10 best okroshka recipes

Okroshka is a traditional dish of and Ukrainian cuisine that appeared more than a thousand years ago. The name is derived from the verb “crush” – finely cut. In the menu of s, this cold soup is fixed as a traditional summer first course. The 10 best recipes for okroshka according to Healthy Food Near Me are in our selection.

1. Okroshka with kvass sausage

Refreshing okroshka on kvass is an excellent salvation on a hot day. The preparation of the dish will take a minimum of time and it will turn out tasty, light and satisfying.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Boil the ingredients

Hard boil eggs, place in cold water and cool. Boil potatoes until tender and set aside.

Step 2: Cut Ingredients

Finely chop the green onion, send to a deep container. Add 1 – 2 pinches of salt and grind so that the onion releases juice and becomes more fragrant. Potatoes, eggs, sausage and cucumbers cut into small cubes and add to the bowl with onions. Chop dill and send to a container.

Step 3. Mix all the ingredients

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Place in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes to chill the mixture.

Step 4. Fill the mixture with kvass

Pour a portion of the sausage-vegetable mixture into a plate. Add sour cream or mayonnaise to taste. Pour chilled kvass into a bowl. If necessary, add salt and mustard for spice.

2. Okroshka with smoked chicken on mineral water

Okroshka with a pleasant smoked aftertaste, rich aroma of fresh herbs and cucumber

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Boil the ingredients

Boil potatoes and eggs until tender and set aside.

Step 2: Cut Ingredients

Dice potatoes, eggs, radishes and cucumbers. Remove the skin from the hams and cut into small pieces. Chop greens.

Step 3. Combine the ingredients

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.

Step 4. Fill the mixture

Add citric acid, salt and sour cream to the mixture. Pour in mineral water and mix well.

3. Okroshka with apple on kefir

An unusual variant of a vegetarian okroshka. To give the dish a light fruity sourness, we recommend using green apples.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Cut the ingredients.

Peel the apple from the core and cut into strips. Cucumbers and radishes are also cut into strips. Finely chop the onion. Chop dill.

Step 2: Mix Ingredients

Thoroughly mix all the components of the future okroshka. Add mustard, salt and pepper. Mix.

Step 3. Add kefir

Put the mixture in a bowl. Pour the dish with chilled kefir. To make the okroshka colder, you can add ice cubes.

4. Mushroom okroshka on kvass

Mushroom okroshka will give you benefits, rich aroma and taste

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Prepare mushrooms

Rinse salted mushrooms under running water. Drain in a colander and wait for excess liquid to drain.

Step 2. Boil the ingredients

Hard boil eggs, place in cold water and cool. Boil potatoes and carrots until tender and set aside.

Step 3: Cut Ingredients

Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers and mushrooms cut into cubes. Chop green onions. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Squirrels cut into cubes. Mash the yolks and mix with mustard until smooth.

Step 4. Mix the ingredients

Mix all ingredients, add mustard dressing, salt and pepper.

Step 5. Fill the mixture with kvass

Pour the vegetable mixture with cold kvass, mix and let it brew for 10 minutes. Pour into bowls and serve with sour cream.

5. Meat okroshka according to an old recipe

In the old days there were no sausages, so only natural meat was used. Game, boiled, dried and even fried meat were put in okroshka – the main thing was that it was low-fat. As a result, okroshka turned out to be meaty and satisfying.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Boil the eggs

Hard boil eggs, place in cold water and cool.

Step 2. Cook the meat

It is recommended to use three types of lean meat – pork, beef, chicken or turkey. Rinse the meat, blot with a napkin and fry in a pan, grill or oven until tender, then cool.

Step 3. Prepare kvass

According to an old secret, you need to pour kvass into a jug or a large cup so that fermentation is weakened and there is no foam.

Step 4: Cut Ingredients

Cut five eggs into cubes, at the sixth, separate the protein from the yolk and cut only the protein. Set aside the yolk. Cut cucumbers, fried, salted and dried meat into cubes. Chop onion, parsley, dill.

