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December 2, 2013

Lazy Pelmeni soup

lazy pelmeni soup

Note: This is an older recipe. We have since changed to a plant-based diet and love it. It’s better for our health, all living and the planet.

The weather has gotten cold and uncomfortable.Time for some soup โ€“ easy soup, easy and yummy. Lazy pelmeni soup is just that. Easy. Yummy. Comforting.
Do you know what real pelmeni is? They are a great traditional dish – so good and so much work. It is said that 95% of Russian households have at least one pack of ยซะฟะตะปัŒะผะตะฝะธยป [pelโ€™meni – meat dumplings] in their freezers. Well, that is made up, but people who know pelmeni love pelmeni.

Pelmeni

Here is a great tutorial how to make them. Except I make my dough, if I make them, with milk and eggs. And if I make them it takes a lot of time to make them. Here is the good news: since we like the taste of pelmeni, but I do not like the work it takes to make them, I came up with a lazy version that tastes just as great but is very easy to make.

Ingredients

1 pound ground meat: beef, turkey, pork – whatever you prefer

1/2 pound (250g) extra broad egg noodles

1 onion, finely chopped

1 carrot

1 celery stick

1 bayleaf

Chicken broth (optional)

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Start a soup pot with 2 quarts of water, 1 carrot, 1 celery stick, a bayleaf, and salt. I add about a cup of frozen chicken broth too after it’s started boiling. Let it cook till you have prepared the meat.

lazy soup

Combine the ground meat with the finely chopped onion and salt and pepper to taste. Now add the meat to the soup by making little meatballs. I do not worry about making them round, just like little meat chunks.

lazy pelmeni

Let it cook for about 10 minutes.

Add the noodles and cook till done (my package says 8 minutes).

Remove the carrots, celery, and Bayleaf and serve.

pelmeni soup

We like lazy pelmeni soup with ketchup and or sour cream. Yummy!

Lazy Pelmeni soup
 
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Author: Anna @ Northern Homestead
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 pound ground meat: beef, turkey, pork โ€“ whatever you prefer
  • ½ pound extra broad egg noodles
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 celery stick
  • 1 bayleaf
  • Chicken broth (optional)
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Start a soup pot with 2 quarts of water, 1 carrot, 1 celery stick, a bayleaf, and salt. I add about a cup of frozen chicken broth too. Let it cook till you have prepared the meat.
  2. Combine the ground meat with the finely chopped onion and salt and pepper to taste. Now add the meat to the soup by making little meatballs. I do not worry about making them round, just like little meat chunks.
  3. Let it cook for about 10 minutes.
  4. Add the noodles and cook till done (my package says 8 minutes).
  5. Remove the carrots, celery, and Bayleaf and serve.
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Comments

  1. Shirley Wood says

    December 2, 2013 at

    Not familiar with pelmeni but my family loves traditional dumplings. We cook them with chicken and chicken broth. Thanks for sharing, it is always nice to learn something new.

    Reply
  2. Renew Your Space says

    December 2, 2013 at

    Looks delicious as always Anna!! Yum!

    Reply
  3. Kristen from The Road to Domestication says

    December 3, 2013 at

    Oh, that looks yummy! Light, too!

    Reply
  4. Zan says

    December 3, 2013 at

    LOL about the ketchup part! I love ketchup on almost any kind of food but my hubby thinks I am weird. I guess I will have to show him this post!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      December 4, 2013 at

      I do not like ketchup all that much, there are only a few things I eat ketchup with, but this is one of them ;).

      Reply
  5. Anna Perra says

    November 7, 2023 at

    I love your recipes. Do you have them in a book?

    Reply
    • Anna says

      November 8, 2023 at

      Thank you, happy to hear. I do not have a boook just yet. But you can print them out for yourself.

      Reply

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