Nettle soup

With the onset of warm May days, a huge amount of young greenery appears in the forests, among which, of course, nettles. Fresh nettles are great for making delicious and healthy soups, and in this article we will give several different recipes for such a dish.

Nettle soup with egg and potatoes

Incredibly tasty and fresh summer soup containing many vitamins. It prepares quite quickly, and young nettles for it can be collected on a warm May day in any nearby forest.

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   How to cook delicious nettle soup? We wash the chicken, fill it with water and send it to cook along with the onion and one carrot for an hour. We also add pepper, salt, and 5 minutes before cooking – bay leaf.
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   Remove the chicken from the broth and separate the meat from the bones. Remove the onion and bay leaf from the pan and chop the carrots.
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   Peel, wash and chop the remaining carrots. We do the same with potatoes and send them to the boiling broth. After 10 minutes, add carrots to the potatoes.
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   Wash the nettle thoroughly with cool water.
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   Then we scald it with boiling water and chop it. Add nettles to the broth.
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   We also chop the green onions and greens and add them to the soup, after which we cook it for about 10 minutes.
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   Add salt and table vinegar to boiling water, reduce heat to low and carefully pour the egg into the center of the pan.
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   Cook each egg for 3 minutes.
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   Pour the finished soup into bowls, add an egg to each serving and serve. Bon appetit!

Cabbage soup made from young nettles and sorrel

A simple, but no less tasty way to prepare spring cabbage soup from young greens. This soup tastes best with beef broth, but you can use any meat or poultry if you wish.

Cooking time: 120 min.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Sorrel – 2 bunches
• Nettle leaves – 1 bunch
• Potatoes – 5 pcs.
• Beef ribs – 1 kg.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Spices - to taste
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Thoroughly wash and separate the beef ribs.

2. Then transfer the ribs into a pan and fill with cold water.

3. Bring the water to a boil over high heat, remove the resulting foam and reduce the heat.

4. Add spices to taste, cover the pan with a lid and leave to simmer for an hour and a half.

5. We sort out the nettles and sorrel, remove all excess, mix the greens and add a tablespoon of salt.

6. Pour water over the herbs, mix and leave for about half an hour.

7. Then rinse the greens under running water.

8. Chop the herbs not too finely.

9.Peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces, then add them to the broth.

10. Melt the butter in a frying pan and place the herbs on it.

11. Mix well, cover with a lid and leave to simmer for 5 minutes. Then remove the lid and, stirring, simmer until it looks like in the photo.

12. When the potatoes are ready, add the stewed greens to the pan.

13. Mix well, add salt if necessary and after 10 minutes turn off the heat. Cover the pan with a lid and leave to steep for half an hour.

14. Serve the soup with a boiled egg. Bon appetit!

How to cook delicious nettle soup with meat?

Stunning thick and rich nettle soup with the addition of pork and mushrooms. The combination of young nettles and champignons gives the dish a special and incomparable taste, but any mushrooms to suit your taste will do.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Pork brisket – 300 gr.
• Nettle leaves – 300 gr.
• Champignons – 300 gr.
• White cabbage – 300 gr.
• Green onion – 100 gr.
• Greens – 200 gr.
• Garlic – 1 clove
• Rosemary – 1 sprig
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Place the pork in a pan, fill it with water and add chopped herbs, then add salt to taste.

2. Cut the champignons into thin slices.

3. Coarsely chop the cabbage.

4. We also chop the nettles into large pieces.

5. Add all the ingredients to the broth and place the pan in the oven for 45 minutes. Before serving, add green onions to the soup. Bon appetit!

Young nettle soup with chicken

Fresh young nettle soup will be ideal for a hot spring day.It is easy to prepare, and all the ingredients are available, especially if there is a forest near your place of residence where you can collect nettles.

Cooking time: 65 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 500 gr.
• Nettle leaves – 200 gr.
• Potatoes – 700 gr.
• Onions – 200 gr.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces.

