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Classic tbilisi salad with beef

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6 servings
50 min

Beef - 200 g, Red beans - 100 g, Bell peppers - 1 pc., Walnuts - 50 g, Garlic - 2 teeth., Onions - 1 pc., Cilantro greens - 10 g, Salt - to taste, Hot green pepper - 1 g, Olive oil - 2 tbsp., Wine vinegar red - 2 tbsp.

How to make Tbilisi Salad classic with beef? According to the classic recipe, fresh red beans are used in the preparation of the salad. But if there is no time to prepare dry beans, which require not a little, then you can add canned ones. Dry beans should be washed, poured with cold water, leave the beans overnight so that they swell well.

Drain the water from the beans in the morning, fill with fresh water and cook until tender. But it is impossible to digest beans so that it does not fall apart and spoil the taste and appearance of the salad. Drain the water, tip the beans into a colander and leave to cool completely.

For the classic "tbilisi, " beef, chicken or turkey is used. All of these meats are considered low-calorie and healthy. Beef is better used fresh and young. Rinse the beef meat, cut the veins and skin, cut the meat into pieces and boil in salted water until tender, 30 minutes are enough.

Remove the meat from the stock, cut into small cubes or divide into thin fibers.

Onions are sure to need blue for this salad. Peel the onion from the husks, cut into feathers or straws. Onions must be marinated in wine vinegar, leaving the crushed onions in it for half an hour. Then drain the marinade. In the absence of blue onions, ordinary white can also be used.

Wash the bell pepper, cut out the stalk with the seeds, cut the flesh of the pepper into thin strips. Bell peppers can be used in different colors for contrast and brightness. Mandatory for salad according to the classic cilantro recipe. It gives a rich and bright taste to the dish. Wash the greens, dry on a paper towel and finely chop.

Walnuts are a favorite product of Georgian cuisine, it also makes the taste of lettuce special and pleasant, and the dish is even healthier. Rinse well the peeled walnuts, dry in a microwave, oven or dry pan. Cut the walnuts finely with a knife.

Peel garlic cloves from husks, finely cut with a knife or pass through the press.

Mix all the ingredients in a deep salad bowl. Add the salt, a slice of crushed hot pepper pod. Season the salad with olive oil. Let him soak a little and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!