Rich and fragrant chicken kharcho soup is the pride of Georgian cuisine. It is very tasty, satisfying, so even the most fastidious gourmet will surely like it. It is especially important to cook it in the cold season, because such a dish warms perfectly, thanks to its piquant spiciness.

Every chef who decides to perfectly master the recipe for a fragrant rich Georgian soup needs to remember the main features of its preparation:

  • The broth is always cooked separately from the dressing.
  • The soup is first cooked over high heat, and then infused for some time in a saucepan before serving.
  • When unfolding a dish in a bowl, its main components are sent first, and only then they are filled with broth.
  • The obligatory component of the soup is a special dressing made from plum puree, but it can also be replaced with tkemali sauce or pomegranate juice (more affordable ingredients for buyers).

These rules should be used when cooking kharcho according to any selected recipe. A huge number of cooking options are known today.

How to make chicken kharcho soup?

According to the classic recipe for such a soup, beef should be used to make it. Even the name of the dish in translation means "Beef Soup." But modern housewives are increasingly using chicken when cooking spicy Georgian soup. This allows you to make it easier and more dietary, and in addition, significantly save the family budget. For the simplest recipe for chicken kharcho soup with rice, you need to take: 0.4 kg. poultry fillet, 0.5 tbsp. white rice, a couple of onions, hot pepper pod, 2 tbsp. tomato paste or ketchup, 3-5 cloves of garlic (can be replaced with granular products), a small bunch of fresh cilantro, as well as 1 tbsp.tklapi (or its substitutes) and sun-hops, vegetable oil for frying.

  1. First of all, the meat is cut into small pieces and sent to a pot of boiling water. The liquid should completely cover the fillet.
  2. While the chicken is being cooked, you can prepare the remaining ingredients. In a deep pan, all the chopped vegetables, herbs and spices are mixed. Tomato mass and a small amount of sunflower oil are sent to them. The mixture is cooked for a couple of minutes over high heat.
  3. Next, the aromatic mass of vegetables and spices goes to the meat. Rice is added to the same pan. It remains to salt the soup and leave it to cook for about 10-15 minutes over high heat.

Ready-made chicken kharcho soup is always used scorching hot. Sour cream and chopped greens will help improve its taste.

Kharcho with chicken without rice

 

If homemade do not like soups with rice, then this ingredient can easily be replaced with pearl barley and potatoes. To prepare this option, you need to take: 0.5 kg. chicken, 0.5 tbsp. barley, a couple of potatoes, 1-2 tomatoes, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 1-2 tbsp. home adjika, as well as olive or any other oil.

Read also: beef kharcho soup recipe

  1. First of all, the chicken is cut into miniature pieces and cooked until half cooked, after which shredded potatoes and carefully washed barley are sent to the pot with boiling broth.
  2. Shredded garlic, onions, pulp of tomatoes and adjika are fried in a pan in a small amount of olive or sunflower oil. At this stage, you can add any spices to the roasting soup.
  3. Seasoned vegetables are laid out in a saucepan, after which the dish is salted and cooked until pearl barley is cooked.

Before serving, the soup should be infused for at least 20 minutes.

With walnuts

 

Walnuts are often used to make kharcho. They add piquancy and satiety to the dish. For this version of Georgian soup, it is necessary to prepare: chicken carcass of approximately 1 kg., 0.4 kg peeled walnuts, 1 medium onion, a few cloves of garlic (to taste), 2 tbsp. tomato paste, 0.5 tsp fenugreek seeds, as well as coriander and ground pepper.

  1. The poultry carcass is cleaned of skin and cut into pieces. Then it is poured with 2 liters of water and sent to the fire.
  2. A frying pan is prepared in a frying pan from passivated onions, chopped garlic, walnuts, fenugreek, tomato paste and seasoning passed through a garlic crusher.
  3. While vegetables and spices are fried, chicken carcass is removed from the broth. The meat is separated from the bones and returned to the pan.
  4. Frying is sent to the chicken, after which the soup can be turned off and left to brew.

Kharcho, in which there is no rice, potato and pearl barley, goes well with homemade croutons. They can be from both black and white bread.

With the addition of prunes

Prune Kharcho is a dish for lovers of unusual soups. It is immediately worth noting that it does not turn out to be sweet. To prepare it, you need to take: at least 0.5 kg. chicken (thighs, wings and any other parts fit), 0.5 tbsp. prunes and the same amount of white rice, 2 tbsp. tomato paste or ketchup, head of garlic (you can reduce its quantity to taste), ground pepper and any other seasonings.

  1. First, the chicken broth is cooked, after which the meat is separated from the bones and sent back to the pan.
  2. While the bird is preparing, prunes are cut into small pieces, chopped onions and garlic. All these ingredients are laid out in a pan and fried in vegetable oil. It remains to add tomato paste to them and mix thoroughly.
  3. The broth and meat are combined with frying, rice, salt and selected spices are added to them. When the cereal is cooked, you can turn off the heat and leave the soup to infuse for 30 minutes.

Kharcho with prunes can be supplemented with sour cream, cream or low-fat mayonnaise.But the soup turns fragrant and tasty and without any additional additives.

Chicken Breast Diet Recipe

In general, the chicken breast recipe is similar to all previous options. Only instead of a filet or a whole chicken will it use exclusively a poultry breast (1 pc). In addition to her, you will need to take 0.5 tbsp. white rice, onion, 3-4 cloves of garlic, dried parsley, black pepper (ground), dried basil and suneli hops, as well as 3 tbsp. tomato paste and tkemali sauce. This is the simplest and quickest recipe for the discussed Georgian poultry soup.

  1. The breast is boiled until half cooked, after which rice is added to it.
  2. When the groats become soft, you can add onions, garlic, prepared sauces and seasonings to the pan.
  3. Lastly, kharcho is sprinkled with dried parsley.

Ready soup is very light and dietary. After all, it uses only the breast of a bird, and all the other ingredients are not fried.

How to make delicious chicken kharcho soup in a slow cooker?

 

Significantly save time and at the same time to please the whole family with a delicious hearty dinner, every housewife will help the multicooker. How to cook chicken kharcho soup in this way is described below. It doesn’t matter which model of the device is at hand with the cook, the main thing is that it has the “Baking” and “Stewing” modes. For kharcho in a slow cooker you will need to use: 0.5 chicken, 1 onion, 1-2 carrots, 1/3 tbsp. white rice, 2 potatoes, 2 tablespoons tomato paste or ketchup, any vegetable oil, garlic and spices to taste.

  1. First, all products are carefully prepared: the meat and potatoes are cut into pieces, the onions are chopped, the rice is washed and soaked in hot water, and the carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater.
  2. A small amount of vegetable oil is poured into the multicooker bowl, then the meat is laid out there and the “Baking” mode is turned on. The chicken will cook in this way 25 minutes.
  3. Next, onions and carrots are sent to the container. Products are cooked in the same mode for 15 minutes.
  4. Lastly, potato slices, spices are laid out in the multicooker bowl, and all the ingredients are covered with water. In the "Stew" mode, the soup will be cooked for 1.5 hours.

Chopped garlic is added to the plate just before serving. You can also add hot soup with sour cream or heavy cream.

Regardless of which hostess chooses the kharcho, it is important to try to select only the freshest quality products for him. With proper preparation, such a dish will surely become one of the favorite among all family members.

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