Kharcho soup with chicken rice and potatoes

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to cook kharcho soup with chicken, rice and potatoes? First, prepare the products according to the list. You can replace the chicken with another type of meat to suit your taste. You can take the chicken with the bone or just fillet. With bones the broth will be richer, with fillets it will be more dietary.

2. STEP 2

   

   Cut the chicken into large pieces. Boil 3 liters of water in a saucepan. Place the chicken. Bring to a boil over high heat, skimming off any foam.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the greens, separate the leaves from the branches. Chop the leaves.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the carrots and chop coarsely.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add one whole peeled onion, carrots, cilantro and parsley stems, bay leaves and allspice peas to the boiling broth. Cook at low simmer for about 40-50 minutes.

6. STEP 6

   

   While the chicken is cooking, prepare the remaining vegetables. Peel the potatoes and cut into medium cubes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Peel the tomatoes and cut into small cubes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cut the second onion into cubes.

9. STEP 9

   

   Finely chop the walnuts.

10. STEP 10

    

    Also finely chop the garlic or pass it through a press.

11. STEP 11

    

    Remove the meat from the broth, separate from the bones, if any, and cut into small pieces.

12. STEP 12

    

    Strain the broth and return to medium heat. Add the potatoes and rice and bring the broth back to a boil. Cook it, stirring, for 15 minutes.

13. STEP 13

    

    While the rice is cooking, heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Fry the onion for about 5 minutes.

14. STEP 14

    

    Add chicken pieces. Fry, stirring, 2 minutes.

15. STEP 15

    

    Add chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, coriander, suneli hops and salt. If necessary, add a little broth from the pan. Simmer, stirring, for 8-10 minutes.

16. STEP 16

    

    Transfer the roast into a saucepan. Then add lemon juice (or tkemali), walnuts and remaining spices. Stir and bring Georgian soup to a boil again

17. STEP 17

    

    Remove the pan from the heat. Add chopped garlic and herbs.

18. STEP 18

    

    Cover the pan with a lid and let the soup sit for 10 minutes before serving. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Narita

20.08.2023

4.6

The Georgian soup is amazing. I would like to offer another interesting version of simple chicken kharcho, walnuts and a slightly different set of spices.

Eleno4ka

20.08.2023

4.5

For lunch I prepared kharcho soup with chicken, rice and potatoes. I cooked the broth with chicken thighs. Instead of tomatoes, I took homemade tomatoes in their own juice (I had to use a jar opened the day before), so I took only one fresh tomato instead of three. Additionally, during the frying process I added homemade spicy plum sauce. Otherwise, I did not deviate from the recipe. The soup turned out rich, satisfying, with a pleasant sourness, spicy, very aromatic and appetizing! We had lunch with pleasure. Thank you, Maria!

Natalia M

20.08.2023

4.8

I was impressed by the list of seasonings and aromatic spices) I usually add a little potatoes to kharcho for satiety, but without them my husband liked it even better. He loves soups that are so spicy and full of flavor. The broth I used on the chicken necks turned out to be quite rich. In addition to the cilantro, I also added parsley. I used fresh tomatoes, a lot of them, and cut them into cubes. The kharcho soup turned out to be spicy, aromatic, and rich! My husband really liked it, especially the taste of walnuts)

Kolka

20.08.2023

4.7

I repeated it, but instead of rice I put barley, and instead of tomato paste - satsebeli. I came to the conclusion that it’s all about the spices (regarding taste). I made more garlic. Not Batumi, of course, but similar. If it had been beef with fat, it would have hit the spot.

Tatka

20.08.2023

5

For the first time I cooked kharcho with chicken, rice and potatoes and it turned out delicious, simple and... perhaps even Georgian. Thank you, I will cook this soup, my husband liked it.

Oma-Shu

20.08.2023

5

It tasted better than it looked, then I’ll definitely learn to take photographs, for now I’m learning to cook, and thanks for the recipe