Kharcho
Georgia's beef and rice soup, soured with tkemali plum sauce and thickened with ground walnuts — warm with khmeli-suneli spices, hot with chilli and heaped with fresh coriander.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 700 g beef brisket or shin
- 2.5 l cold water
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 4 tbsp tkemali (sour plum sauce)
- 80 g long-grain rice, rinsed
- 80 g walnuts, finely ground
- 2 tsp khmeli-suneli spice mix
- 0.5 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 bunch coriander, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 3098 kcal · P 210.5g · C 132.9g · F 189.1g
Estimated from 14 of 14 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Put the beef in the cold water, bring slowly to the boil and skim. Add the bay leaves and salt and simmer gently for 1 hour 30 minutes, until tender.
- 2Lift out the beef, cut it into bite-size pieces and strain the broth; you need about 2 litres.
- 3Heat the oil in a large pot and cook the onions over medium heat for 10 minutes until golden.
- 4Stir in the tomato paste and cook 2 minutes, then add the tkemali.
- 5Pour in the broth, bring to the boil, add the rice and simmer 10 minutes.
- 6Add the beef, walnuts, khmeli-suneli and chilli flakes and simmer 8–10 minutes more, until the rice is soft — the walnuts thicken the soup and soften its sourness.
- 7Take off the heat, stir in the garlic and half the coriander, cover and rest 10 minutes.
- 8Serve with the remaining coriander on top.
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Questions and answers
How long does Kharcho take to make?
About 140 minutes: 20 min prep and 120 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Kharcho?
14 ingredients: beef brisket or shin, cold water, bay leaves, salt, onions, sunflower oil, tomato paste, tkemali, long-grain rice, walnuts, khmeli-suneli spice mix, dried chilli flakes and 2 more.
How many servings does this Kharcho recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Kharcho?
About 516 kcal, with 35.1 g protein, 22.2 g carbohydrate and 31.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Kharcho recipe suit?
It is gluten-free and dairy-free.
What cuisine is Kharcho?
Kharcho comes from Georgian cuisine.
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