The diet must necessarily contain the first hot dish. It doesn’t matter if it is a light broth or puree soup. Solyanka is considered a classic dish of Russian cuisine. The villagers prepared it very simply - the remains of various dishes were mixed in a pot and cooked together. Cucumbers, porridge, meat - all this got into the soup. Over time, the recipe for hodgepodge changed, and the dish began to be served in restaurants.

Classic fresh cabbage meat hodgepodge

It happens that the usual food bothers, then urgently make a novelty!

The traditional first Russian dish, reminiscent of something in between a pickle and borscht, will surely delight loved ones with a taste, and the cook is easy to prepare.

To create a hodgepodge of fresh cabbage with pork, take:

  • 0.8 kg of meat (beef on the bone or pork);
  • fresh cabbage 300-400 g;
  • carrot;
  • onion;
  • 1 tomato;
  • 1 tbsp. l sauce or ketchup;
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic;
  • 2 cucumbers;
  • seasoning to your taste.

Some housewives do not add cucumbers, and instead of hodgepodge turns liquid stew. Pickled cucumber is one of the key ingredients, which is not recommended to be excluded.

 

Cooking:

  1. Stew meat with a closed lid.
  2. Finely chop the carrots and onions, put in a pan. After 10 minutes we are sent to stew for meat.
  3. We squeeze the tomato and mix it with ketchup and seasonings.
  4. We cut cucumbers, combine with crushed tomato and send together for meat.
  5. Finely chopped cabbage. Add to the meat.
  6. Fry everything together over medium heat, stir occasionally.
  7. When the cabbage becomes golden, add water. We fasten the fire, cover with a lid and leave for another half hour. Taste - salt if necessary. If desired, you can add a bay leaf.
  8. For greater aroma and taste, sprinkle the dish with garlic.
  9. Stew a little more. Turn off.

They serve hodgepodge with a slice of lemon, which gives the dish a special taste and a spoon of sour cream.

With a duck in a pan

Another interesting recipe for hodgepodge. It is rather a second dish with stewed vegetables and meat, very nutritious and tasty. Try to cook and make sure.

To prepare a hodgepodge with duck you will need:

  • in fact, the duck itself is 600 g;
  • 3-4 medium potatoes;
  • pumpkin 200 g;
  • head of white cabbage;
  • bulb;
  • ketchup;
  • salt, spices to taste.

 

How to cook:

  1. Cut into desired pieces and fry the pulp. Salt and add spices to your taste.
  2. Peel and chop the potatoes.
  3. We also cut the pumpkin. The cubes should be about the same size.
  4. It is better to chop cabbage.
  5. Fry pumpkin and potatoes until half ready.
  6. Add the pumpkin and potatoes to the meat, reduce the heat, simmer.
  7. Add onions, cabbage and sauce with water in order. Stew until tender. If the liquid evaporates quickly, add more.
  8. If the pieces are easily pierced, the dish is ready. Leave under the lid for about 15 minutes.

That's it, hodgepodge with a duck is ready! Serve preferably with a spoon of sour cream and herbs.

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In a slow cooker

Too many housewives cook in a slow cooker. After all, it is more convenient - no need to stand above the stove and make sure that the food does not burn. If you do not know how to cook a hodgepodge in a slow cooker, here is a simple recipe with consistent instructions.

Grocery list:

  • a large head of cabbage;
  • 1 medium onion;
  • carrot;
  • chicken fillet;
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic;
  • 3-4 tbsp. l ketchup;
  • salt, pepper to taste;
  • 2 tbsp. l sunflower oil;
  • optional bay leaf.

 

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Dice the onion and grate the carrots.
  2. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl, select the frying mode.
  3. Put the vegetables in a bowl and fry them for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
  4. Wash the fillet and dip it with a paper towel to remove excess moisture.
  5. Cut the meat, add it to the vegetables, extending the timer for another 10-15 minutes.
  6. Add 0.5 water. Stew for 20 minutes.
  7. Chop cabbage, garlic, mix with tomato sauce and add to the dish.
  8. Salt, pepper to your taste, stewing time will be approximately 40 minutes.
  9. After cooking, leave for 15 minutes in heating mode.

Serve the dish with sour cream, lemon and olives.

Prefabricated lean hodgepodge

Do not like meat soups? Then the recipe for lean hodgepodge with mushrooms will be to your taste. It’s a little harder to prepare a lean dish.

