Lazy Borscht Recipe

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Lazy Borscht
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
151
Calories
Total time
80
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 (16 oz) can beets, shredded (can use jewish borscht too)
  • 2 medium potatoes
  • 1 (16 oz) package coleslaw mix
  • 1 small onion
  • 2 -3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp bacon bits
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 dash salt (to taste)
  • 1 dash pepper (to taste)
  • 1 garlic clove

Directions:

  1. Cut potatoes into small cubes.
  2. Add chicken stock to pot, then add cubed potatoes.
  3. While potatoes are cooking, brown onions in oil in a skillet.
  4. When potatoes are almost done, add cole slaw mix, bay leaves, peppercorns, garlic clove.
  5. Let cook for 10-15 minutes; then add browned onions and bacon bits.
  6. Add tomato paste next and let simmer for 5 minutes.
  7. Add beets, along with lemon juice, to prevent the beet color from fading.
  8. If you find the soup too sour from the lemon juice, you can use sugar to correct flavor.
  9. In the end add dill, salt and pepper to taste and turn off the stove.
  10. Let the borsch brew for another 10 minutes.
  11. Serve the borsch with sour cream the next day - best to refrigerate overnight.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 150.54 Kcal (630 kJ)
Calories from fat 68.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.65g 12%
Cholesterol 6.63mg 2%
Sodium 240.1mg 10%
Potassium 365.83mg 8%
Total Carbs 16.28g 5%
Sugars 5.36g 21%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Protein 5.02g 10%
Vitamin C 6mg 10%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 14%
Iron 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 25.3mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 81.95 Kcal (343 kJ)
Calories from fat 37.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.17g 12%
Cholesterol 3.61mg 2%
Sodium 130.7mg 10%
Potassium 199.14mg 8%
Total Carbs 8.86g 5%
Sugars 2.92g 21%
Dietary Fiber 1.09g 8%
Protein 2.73g 10%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 10%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 14%
Iron 0.4mg 4%
Calcium 13.8mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.2
    Points
  • 4
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

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