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Russian Fisherman Soup – Ouha
Russian Fisherman Soup - Ouha. Made with fish, potatoes and carrot. Get ingredient amounts and step-by-step instructions.
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- 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
How to make Russian Fisherman Soup – Ouha
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- Cooking Step 5
- 10 min
- 01
Clean the fish
- 02
Grab a pot of water and put on the fire (stove)
- 03
Chop Onions, carrots and add to pot with peppercorns, 2 pinches of salt and bring to a boil
- 04
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
- 05
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.
- 06
Afterwards strain out everything so you have a nice broth
- 07
Bring back to the boil add the barely
- 08
When the barley is half done (taste it) add the potatoes
- 09
When potatoes and barely are done add chopped fish filets – they cook super fast
- 10
Serve with chopped dill, black bread, pickle and a few shots of vodka.
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