How to cook cold borscht with beets: tastier than okroshka

Cold borscht, or Kholodnyk, is a great alternative to okroshka. It is prepared with meat, boiled and fresh vegetables, herbs and eggs. The first course is dressed with kefir, water or broth.

Food blogger Yulia Fedorenko (fedorenko_pp) on her Instagram page shared a recipe for cold borscht with beets.

Ingredients:

• chicken thigh - 150 g
• beet - 300 g
• cucumber - 200 g
• eggs - 3 pcs
• greens
• kefir - 300 ml
• mustard - 10g
• salt, pepper
• water / broth - 350-450 gr

Method of preparation:

1. Boil chicken thigh, beet and eggs separately.

2. When ready, cut fillets into cubes, beets into sticks, two eggs into cubes, leave one for serving.

3. Dice cucumber, chop green onion.

4. Mix all the prepared ingredients: meat, beets, eggs, cucumber, herbs. Pour the kefir, add mustard, spices and water. Stir it. Bon appetit!

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