Ingredients:

  • 0.3 kg of cabbage;
  • carrot;
  • 8 champignons;
  • 8 dried mushrooms (porcini, boletus or oyster mushrooms);
  • celery;
  • medium onion;
  • 2 tbsp. l ketchup;
  • olives;
  • capers;
  • lemon;
  • salt, spices to taste.

 

Cooking:

  1. Pour dried mushrooms with boiling water and leave them for 20-30 minutes.
  2. Chop onions, carrots and champignons. Fry all together in a pan for about 5 minutes.
  3. Chop the celery and chop the cabbage. Add them to the pan, pour in a little water and fry for another 5 minutes.
  4. Remove the mushrooms, squeeze, finely chop and add to the other vegetables. Do not drain the water from the mushrooms, we will add it to the hodgepodge later. Mix well.
  5. The fried vegetables are transferred to the pan, pour a liter of water and water from the mushrooms. Add tomato sauce to the water.
  6. We put on the stove. When the hodgepodge boils, make the fire quieter, remove the foam and cook for about 10 minutes.
  7. Add capers, mix. Cook for another 5-7 minutes.
  8. Add the olives. Salt, pepper, sugar can be added. We stand for another 5 minutes.

If desired, sprinkle generously with chopped herbs, cover with a lid and let the dish brew.

Cabbage hodgepodge with potatoes and chicken

Stewed potatoes, vegetables and meat are a very good combination for a hearty family dinner. This is the most hearty dish of all listed in this article.

We will need:

  • 5-6 potatoes;
  • 200 g of sirloin chicken;
  • 200 g of white cabbage;
  • onion;
  • carrot;
  • tomato sauce 0.5 tbsp. l .;
  • seasonings and herbs.

Cooking:

  1. Finely chop the onion, the meat into cubes. In a pan, fry the onions for 5-7 minutes, then add meat to it and fry together for 10 minutes.We put the carrots grated on a coarse grater.
  2. We cut cabbage. Add it to the pan. When it is a little fried, pour in tomato sauce. Salt, pepper, mix. Pour half a glass of water. Stew.
  3. Peel and cut the potatoes. Put in a pan, add water just above its level. After add the remaining vegetables.
  4. We put on medium heat, cook until tender, stirring occasionally. We taste the broth and add spices if necessary.

When serving, sprinkle with herbs.

How to cook with sausages

If you do not like lean food, there is a budget option for a meat hodgepodge with sausages, which is prepared very simply.

Ingredients for cabbage hodgepodge with sausages:

  • 800 g of white cabbage;
  • 4 sausages;
  • bulb;
  • carrot;
  • tomato sauce - 2 tbsp. l
  • salt, spices to taste.

 

Cooking:

  1. We cut cabbage. We put it in a pan, stand until a golden hue appears at maximum heat. Then reduce the heat and simmer under a closed lid for 12-15 minutes.
  2. Cut the onions, rub the carrots and pass them separately.
  3. Add ketchup, water and let the mixture boil.
  4. Add chopped sausages to the first pan. Mix. The contents of the second are also sent to the cabbage.
  5. Stew until cooked for another 10-15 minutes.

Serve with sour cream, a slice of lemon and Borodino bread.

With chicken and mushrooms

The most delicious recipe is a hodgepodge with chicken and mushrooms.

We will need:

  • half fork cabbage;
  • 3 tbsp. l ketchup;
  • carrot;
  • bulb;
  • a couple of cloves of garlic;
  • 1 bag of honey mushrooms or oyster mushroom;
  • chicken fillet;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 1 tomato;
  • salt, spices to taste.

 

Cooking:

  1. Cut onions and carrots. Fry them in a pan until golden brown.
  2. We cut the meat into cubes and add to the pan.
  3. We put chopped cabbage to the meat, mix. Pour in ketchup, salt. Mix thoroughly.
  4. Cut mushrooms and tomato. Put them in the pan.
  5. We cut potatoes into cubes. We put it to cook, adding a leaf of laurel and basil.
  6. As soon as the potatoes begin to boil, we make the fire quieter, and pour the entire contents of the pan to the potatoes. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle with herbs if desired, add chopped garlic. Cover with a lid and let it brew for 15-20 minutes.

It turned out that it was not at all difficult to make hodgepodge from fresh cabbage. You can experiment with the ingredients and cook an unusual dish.

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