Healthy Buckwheat Soup (Childhood Classic)
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4.8
Healthy Buckwheat Soup (Childhood Classic)
Description
Healthy Buckwheat Soup (Childhood Classic) features bone-in beef (or pork) simmered in water with bay leaves and seasoned with salt and pepper. Adding buckwheat during cooking provides a distinctive nutty taste and texture to the broth. Potatoes diced into large pieces contribute to the soup's heartiness.
Carrots and onions are sautéed separately in neutral oil until golden to develop sweetness and depth before being added to the soup. Fresh parsley or dill is stirred in at the end, giving a fresh herbal note to the soup.
This soup offers a simple yet nourishing combination of grains, meat, and vegetables, suitable for a wholesome lunch or dinner. It warms the body with its savory broth and tender elements.
Ingredients
- 4 qt water
- 1/2 cup buckwheat
- 1 lb beef bone-in, or pork
- 1 tbsp neutral cooking oil for frying vegetables, generic cooking oil
- 1 carrot chopped, large
- 1 onion chopped, small
- 2 potato diced, large
- 1/4 cup fresh herbs parsley or dill
- 3 bay leaf
- 1 tbsp salt adjust to taste
- 1 tsp black pepper adjust to taste, ground
Instructions
- Place the meat into a large soup pot filled with water. Bring to a boil and then turn the heat down to medium. Add the bay leaves and let the meat cook for at least 40 minutes. Season with salt. Add the buckwheat and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
- Clean and dice the potatoes. Add them to the soup.
- Dice the onions, herbs, and carrots into small cubes.
- In a skillet preheated with oil over medium heat, sauté the carrots and onions until golden brown. Add to the soup and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped herbs to the soup. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 134 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 134kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 10g | 20% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 930mg | 39% |
| Potassium | 255mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 1436IU | 29% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.8
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