Zhizhig galnash

Zhizhig galnash is a Vainakh national meat dish. Usually chicken, beef on the bone or lamb are used. The cooking technology is simple; the meat is boiled in salted water in large pieces. It is then served with wheat or corn dumplings and sauce. It turns out quite filling and tasty.

Zhizhig galnash - classic recipe

Zhizhig galnash is a classic recipe that will give you an excellent dish. Usually it is prepared in large quantities and served when guests arrive for a festive feast. Serve boiled meat with dumplings, broth and onion or garlic sauce.

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   How to prepare zhizhig galnash according to the classic recipe? Wash the lamb on the bone under the tap and place it in the multicooker bowl. Pour water over the meat and cook in the “Soup” mode.
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   Peel half an onion and a carrot. After about half an hour, add the whole onion and carrots to the broth with the meat.
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   Add salt. You need to salt it well, because lamb takes a lot of salt.
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   While the meat is cooking, prepare the dumplings. Sift the flour into a bowl and add a little salt.
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   Make a hole in the center of the flour mound and break one chicken egg into it.
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   Knead into a homogeneous dough.
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   Place the dough on a flat work surface dusted with flour. Using a rolling pin, roll it out to a thickness of 0.5 centimeters.
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   Then cut the resulting layer of dough into strips 1 centimeter wide.
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   Next, cut each strip into pieces about 3 centimeters long.
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    Now turn each strip by its opposite edges twice, pressing it in the middle with two fingers.
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    In an hour and a half, the lamb will be ready. Remove the onions and carrots from the broth.
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    Pour a third of the lamb broth into a bowl, and pour the rest into a saucepan.
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    Place the pan with the broth on the fire, bring it to a boil and add the prepared dumplings. Cook them for 10 minutes.
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    Peel the garlic cloves. Then grate them on a fine-hole grater and add the resulting mass to the broth that remains in the bowl. You will have a sauce.
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    Separate the meat from the bone and cut into pieces.
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    Also chop the boiled vegetables.
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    Now you can proceed to assembling the zhizhig galnash. To do this, take a wide plate, place dumplings on it, and make a small depression in the middle.
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    Next add the chopped vegetables.
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    Place boiled lamb on top and pour garlic sauce over everything. Another way of serving: the meat is served with dumplings on one dish, and a bowl with sauce is placed in its center. Bon appetit!

Zhizhig galnash with beef

Zhizhig galnash with beef is an excellent dish for the whole family. It is very nutritious and contains only natural fats. If you want to add tasty variety to your regular diet, then this recipe will come in handy.

Cooking time – 120 min.

Cooking time – 35 min.

Portions – 6-8.

Ingredients:

• Beef – 1 kg.
• White onions – 2 pcs.
• Medium carrots – 2 pcs.
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 6 teeth.
• Black peppercorns – 7 pcs.
• Wheat flour - as much as needed.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Broth – 1 tbsp.
• Small potatoes – 9 pcs.
• Greens - to taste.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. To cook meat, you can use a regular saucepan, a slow cooker or a pressure cooker, whichever is more convenient for you. Place the beef in a cooking container, fill it with cold water, add a carrot and one onion, salt to taste, add peppercorns and bay leaves. Cover the container with a lid and cook until the meat is done.

Step 2: When the beef is done, transfer it to a container that will keep warm. Strain the broth and pour out a glass for kneading the dough. From flour, cooled beef broth, chicken egg and salt, knead a homogeneous dough, like dumplings. Set the dough aside.

Step 3. Peel, wash and finely chop the potatoes. Cover the potatoes with cold water. Let it cook. When the potatoes are ready, drain most of the water, leaving some liquid at the bottom.

Step 4. Form a wide strip of dough approximately 1.5-2 centimeters thick. Place it on a floured work surface. Cut it into strips 0.5-1 centimeter wide.

Step 5. Take each piece by the edges and turn it twice, then press it in the center with two fingers.

Step 6. Cut the onion into half rings and fry in sunflower oil until soft and golden brown.

Step 7. Cut the boiled beef into portions.

Step 8. Add some beef broth to the boiled potatoes and puree it with an immersion blender, you can crush it with a masher.The mass should not be too thick, but not too liquid so that it can be drunk. Add fried onions to the potato mixture and add salt to taste, also add chopped garlic and herbs.

Step 9. Boil the dumplings until tender in salted water. Collect zhizhig galnash on a wide dish. First lay out the dumplings, leaving a free space in the center, place a bowl with potato mixture in it, then place the boiled beef on top of the dumplings. Bon appetit!

Zhizhig galnash with chicken

Zhizhig galnash with chicken is a very tasty dish with an unusual presentation. It is also particularly nutritious. Zhizhig galnash is often prepared for large groups and on special occasions. Take note and be sure to try cooking it yourself.

Cooking time – 45 min.

Cooking time – 45 min.

Portions – 1.

