Soak the pearl barley overnight. Prepare the vegetables. Finely chop the onion. Cut the rutabaga and carrots into strips.
- Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan and fry the onion until transparent, add carrots - fry for three minutes, add rutabaga - fry for another three minutes, then add the swollen pearl barley.
- Add 1.5 liters of ready-made meat broth to the pan (I have mutton), add salt. Separate the meat from the bones and disassemble into portions, add to the pot. Cook everything together on low heat for 20 minutes, from the moment of boiling. Cut cucumbers.
- After the time has elapsed, increase the boiling point and add cucumber brine, sliced cucumbers, cook for 5 minutes after boiling. The brine density is regulated by the amount of liquid ingredients added according to your preferences. Serve the soup hot with sour cream.