2. Pour cold water over the meat, add salt and pepper and leave to cook for half an hour.

3. Wash the nettles thoroughly and finely chop them.

4. Peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes.

5. Add potatoes to the boiling broth and cook for 5 minutes.

6. Then add chopped onion to the pan.

7. After the onions, add nettles to the broth and cook for about 7 minutes.

8. Serve the soup hot; if desired, you can add a boiled egg. Bon appetit!

A simple and delicious recipe for nettle soup with dumplings

A very tasty and satisfying soup with dumplings, which is given additional spring freshness by young nettle leaves. It is prepared quickly and easily, so there should be no difficulties with this wonderful soup.

Cooking time: 65 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Nettle leaves – 2 kg.
• Potatoes – 7 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Butter – 20 gr.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Wash the young nettles, dry them and chop them finely.

2. Peel the potatoes and cut into small pieces.

3. Peel and chop the carrots and onions, then fry in butter until golden brown.

4.For dumplings, mix eggs with flour to obtain a thick dough. If necessary, add a small amount of water.

5. Place potatoes, onions and carrots in a saucepan, fill with water and put on fire. When the potatoes are cooked, add the dumplings to the pan and bring the water to a boil again, then add the nettles, pepper and salt and cook the soup, stirring, for another 10 minutes. Bon appetit!

Green soup made from fresh nettles without meat

A vegetarian version of young nettle soup, which turns out very tasty, and most importantly, also very healthy. This soup tastes somewhat like fish soup.

Cooking time: 25 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Nettle leaves - 1 bunch.
• Potatoes – 3 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Adyghe cheese – 200 gr.
• Water – 2 l.
• Butter – 30 gr.
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Bring water to a boil and add potatoes cut into small cubes.

2. When the water boils again, remove the resulting foam and add finely chopped carrots, a piece of butter and a bay leaf.

3. Wash the nettle leaves and remove all excess.

4. Chop the nettles not too finely.

5. Cut Adyghe cheese into medium-sized cubes.

6. 10 minutes after adding the vegetables, add cheese and nettles to the soup. Add salt to taste and leave to simmer for another 5 minutes.

7. Add freshly ground pepper to the soup and serve. Bon appetit!

Quick and easy nettle soup with stew

An economical version of green soup made from fresh nettles using stewed meat. The soup turns out thick, rich and very tasty, despite being prepared without meat broth.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Nettle leaves - 1 bunch.
• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Pork stew – 1 can
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Green onion – 1 bunch
• Sorrel – 1 bunch
• Dill – ½ bunch
• Water – 3 l.
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Wash the nettles and then soak them in boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Drain the water, squeeze out the nettles and chop finely.

2. We also wash the sorrel and cut it into small strips.

3. Chop green onions and dill.

4. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes.

5. Break the eggs into a bowl and stir with a fork or whisk.

6. Add potatoes to boiling water and bring until done, then add greens to the pan. Bring the soup to a boil again and add the mashed stew.

7. When the soup boils, pour the eggs into it and mix everything thoroughly. Bon appetit!

How to prepare a healthy soup from nettles and sowweed?

Soup from snot and nettle is an incredibly healthy dish, full of vitamins and beneficial microelements. And adding rice and melted cheese to the soup gives it a unique taste that you and your guests will definitely like.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Nettle leaves – 200 gr.
• Sleepy – 200 gr.
• Rice – 1 bag
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Chicken broth – 1 l.
• Carrots – 50 gr.
• Onions – 50 gr.
• Processed cream cheese – 50 gr.
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste

Cooking process:

1. Prepare all the products necessary for our soup.

2. Cook the rice in the bag according to the instructions, then boil the hard-boiled eggs in the same water.

3. Wash the nettles thoroughly in cold water.

4. We do the same with the drippings, after which we throw them into a colander.

5.Pour boiling water over the nettles and leave for 3 minutes, then rinse with cold water and finely chop.

6. Peel the carrots and onions, chop and sauté in olive oil.

7. Bring the chicken broth to a boil and add nettle leaves to it for 4 minutes, then add chopped processed cheese and carrots and onions. Salt to taste.

8. We pass the juice through a juicer.

9. Grind the soup using a blender.

10. Before serving, place boiled rice in a plate, pour soup over it and add about 3 tablespoons of juice. Decorate with half a boiled egg. Bon appetit!