Shchi is a traditional Russian dish. From ancient times, they were brewed in clay pots, in an oven, and the fragrant aroma of strong meat broth, nourishing potatoes and cabbage stood in the air, forcing passers-by to literally lick. Over the years, instead of stoves, the housewives had super modern gas and electric stoves, instead of pots and krchag - pots with non-stick coating. And only the tantalizing smell of cabbage soup, from which water drools, remains the same.
Why a Multivariate
However, we were not entirely right when they said that the present lovers of tasty food were left without an amazing adaptation - a Russian stove. Its role is successfully replaced by a multivarker. In this device, the food is not simply fried and cooked, as in ordinary pots-pans, but languishes, just as it was in Russia. Maybe this way of cooking someone will seem too long. But cabbage soup from fresh cabbage in a multivariate turns out so tasty, fragrant, that the spent time of that costs!
Recipe 1
We will discuss in more detail how it is possible to surprise the home with an excellent dinner. And start with a recipe here. For him, you will need: poultry meat (traditionally soup cooked from chicken) - 800 gr, better fillets, 5-6 potatoes, several spoons of tomato (can be replaced with ketchup), 1 carrot, 2 onions, spices and spices, greens and a little sunflower Oil. Since we cook soup from fresh cabbage in a multivark, it will take about half of the head (gr 600). Salt and pepper are taken to taste.
Onion and cabbage chop, carrots rubbed on grated potatoes, cut into small pieces. Turn the device into the "Baking" mode (put the timer for 40 minutes), pour the oil into the bowl, place the onions and carrots and close the lid - let the roast prepare. Cut the meat into small pieces and add to the vegetables. Wait until the end of the program. Now comes the second stage of how to cook soup from fresh cabbage in a multivariate. When the program "Baking" finished its work, put cabbage, potatoes in the bowl, add tomato or ketchup and mix, pour in the spices. Fill with water and turn on the "Quenching" program (time - one and a half hours). Then open the lid of the appliance and make the household happy! To the soup, serve sour cream, and sprinkle the dish with greens.
Recipe 2
You can cook soup in a multivark and somewhat differently. For example, you have a ready-made meat broth. To make soup it takes about 2-2.5 liters. And also 3 large potatoes, a quarter of a cabbage head, 2 carrots, as many bulbs, 1 tomato, 2-3 pieces of bay leaves, several peas of black pepper, salt and greens to taste.
First you should cut / chop the vegetables. Put them in a bowl with spices and fill with broth (except tomatoes, they are added at the end of the process). To soup in the multivark turned out to be rich, in the first place, all the products must be boiled in the "Steam" mode. When the contents of the cup begin to boil, switch the program to "Soup".
Look after the time and check the potato availability. If it is almost soft, add tomatoes to the soup in the multivark. After the soup is cooked, do not open the lid for another half hour to insist. And if you want to surprise your relatives with cabbage soup "daily", then turn on the "heating" mode for another hour.
Recipe 3 - cabbage soup with plums
Originally, in the old-fashioned way, the recipe of the dish suggests you cook an unusual soup. For example, you can cook soup from fresh cabbage and prunes. And so that they succeeded glory, take a gram of 350-400 pork (not too lean, but not fatty). Other components: potatoes - 150 gr, onions - 1 piece, prunes - 70 gr, cabbage - 200 gr, a little tomato. Naturally, salt, spices and hot pepper are to taste. This recipe for cabbage cabbage soup in a multivariate looks like this: cut meat into small pieces. Fold them in the bowl of the appliance, fill it with chopped vegetables. Fill with water and turn on the "Quenching" mode. Toward the end, add tomato, salt and spices. The total cooking time is 2 hours (one and a half + 30 minutes for infusion). Serve the soup, season it with sour cream and greens.
Recipe 4: cabbage soup
Previous recipes were devoted to how to brew cabbage soup in a multicrew made from fresh cabbage. Now let's talk about the classic variant of the dish, that is, about soup with sauerkraut. It works best on pork broth. Therefore, your first step is to make half a kilogram of pork meat with layers of fat in small portions, put in a bowl and fry with vegetable oil ("Bake" or "Pilaf" mode). Stir to not burn.
Prepare the onion and lay it then to the roast. Love that it was a lot - cut 2, no - enough, and 1. Then, grate 1 carrot and 5 minutes after the onions, pour it. Stir food and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. Lastly, put the tomato (2-3 tablespoons). Brush 4 medium potatoes, cut them into cubes. Take cabbage and try. If it is too acidic, rinse under the tap. Put the cabbage and potatoes to the rest of the ingredients, salt, add the scented pepper and bay leaf. Fill with water and turn on the "Quenching" program for an hour and a half.
From the history of the dish
And now some interesting facts about this wonderful dish. Shchi are a kind of refueling soup and first appeared on the table of a Russian peasant back in the 11th century, when ordinary people learned to grow cabbage. Then the dish meant a liquid dish, which included, in addition to cabbage, sorrel, tops, nettles. Our ancestors were very respectful to the soup, even the pot was told that the soup always turned out to be rich, "kind." Its main relish is a pleasant sour, which is different from the food. They put in it, among other ingredients, mushrooms, apples, roots.