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Ukrainian Fish Soup: A Timeless and Comforting Delight

The secret of a good fish soup is to make a rich fish broth. Bring the water to a boil, put fish pieces into it, reduce the heat to low, and add onion or leek, carrots, celery, bay leaves, and black pepper, and then simmer the fish for approximately 20 minutes to extract all those amazing flavors. Introduce other ingredients - chopped potatoes, broccoli, and rice and cook for another 10 minutes. Add salt and season with black pepper, coriander and parsley. It is that simple!
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Ukrainian
Servings 6

Equipment

  • 1 Pot
  • 1 Chef's knife

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb fish (makerel, salmon, trout or pickerel)
  • 1 leek or white onion
  • 2 small carrots
  • 3 potatoes, diced
  • 1 celery stalk
  • 1/2 cup broccoli florets
  • 3 tbsp white rice, soaked and rinsed
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground corriander
  • fresh parsley, to garnish
  • 2 1/5 litre water

Instructions
 

  • Clean the fish - remove the fins and the gills and throw them. Then rinse the fish well, and cut it. If you use trout or pickerel, use the head to make the broth too. We used salmon bellies and some leftovers for this soup, and it was super easy to cut them.
    Sliced Salmon bellies for Ukrainian Fish Soup
  • Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add fish fillets or pieces of fish, and reduce heat to low. Add chopped onion or leek, carrots, celery, bay leaves, and black pepper. Simmer for approximately 20 minutes to extract flavors.
    Boiling the fish broth
  • While the fish simmers, chop potatoes, broccoli, and parsley.
    Cutting vegetables for the Ukrainian Fish Soup
  • Optionally, strain the broth before adding potatoes for a bone-free experience. remove the fish and check if there are any bones left. Then put back the fish to the soup.
    Removed fish from the strained broth
  • Soak white rice in water for about 10 minutes, then rinse it a couple of times to remove starch.
  • After 20 minutes, add chopped potatoes, rice, broccoli to the broth.
  • Continue simmering for an additional 10 minutes until potatoes are fork-tender.
  • Add salt, black pepper and ground coriander to taste. Sprinkle the soup with finely chopped parsley.
  • Enjoy the fish soup mindfully, and if needed set aside any bones. Serve warm and refrigerate leftovers.
    Serving Ukrainian Fish Soup
Keyword Fish Soup, Ukrainian soups