Delicious and healthy borscht soup. I love beets in any recipe. They are perfect for soup.. but also as a side with potatoes and meat. I will mostly post more recipes with beets in the futures..fried..shredded.. any kind:) This borscht soup can be easily done as vegetarian version, just omit chicken in this recipe. Use only water and vegetables. I am using lots of different kind vegetables in this soup, so vegetable stock will form.
About that chicken stock.. I never buy chicken stock at store I always make from scratch.. we just need chicken leg, vegetables and salt. Pepper can be added for additional flavor.
Borscht Soup
Prep Time8 hrs 56 mins
Cook Time8 hrs 56 mins
Ingredients
- 1 chicken leg
- 11 cups water
- 1 beets bunched about three beets in one bunch
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 celery stick
- 2 medium sized carrots
- half onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 19 oz 540 ml can red kidney beans
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- In large pan cook chicken leg for 40 minutes on medium heat.
- Remove stems from beets; wash them and dice them; set aside for now
- Peel three beets and dice them; add to water, cook for 20 minutes on low heat.
- Peel potatoes and carrots. Dice: potatoes, carrots and celery.
- Add all vegetables to the borscht: potatoes, carrots, celery, stems and half the onion. Add salt and pepper.
- Cook everything on low heat about 40 minutes, or until vegetables are soft.
- Add drained kidney beans and parsley, cook for 5 minutes.
Notes
Do not overheat borscht; it will become brown rather than red.
Nutrition Facts
Borscht Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 0
% Daily Value*
Potassium 0mg
0%
Vitamin A
0%
Vitamin C
0%
Calcium
0%
Iron
0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Ceara @ Ceara's Kitchen
March 15, 2014 at 1:58 PMThis looks like a wonderful soup Ilona – I love Borscht and beet soup so can’t wait to try a vegetarian version of this 😀 Pinned!
Ilona
March 16, 2014 at 3:26 PMThank you Ceara:)
Chris @ Shared Appetite
March 17, 2014 at 4:55 PMWhat an interesting and unique looking soup! I’ve never seen it before but it looks delicious! I think I need to get me some beets!
Ilona
March 19, 2014 at 8:55 PMI grew up in Europe, so I know many interesting recipes. Thank you Chris for visiting my blog:)
Olga Kerney
October 19, 2018 at 5:51 PMIt’s far away from the real Borscht. This soup (Borscht) should contain the tomatoes, or tomato paste, garlic and dill !
Ilona
October 26, 2018 at 7:39 PMI know, but this is the soup I usually ate in Poland when I was growing up. It is not Ukrainian borscht. But it is called borscht in our country too. Anyway this is my version but thank you for your comment!