Step 5. Prepare the Sauce

Combine egg yolk with mustard, grind to get a homogeneous mass. Add sour cream, mix to make a thick homogeneous sauce. Pour in kvass and mix thoroughly. Put the dressing in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes.

Step 6. Mix the ingredients

Mix all the chopped ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste, refrigerate for 60 minutes.

Step 7. Fill the mixture with kvass

Pour a portion of the mixture onto a plate. Pour chilled dressing of mustard, egg yolk, sour cream and kvass into a plate.

6. Okroshka with kvass beef

Another version of the old recipe for meat okroshka, only with less meat, but no less rich taste.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Prepare the ingredients

Boil beef, potatoes and eggs until tender, then cool everything.

Step 2: Cut Ingredients

Beef, potatoes, cucumbers, radishes cut into small cubes. Chop dill and onion.

Step 3. Prepare the dressing

Separate the protein from the yolk. Remove protein. Mash the yolk with a fork, combine with mustard and mix until smooth.

Step 4. Combine the ingredients

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl, add mustard dressing, salt.

Step 5. Fill the mixture with kvass

Add sour cream to the mixture and pour okroshka with kvass. Let it brew in the refrigerator for 60 minutes, then serve.

7. Okroshka with squid on kvass

An unusual variant of okroshka for those who love seafood

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Boil the ingredients

Rinse squid carcasses, clean from films and chords, boil until tender, cool. Boil the eggs until tender and set aside.

Step 2: Cut Ingredients

Cut squids, cucumbers, radishes into strips. Peel the eggs and set aside one yolk. Protein and the rest of the eggs cut into strips. Grind dill and green onions, salt and mash so that the greens give juice and become softer and more fragrant.

Step 3: Mix Ingredients

Combine all chopped ingredients, salt, if required, mix. Place the mixture in the refrigerator for 60 minutes.

Step 4. Prepare the Sauce

Combine the boiled yolk with sour cream, mustard and horseradish, mix. Then beat the sauce with a fork until creamy and refrigerate.

Step 5. Fill the mixture with kvass

Divide the mixture into bowls. Pour kvass, stir and only then add a spoonful of sauce and mix again.

8. Okroshka with salmon and ayran

The variant of fish okroshka is not only not inferior in taste to the classic okroshka with sausage, but also gives the dish new shades

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Prepare the ingredients

Boil potatoes, eggs, salmon until tender. Cool down.

Step 2: Cut Ingredients

Fish, potatoes, eggs, cucumbers cut into cubes. Chop greens.

Step 3: Mix Ingredients

Mix all ingredients and put into bowls.

Step 4. Add Airan

Fill the mixture with ayran. Add salt, pepper. Place the mixture in the refrigerator for 60 minutes. Garnish with sour cream before serving. You can add ice cubes if you like.

9. Beet okroshka on kefir

The dish turns out to be rich and thick, and the sweetness of beets and the sourness of kefir create a unique combination.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Boil the ingredients

Boil eggs, potatoes, beets until tender and cool.

Step 2. Grind the ingredients

Chop the dill and green onions, add salt to them, grind with a spoon so that the greens release the juice. Grate the beets on a coarse grater. Eggs, potatoes and sausage cut into small cubes. Mix all ingredients.

Step 3. Fill the mixture

Pour the sausage-vegetable mixture with kefir, mix. Dilute okroshka with chilled boiled water. Bring to the desired consistency.

Step 4. Serve

Arrange okroshka on plates, decorate with sour cream and dill.

10. Okroshka with chicken broth

An interesting combination of chicken broth, kefir and sour cream will give okroshka an unusual creamy taste and make the dish more satisfying.

Ingredients

Preparation

Step 1. Prepare the ingredients

Boil chicken fillet, potatoes and eggs until tender. Cool the broth, chicken and vegetables.

Step 2: Cut Ingredients

Cut chicken fillet, sausage, potatoes, eggs and cucumber into small cubes. Chop greens.

Step 3. Connect the components

Mix crushed ingredients.

Step 4. Fill the mixture

Pour okroshka with kefir and broth. Season with mustard, horseradish, sour cream, lemon juice, add salt. Serve chilled.

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