Potted soups are not only tasty, but also very convenient.
Cooking in the oven is much simpler and faster than cooking on the stove.
And the result is always pleasing.
From what and how to prepare soups in pots in the oven?
Potted soup in the oven - general cooking principles
Before cooking the soup, rinse the pots, sometimes rubbed inside with a piece of butter. Products for soup are filled to half. But if bulk vegetables are used, for example, cabbage or zucchini, then you can lay a little higher, they will settle and let the juice go.
From which soups are cooked in pots:
• meat products, poultry;
• vegetables, mushrooms;
• sausages;
• canned food;
• cereals and beans.
In the oven, pasta and fish for soups in pots are not used, as they do not tolerate prolonged heat treatment. Meat and some vegetables before laying sometimes need to fry. This is done not only for taste, but also to balance cooking time between the ingredients.
Greens can be laid in the pot immediately, but it is better to add under the lid when serving. Spices can be added immediately. And so that they are better distributed in the dish, it is recommended to dissolve them in broth or water for pouring.
Recipe 1: Oven Potted Chicken Soup
For cooking, you will need chicken drumsticks at the rate of 1 piece per serving, that is, on a pot. From these products you get 3 servings.
Ingredients
• 3 legs;
• 4-5 potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• spices;
• butter;
• onion head.
Cooking
1. Take a piece of butter or a little vegetable oil, send it to the pan and heat it very much.
2. Wash the drumsticks, dry with a napkin and fry on both sides to a light crust for a minute.
3. Lubricate the pots with oil from the inside, lay the drumsticks.
4. Add chopped carrots. Better circles will be more beautiful.
5. Next we throw half the onion rings.
6. Lay the chopped potatoes. We do not make large pieces, otherwise there will be many voids and all products will not fit. You can simply cut into cubes up to 1.5 centimeters.
7. We throw spices. In addition to salt, add pepper, a slice of bay leaf, you can have a little dry herbs or seasoning for chicken.
8. Pour in water. Up to about 2/3 of the pot level.
9. Close and cook for 40 minutes.
Recipe 2: Pumpkin Soup in Ovens
To prepare a bright and fragrant pumpkin soup in pots in the oven, you will need any meat or poultry. If meat is used, then cut into small cubes, the bird can be laid in one piece, for example, add a wing, thigh or drumstick in one portion. If fillet is used, then it can be chopped.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of pumpkin;
• 0.4 kg of meat or poultry;
• 2 onion heads;
• 2 potatoes;
• spices;
• butter;
• 2 cloves of garlic.
Cooking
1. Cut the onions into cubes, put them in pots on the bottom.
2. Rinse the meat, cut and put in pots on top of the onion. You can pre-fry a little in a pan, as was done in the previous recipe.
3. Add the diced pumpkin, spread evenly in all portions. The number of products should not occupy more than 2/3 of the capacity.
4. Now we take the broth or just water, salt, pepper and add chopped garlic to it, stir.
5. Pour into pots so that the water covers the food, but is not higher than the coat hanger. Otherwise, it will splash when boiling.
6. Cook in the oven. If chicken was used, then at 190 degrees about 40 minutes. For meat, increase the time by twenty minutes.
Recipe 3: Oven Mushroom Potted Soup
To prepare this fragrant soup in pots in the oven, you need fresh mushrooms. The easiest and easiest way to use champignons, as they do not need preliminary boiling.
Ingredients
• 0.3 kg of champignons;
• 2 tablespoons of oil;
• 4 tablespoons sour cream;
• 6 potatoes;
• 0.5 bunch of dill;
• onion head and carrot;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Cut mushrooms into pieces, fry in oil and transfer to a pot.
2. In the same pan, lightly fry the chopped onion, add to the mushrooms.
3. Cut the carrots, put them in containers over the onion.
4. Now comes the potato, sliced.
5. Put a pea of pepper in each pot, add a piece of bay leaf.
6. Fill with salted water or broth. Cook for about 50 minutes at 180 ° C.
7. Take out, put sour cream and chopped dill on top, cover and let stand for about ten minutes. Together with dill, you can add the feathers of green onions.
Recipe 4: Mushroom Potted Soup in the Oven with Dietary Zucchini
An appetizing and low-calorie dish, in which you can add a little chicken fillet if desired. Here is a vegetarian option. Sour cream can not be added. Some prepare this soup in milk instead of broth.
Ingredients
• 0.2 kg of champignons;
• 0.25 kg of squash;
• 250 ml of broth;
• 1 carrot;
• 3 tablespoons sour cream;
• 1 onion;
• 2 tablespoons of oil;
• greens, garlic.
Cooking
1. Peel the onion head, cut into small cubes and fry in a pan for a minute.
2. Add the grated carrots, fry for another minute.
3. Dice washed and peeled mushrooms, sent to vegetables.
4. We cook everything together in a frying pan for about five minutes, then put it in pots.
5. Cut the zucchini into cubes, put it on top.
6. Combine the broth with sour cream, salt and pepper, add chopped garlic to taste.
7. Pour zucchini soup and set aside for half an hour to cook. We take out, serve with chopped herbs.
Recipe 5: Oven Potted Rice Soup
To prepare this soup in pots in the oven, it is better to use long rice, but not steamed. You will also need meat: beef, pork, but only pulp. Potatoes are not used in this soup, but if you want to add, it is not prohibited.
