The Croatian Answer to Everything, Beef Soup/Goveđa Juha

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and pork is often less expensive.

potato

🥗Healthier: sweet potato

💰Cheaper: parsnip

Sweet potatoes provide more nutrients and parsnips are often cheaper.

Welcome to Chef Tyler's creation kitchen.

Introduce the soup as the Croatian answer to everything.

Mention the ingredients: beef bones, 1 onion sliced in half, 3 carrots sliced, 3 cloves of garlic smashed, 1 celery root cut into pieces, 1/4 celery cut into pieces, parsley, salt, and pepper.

Start with cold water in a pot and add the beef bones, ensuring they are covered.

Turn the heat on to high and bring the water to a boil.

Once boiling, dump the water to get rid of scum and refill with cold water.

Bring the new water to a boil again before adding vegetables.

Add the sliced onion, carrots, smashed garlic, and celery to the pot, leaving the parsley aside.

Season with salt and freshly cracked pepper, about 1-2 tablespoons of salt.

Bring to a boil again, then reduce heat to low and let simmer for a minimum of 2 hours.

After 2 hours, taste the broth to check flavor and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Remove the vegetables and bones from the soup after simmering.

Strain the soup into a separate bowl to keep the broth clear.

Cook the soup noodles in the strained broth for about 2 minutes.

Add back the cooked vegetables (excluding garlic) into the soup after the noodles are done cooking.

Serve the soup hot.

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