Ukrainian Hodgepodge

Whoever tastes such a hodgepodge at least once will forever remember the original taste and aroma of hodgepodge in Ukrainian, so tasty, satisfying and aromatic it is. I warned you … 🙂

Cook: 1 hour 30 mins
Servings: 6

Ingredients

• Pork – 500 g
• or calf kidneys – 2 pcs.
• Lard – 60-70 g
• Smoked sausage – 200 g
• Bulb onions – 1-2 pieces
• Garlic – 3 cloves
• Tomato paste – 2-3 tbsp
• Pickled cucumbers – 3-4 pcs.
• Capers (optional) – 10-20 g
• Sour cream – to taste
• Lemon – to taste
• Ground red pepper – to taste
• Greens to taste
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Products for Ukrainian hodgepodge in front of you.
2. Wash the meat, pour cold water and put on fire. Remove noise. After boiling, immediately reduce heat. Cover and cook for about 1 hour. (Peel the beef kidneys from films and fat, soak in cold water for 2-3 hours. Put the kidneys to boil, bring to a boil and change the water after half an hour of cooking, rinsing the beef kidneys. Then cook until tender for about 1 hour.)

   

3. Remove the meat (kidneys) from the pan. Cut into slices.
4. Dice the bacon. Cut the sausage into strips.
5. Peel and wash onions. Cut into small cubes.
6. Cut the cucumbers into cubes.
7. Peel the garlic. Grate or finely chop with a knife.
8. Preheat a frying pan. Put prepared lard. Fry,
   stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes.
9. Add the onion to the bacon.
10. Fry everything together for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
11. Put half of the meat, sausage, cucumbers, tomato paste, red pepper into the pan. Mix well.
12. Add garlic, simmer for 3-5 minutes.
13. Put the frying and the other half of the meat in the broth. Salt to taste. Cook covered over the lowest heat for 5-7 minutes.
14. Wash greens and chop finely.
15. Put capers (optional), slices of lemon, finely chopped dill or parsley in a ready-made hodgepodge in Ukrainian.

    

16. Ukrainian solyanka is ready. Serve with sour cream.

Enjoy your meal!