Ingredients
• 130 grams of rice;
• 300 grams of meat;
• carrot;
• liter of broth or a little more;
• onion;
• spices;
• butter;
• 2-4 tablespoons of tomato.
Cooking
1. Cut the meat into strips. We shift into the pan, fry well, stir occasionally.
2. Take out the meat and pass the chopped onion in the same pan. If necessary, add more oil.
3. We shift onions into pots, followed by meat, and carrots on it. It must be washed, peeled, cut into cubes or straws.
4. Rinse the rice and also divide evenly into pots.
5. Season the broth with spices and stir with tomato. It can be put more or less to your taste. And you can not add at all.
6. Fill the products with broth, send the pots to cook at 180 ° C.
7. Remove from the oven after 30-35 minutes. We focus on rice readiness. When serving, add chopped greens under the lid of the pot.
Recipe 6: Oven Potted Cabbage Soup
Ideally, red cabbage is used for this dish. But this idea can be used for other types of vegetables. With cauliflower, broccoli or white cabbage, the taste of soup in pots in the oven will be no worse. Vegetarian option. If meat will be added, then it needs to be slightly fried in a pan.
Ingredients
• 1 small potato;
• 100 grams of cabbage;
• 0.5 onions;
• 0.5 sweet pepper;
• 0.5 carrots;
• 150 ml of broth (vegetable, mushroom);
• spices.
Cooking
1. Cut the potatoes into cubes, put them in a pot.
2. Cut finely sweet pepper and onion, send after.
3. Cut the carrots into thin slices, shift.
4. Shred the cabbage and stuff it in a pot.
5. Salt the vegetable broth, season with spices and pour into a pot.
6. Put in the oven, hold until ready. About forty minutes.
Recipe 7: Potted Lentil Soup in the Oven
To prepare this dish, it is better to use green or brown lentils. You will also need bacon, you can take smoked. Also according to the recipe are canned tomatoes, which can be replaced with barrel tomatoes or mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
• 200 grams of lentils;
• 50 grams of oil (olive);
• onion head;
• 5 slices of white bread;
• 120 grams of bacon;
• 2 small carrots;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 200 grams of canned tomatoes;
• spices.
Cooking
1. We put washed lentils in boiling water and cook for exactly five minutes. Drain the liquid.
2. Heat the oil in a skillet and lightly fry the bacon cubes. You can chop it finely.
3. Add the onion, fry for two minutes.
4. Put the chopped carrot to the onion.
5. After a couple of minutes, add the pickled tomatoes. We remove the peel from them. Stew vegetables for a few minutes to evaporate the liquid.
6. Once the mass is thickened, put the lentils and simmer for another five minutes.
7. We shift the vegetable mixture into pots, fill to half.
8. We take the broth or just boiled water, salt, put the garlic, spices and stir.
9. Fill the pots on the shoulders. Sent to the oven.
10. Cook the soup for about thirty-five minutes.
11. Cut the slices of bread into cubes, sprinkle with butter and spread on a baking sheet, put in the oven and dry.
12. Serve lentil soup with fresh croutons.
Recipe 8: Potted Soup in a Meat Oven with Cucumbers
Recipe for meat soup in pots in the oven, to which pickles are added. The dish is bright, satisfying, resembles a classic hodgepodge.
Ingredients
• 2 tomatoes;
• 2 pickles;
• 400 grams of meat (tenderloin);
• 1 onion head;
• spices;
• butter;
• 1 bell pepper.
Cooking
1. Cut the meat into strips, not large and fry in a pan. No need to cover. Just brown the slices well.
2. Remove the meat, add a little oil and fry the chopped onion.
3. After the onion becomes transparent, add the grated cucumbers, fry together.
4. Lastly, lay the chopped tomatoes, give the vegetables another stew for a couple of minutes.
5. Cut the pepper into small cubes.
6. Put meat in pots, add vegetables and bell pepper.
7. Season with spices, pour in broth or water.
8. Put in the oven for half an hour.
9. Serve meat soup with sour cream, garlic, herbs.
Pot soup in the oven - tips and tricks
• Clay pots must be washed before cooking. But in no case should you use chemical and strongly smelling agents. The dishes absorb odors well and will give them to the dish. If you want to thoroughly wash the containers, then use baking soda.
• After making the soup, you can add a little grated cheese under the lid of the pot. It will melt from a hot dish and give it a creamy taste.
• If you don’t like the taste of boiled garlic, you can add a fresh clove after cooking.
• Before laying in a pot, you can fry not only meat, but also potatoes. From this dish will only be more aromatic and tastier.
• Vegetarian potted soups can be prepared not only from fresh vegetables, but also frozen ones. Only you need to remember that after thawing they emit a lot of liquid and the amount of broth will have to be reduced.
