"A light soup of fish bullion, fish pieces and hearty vegetables. It's commonly made with freshly caught fish and popular in Slavic culture."
Simple Homemade Fish Soup with Veggies (Ukha)
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Cook time 1hr 20mins
Serves or Makes: 10
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ingredients
- 5 potatoes, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 1/2 pound fish peices, boneless, skinless cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 8 cups water
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 1 pound fish
Method
Step 1
In a large pot, bring 4 liters of water to a boil.
Step 2
Add in the chopped onion and fish and continue boiling for 30 minutes.
Step 3
Once finished boiling, remove fish and onion. The fish pieces and onion you may throw out or use them if you want for something else.
Step 4
Peel and cut potatoes.
Step 5
Peel and cut carrots, chop red pepper.
Step 6
Cut tomatoes into small pieces.
Step 7
Cut fish into smaller pieces (not too small so fish doesn’t fall apart when boiling), take skin off if you don’t like to eat that part.
Step 8
Into the clear bouillon add the potatoes and carrots. Boil for 10 minutes.
Step 9
Keep your heat on medium/low, add the fish pieces, bay leaf and tomatoes. Cook for another 7-10 minutes.
Step 10
Add salt and pepper to taste and chopped fresh dill and parsley.
Step 11
Turn heat off. Ready to serve!