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Summer Okroshka: Refreshing Russian Kefir Soup with Sausage & Veggies

A delicious, summery, refreshing traditional Russian dish! Classic okroshka on kefir with sausage, egg and cucumbers is usually prepared in the summer, when you want something light, fresh, but at the same time tasty. Okroshka perfectly quenches hunger and thirst and does not create a feeling of heaviness in the stomach after lunch.
cook time: 40 min
Lucas Halstead
Summer Okroshka: Refreshing Russian Kefir Soup with Sausage & Veggies

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

66
Calories
3g
Fat
7g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Potato 3 pc
Sour cream 2 tbsp
Green onions 30 g
Dill 10 g
Chicken eggs 2 pc
cucumbers 1 pc
Boiled sausage 150 g
Sauerkraut 150 g
Kefir 1 l

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make classic okroshka with kefir sausage? Letʼs prepare the ingredients according to the list. Okroshka, like Olivier salad, has many different recipes; as a rule, each housewife has her own signature recipe, different from others. But letʼs focus on the classic, the most popular, simple one, with boiled sausage in the composition. Cut the sausage into small cubes.

Step 2

Step 2
Boil the potatoes in their jackets in advance, let them cool a little, peel them and cut them into the same small cubes.

Step 3

Step 3
Boil chicken eggs hard-boiled in salted water so that they do not burst during cooking. Cook for 10-12 minutes. Fill them with cold water, let cool, peel and cut into small cubes with a knife or using an egg slicer.

Step 4

Step 4
Wash the fresh cucumbers and cut them into small cubes or halves and quarters, whichever you prefer.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash fresh dill and green onions thoroughly, dry them and finely chop them with a knife.

Step 6

Step 6
Place all prepared ingredients in a deep bowl. The classic okroshka, the recipe for which has been known since the time of our grandmothers, always includes sauerkraut; now some housewives are replacing this product with other ingredients that are similar in taste. But, in my opinion, the most delicious okroshka is made with sauerkraut, with a slight sourness. Rinse the sauerkraut with cold water, squeeze out the liquid and add to the other ingredients.

Step 7

Step 7
Place salt to taste and chilled sour cream in the salad bowl. Add greens to okroshka. Mix the ingredients. You can use kefir as a liquid dressing, but it is advisable to take this product with a small percentage of fat content, because sour cream has already been added, or replace kefir with whey or kvass. I add kefir. The liquid must be chilled so that the okroshka turns out tasty and not sour.

Step 8

Step 8
Serve the okroshka to the table or first let it cool a little in the refrigerator. But you need to be extremely careful with eating cold foods in hot weather so as not to catch a cold. Bon appetit!

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