Classic kharcho with rice

Cookinero 2 Mar 2025

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Do you know how to tell if you have a classic Georgian soup recipe in front of you? It should have three ingredients that cannot be replaced with anything. These are beef, tkemali plum sauce and chopped walnuts. Our recipe has all of these ingredients, so you can make traditional kharcho soup just like you would get in Georgia.

How to cook Classic kharcho with rice

Step 1

Place the meat in a pot with water. Cut the onion and carrot in half. Add to the pot and wait for it to boil. Cook the broth for 2 hours.

Step 2

Remove the meat from the broth and strain it. Then add the rice to the broth and cook for 10 minutes. Cut the meat into cubes.

Step 3

Place the pre-chopped onion, garlic, parsley root and walnut in a frying pan heated with vegetable oil. Fry for about 7 minutes until golden.

Step 4

Mix the spices with Tkemali and add to the broth. Add the contents of the frying pan there. Salt and pepper, add bay leaf. Cook the soup for another 10 minutes.

Step 5

The soup is ready, all that's left is to add the minced meat. To make the taste richer, let it sit for 15 minutes before serving.