Plov ( pilav, pilaf and etc) in an Instant Pot? Why not? Some call it "Lazy Plov", because to cook the real one, you need to spend more time and use some certain techniques for achieving non-sticky cooked grains. You also use a special dish to cook the Plov, but I’ll...
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Caldo de Pollo ( Homemade Chicken Soup )
Caldo de pollo is a common Latin American soup that consists of chicken and vegetables. In Mexico, this soup is used during illnesses as a treatment for colds, as well as a regular comfort food for cold or under-the weather days.
What makes this soup different from many other versions of chicken soup is that, caldo...
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Khinkali
Khinkali are Georgian dumplings, but also popular in Armenian and Azerbaijani cuisine.
Eating Khinkali is an art - using only your hands, hold the handle with the your fingers, then biting the pocket. You aren't supposed to use a knife or fork, since it will release all the broth. This is what differentiates it from
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Pork Tajine with Sweet Potatoes
Tender juicy meat with aromatic sweet potatoes, herbs, spices, and a flavorful sauce; perfect to serve with couscous as well! Food cooked in a tajine gives it a unique taste, and everything you cook in it turns out very tender and juicy due to the aromatic steam. This tasty pork with sweet potatoes dish can be served directly...
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Satsebeli Sauce (Pamidvris Satsebeli)
Satsebeli (Satsibeli) is a Georgian sauce, which literally means "sauce", and is made from pureed tart fruit or fruit juices.
There are many recipes of Georgian sauce satsebeli and each of them has its own characteristics and ingredients.
This Georgian sauce can be from tkemali ( unripe mirabelles or very sour plums), tomatoes, unripe grapes, cherries, pomegranate juice and walnuts. This...
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Chicken Pho
Vietnamese Pho soup is a nourishing meat or chicken broth soup with rice noodles. Importantly this soup also contains herbs, chili pepper, and lime.
Pho soup is a popular street food in Vietnam. In the South they eat the soup for breakfast and sometimes for lunch and the north of Vietnam consume it at any time of day. The soup...
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Deep fried marinated chicken
Try another awesome 'Super Bowl Sunday' or any other party recipe! Very easy recipe for a big group, you can marinate the whole chicken or just the chicken wings, legs in the morning and prepare the evening before the party. Chicken wings in my opinion is easier and also tastes better. Serve with rice and beer, as well as Thai...
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Young (Spring) Chicken Tapaka (Tabaka) (Shemtsvari tsitsila-tabaka)
After Soup Harcho, Khachapuri, Khinkali, the most popular dish of Georgian cuisine is chicken tapaka (tabaka).
The name of this popular Georgian dish comes from the special small pan with a lid press where the chicken is cooked.
Chicken tapaka is a traditionally fried chicken with no spices, just rubbed with salt and pepper for 20 minutes before...
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Chicken Tajine with Pumpkin and Dried Fruits
Empanadas
Empanadas need no introduction - popular especially in Latin America and Europe, as well as southwest United States and southeast Asia. Empanadas like pirozhki are little pies with different fillings such as cheese, potatoes, carrots and other vegetables, minced or chopped pork, beef or chicken, shrimp, zucchini blossom, fruits, etc., the fillings are endless but generally...
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