Detailed step-by-step recipe with photos: Step 1
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Prepare the ingredients for beef basics according to the classic recipe.
I took 5 potatoes. Small ones.
Tomato paste comes in different concentrations. One spoon is enough, and the other can use three. So this is purely individual. Once I bought a paste in a tube, and a spoon would have been enough. And now I have something that is not particularly thick and sharp, so 2 tbsp. l.
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Step 2
Cut the beef across the grain into cubes.
Just make sure the pieces are bite-sized and easy to eat.
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Step 3
Heat a frying pan and fry the beef, adding a tablespoon of oil.
The fire is maximum. Stir only when one side is browned.
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Step 4
Place the beef in a saucepan, add a glass of water, add half a tsp. salt, pepper mixture and leave to simmer over low heat.
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Step 5
Cut the onion into feathers and fry in the same frying pan with a spoonful of oil.
Fry for 3-4 minutes, over medium heat, until golden.
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Step 6
Add tomato paste and continue frying for about another minute.
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Step 7
There are also chopped cucumbers and 50-70 grams of water. Leave on the fire for another minute.
Water is needed to mix in all the aromatics from the bottom of the pan.
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Step 8
Add the contents of the pan to the beef and simmer until tender.
It took me half an hour.
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Step 9
Also cut the potatoes into cubes.
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Step 10
Add a spoonful of oil to the pan and fry the potatoes until lightly browned. Add salt at the very end.
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Step 11
As soon as the meat is soft enough, add the contents of the pan to the frying pan with the potatoes. Add chopped garlic and bay leaf.
I like to add it to the pan, it’s convenient to mix. But if it’s a duckling, then I add it to it.
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Step 12
Simmer everything together for another 10 minutes until the potatoes are ready. At the end, adjust the taste and add some greens.
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Step 13
Let the basics rest, stand under the lid for 5 minutes.
That's it, the basics of their beef according to the classic recipe are ready. When serving, sprinkle with remaining herbs.
Bon appetit everyone!
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