Hot Pot Beef​ Recipe

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Description

Since old times Russians used to prepare food in hot pots putting them in ovens, using firewood or coal. In Russia the preference is always given to meat dishes. Discover this traditional beef meat recipe, easy to prepare at home in modern ovens. 

Ingredients (4 persons)

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500 g beef meat

1 onion

2 tomatoes

7 potatoes

2 carrots

3 pieces of garlic

6 table spoons of dairy butter or sunflower oil for frying 

2 table spoons of sour cream or 100 g grated cheese

Mustard, parsley, dill, bay leaves, salt and black pepper to taste

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Directions

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Rinse and peel potatoes. Cut them into small cubes 2x2 cm and fry on low fire with sunflower oil or dairy butter  - 15 min max. Potatoes cubes should get gold and brown color. Find a special pan that can be used for oven and put your potatoes' cubes inside. You can also add 2-3 tablespoons of pure water.

Rinse and peel your onion, cut it also into small pieces and fry with oil for 5-7 minutes. Then add onion into your oven pan (pot). Take your beef, wash it and slice into small pieces, for example 4x2 cm. Clean your carrots, cut them into small cubes and put on fire together with sliced beef. Add sunflower oil or dairy butter, 1-2 table spoons of pure water, mix and fry on small fire for 15 minutes. 

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​After this peel garlic, cut tomato into 6-8 parts and mix all ingredients together adding, bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste. Put your oven pan into oven for 35 minutes on medium temperature level. After 35 minutes of backing add sour cream or grated cheese and mix all ingredients. Cook more for 5-10 minutes. When finally your meat pot is ready you may add parsley and dill to taste. If you want to try this dish with mustard add 2-3 spoons max because it is not good to mix lot mustard with sour cream. Any way you can also change sour cream on grated cheese and mustard during the cooking process.