Russian Fisherman Soup – Ouha

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AuthorDerek RatcliffeCategory, DifficultyIntermediate

This is a recipe for Russian Fisherman Soup. It is generally made from the day’s catch and is a delicious fish soup. You can put anything in the soup and it will still taste great – try to stick to the skeleton of the recipe and you’ll be ok.

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Yields4 Servings
Prep Time10 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time40 mins
 2 (or more) freshly caught fishes
 4 potatoes
 2 onions
 1 carrot
 2 peppers
 5-10 peppercorns
 1 tomato
 2 tablespoons Adjika
 2 pinches salt
 1 cup barley
1

Clean the fish

2
3

Grab a pot of water and put on the fire (stove)

4
5

Chop Onions, carrots and add to pot with peppercorns, 2 pinches of salt and bring to a boil

6
7

At the same time – chop the heads and tails off the fish – if you decided to filet the fish that’s ok just keep the spine

8
9

When the pot comes to a boil, add the head tail and spine. Boil for 10 min – if it doesn’t fit, do the heads first then spines.

10
11

Afterwards strain out everything so you have a nice broth

12
13

Bring back to the boil add the barely

14
15

When the barley is half done (taste it) add the potatoes

16
17

When potatoes and barely are done add chopped fish filets – they cook super fast

18
19

Serve with chopped dill, black bread, pickle and a few shots of vodka.

Ingredients

 2 (or more) freshly caught fishes
 4 potatoes
 2 onions
 1 carrot
 2 peppers
 5-10 peppercorns
 1 tomato
 2 tablespoons Adjika
 2 pinches salt
 1 cup barley

Directions

1

Clean the fish

2
3

Grab a pot of water and put on the fire (stove)

4
5

Chop Onions, carrots and add to pot with peppercorns, 2 pinches of salt and bring to a boil

6
7

At the same time – chop the heads and tails off the fish – if you decided to filet the fish that’s ok just keep the spine

8
9

When the pot comes to a boil, add the head tail and spine. Boil for 10 min – if it doesn’t fit, do the heads first then spines.

10
11

Afterwards strain out everything so you have a nice broth

12
13

Bring back to the boil add the barely

14
15

When the barley is half done (taste it) add the potatoes

16
17

When potatoes and barely are done add chopped fish filets – they cook super fast

18
19

Serve with chopped dill, black bread, pickle and a few shots of vodka.

Russian Fisherman Soup – Ouha
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