Ingredients:

• Chicken carcass – 1 pc.
• Wheat flour – 250 gr.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Water – 100 ml.
• Ground black pepper – 1 pinch.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Bay leaf – 3 pcs.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Remove the skin from the chicken carcass and place the carcass in a saucepan, cover with water, add a bay leaf and cook.

Step 2. When the chicken is cooked, remove it from the broth and cool. Then separate the meat from the bones.

Step 3. Sift the wheat flour into a bowl.

Step 4. Add salt, water and chicken egg to the flour. Knead a homogeneous soft dough for dumplings.

Step 5. Roll the resulting dough into a sausage, place it on a floured table, cut into small pieces.

Step 6. Flatten each piece of dough with your fingers and roll it across the table to form shell-shaped pieces.

Step 7. Divide the chicken broth into two parts, pour off some liquid to prepare the sauce.

Step 8. Place the “shells” in a saucepan with plenty of broth and cook for 20 minutes.

Step 9. For the sauce, squeeze three cloves of garlic through a press, add salt and ground pepper to the mixture. Pour the resulting mixture with the chicken broth poured for the sauce.

Step 10. Everything is ready, you can serve zhizhig galnash on the table. Place dumplings on a plate, place chicken on top of them and serve with garlic sauce. Bon appetit!

Zhizhig galnash with corn flour

Zhizhig galnash with corn flour - if translated into Russian literally, you get “dumpling meat.” Now everything is clear, isn’t it? In this recipe we will use cornmeal to knead the dough. This recipe will allow those who do not eat gluten to enjoy a wonderful dish.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken carcass – 2 kg.
• Corn flour – 0.5 kg.
• Drinking water - as much as needed.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Bay leaf – 1-2 pcs.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil/butter – for frying.
• Potatoes – 3-4 pcs.
• Wheat flour – 1 handful.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the chicken carcass under running water and cut into pieces. Place the meat in a saucepan, add water and let it cook. When the water boils, skim off the foam and add salt, ground pepper, bay leaf and onion.

Step 2. Cut the second onion into half rings or cubes. Pour a little vegetable oil or butter into a thick-bottomed pan and simmer the onion a little. Next, place the diced potatoes in the pan and simmer the vegetables over low heat for 10 minutes.Pour in the broth and cook until the potatoes are soft, add salt and spices to taste.

Step 3. Sift corn flour along with a handful of wheat flour.

Step 4. Next, gradually add warm water and knead the dough. You may need different amounts of water depending on the stickiness of the flour. Add a pinch of salt if desired. The finished dough should be soft, elastic and hold its shape well.

Step 5. Now you can make dumplings. Pinch off a little bit of dough a little at a time and roll into small sausages with your hands.

Step 6. Then flatten the sausages slightly with your palms. Boil the dumplings in plenty of water for 15 minutes from boiling.

Step 7. Place dumplings on a large plate. Separate the boiled meat from the bones and divide it into small pieces, add it to the dish with the dumplings. Serve zhizhig galnash with potato-onion sauce and chicken broth. Bon appetit!

Zhizhig galnash with lamb

Zhizhig galnash with lamb is a very tasty and high-calorie Caucasian dish. The bulk of the time will have to be spent on preparing the broth, but otherwise the process is simple and quite quick. And if you’re going to cook zhizhig galnash, then make it for a large group.

Cooking time – 90 min.

Cooking time – 30-40 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Lamb – 1 kg.
• Garlic – 1 head.
• Green onions - to taste.
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Black hot pepper - to taste.
• Unscented vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Wheat flour – 350-400 gr.
• Water – 4-5 l. + 0.5 tbsp.
• Baking soda – 1 pinch.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the lamb with cold water, cut into large pieces and place in a large saucepan. Pour water over the meat and let it cook. Meanwhile, peel the onion.Add onion, bay leaf, salt and ground pepper to the broth. Cook the broth for 1.5 hours, periodically skimming foam from the surface.

Step 2. While cooking the broth, knead the dough for dumplings. In a bowl, mix half a glass of water, salt, soda and vegetable oil. Add flour in small portions and knead the dough. The dough should be soft and should stick well to your hands. Gather the dough into a ball, cover with a towel and leave to rest for 15 minutes.

Step 3. After this, divide the dough into 5 equal parts. Roll each piece into a sausage and cut it into short pieces no more than 1 centimeter wide.

Step 4. Then press each piece of dough with your fingers and flatten it.

Step 5. Next, without ceasing to press with your fingers, roll the dough into a tube.

Step 6. Place the dumplings on a flat surface sprinkled with flour.

Step 7. When the meat is ready, pour most of the broth into another container. Add chopped green onions to the meat.

Step 8. Boil dumplings in most of the broth. Cook them from the point of boiling for half an hour.

Step 9. To serve the dish, prepare garlic sauce. Peel the garlic cloves, grind with salt and pour in less of the remaining broth. Now let's assemble the dish. Take a wide flat plate and place a bowl of garlic sauce in its center. Place the dumplings around it and place pieces of lamb on top. The liquid ganache is ready. Bon appetit!