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A blue bowl filled with the soup. You can see there are many vegetables in it, as well as a few pieces of beef. On top of the soup there is a white dollop of sour cream. The bowl sits on a wooden board half covered with a white teatowel with yellow stripes

Romanian Beef Soup Recipe

This Romanian beef soup recipe is delicious. It's a perfect winter warmer, packed with vegetables and tender beef meat.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course Soup
Cuisine Romanian
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 400 gr beef shin
  • 2 potatoes
  • 1 big carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 1/2 pack green beans
  • 1 large pepper
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • 200 ml bors easily found at any Romanian shops
  • dill optional
  • thyme optional
  • dried lovage optional
  • sour cream for serving

Instructions
 

  • Cut the beef in cubes.
  • Put it in a pot of 5L of cold water, and simmer for 40 minutes to one hour, until the meat becomes tender. Test it with a fork. If the fork goes into the meat easily, you can move to the next step.
  • Make sure to clear the foam that forms on the top of the soup when it starts boiling.
  • Add the chopped onion, celery, and carrot.
  • Let the soup simmer until the root vegetables start to soften up, 15 minutes or so.
  • Add the chopped potatoes, green beans, and pepper.
  • Meanwhile, boil one cup of bors separately. When it starts boiling, take it off the heat.
  • After 15 more minutes of simmering, add the can of chopped tomatoes.
  • Let it boil for 5 minutes, and then add the bors. Let the soup come to a boil, and then turn the heat off.
  • Add the finely chopped herbs and mix them well in the soup.
  • Serve the soup hot alongside sour cream.