🥣 How to Make Authentic Romanian Tripe Soup ✅

beef tripe

🥗Healthier: chicken tripe

💰Cheaper: pork tripe

Chicken tripe is leaner, while pork tripe is often less expensive.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt provides creaminess with fewer calories.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice offers a fresh acidity with fewer calories.

egg yolks

🥗Healthier: whole eggs

💰Cheaper: just egg whites

Using whole eggs or egg whites can reduce cholesterol.

Wash the beef tripe thoroughly.

If using fresh beef tripe, boil it in 4 liters of water with 1 tablespoon of salt for 1 hour, change the water, and boil again for another hour.

After the second hour, change the water again, adding 6 liters, and add the beef shanks and hamstrings, boiling for 1 hour.

Prepare the vegetables by cutting them into big chunks and set aside one large carrot.

After the broth has boiled for 1 hour, add the vegetables, bay leaves, and peppercorns, and let them boil for 30 minutes.

If using pre-boiled beef tripe, add it now with the vegetables.

Finely grate the reserved carrot and sauté it in 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil for 3-4 minutes, setting it aside for later.

Strain the soup and remove the vegetables, cutting the hamstrings and meat from the bones, and return them to the pot.

Add another liter of water and bring to a boil, then add the sautéed carrot and boil for another 20 minutes.

Prepare the first dressing by mixing the egg yolks with the sour cream.

Prepare the second dressing by crushing garlic and mixing it with vinegar.

Turn off the stove and add the sour cream mixture to the soup while continuously mixing.

Serve with a dollop of sour cream, garlic and vinegar dressing, and fresh bread.

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