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Old tbilisi salad. Tbilisi salad is not spicy

Georgia is rich in a variety of its national recipes having their fans all over the world. Men have a special love for Georgian cuisine, because almost all dishes are easy to prepare, have incomparable taste, saturate well and abound in meat products. A striking example of such a combination of truly "masculine" qualities is the "Tbilisi" salad, there are many variations of it, so everyone can choose for themselves.

Traditional way of cooking

Traditional Tbilisi salad has a truly Georgian taste, unobtrusively emphasized by cilantro and hops-suneli in the composition, without which almost no dish can do national cuisine Georgian. However, to properly prepare this cooking masterpiece, it is necessary to strictly follow the recipe, and if possible use step by step recipe with a photo or video. First, check for the following ingredients:

  • beef - 300g;
  • canned red beans - 350g;
  • red onion - 1pc (large);
  • walnuts - 50g;
  • garlic - 1-2 cloves;
  • cilantro - 1 bunch;
  • olive oil - 3-4 tablespoons;
  • wine vinegar 6% - 1 tablespoon;
  • hops-suneli - 0.5-1.5 tsp;
  • hot and black pepper, salt to taste.

There is no need to add or exclude ingredients, otherwise the classic dish will not work. But the proportions can vary depending on individual taste preferences.

Before the direct implementation of the Tbilisi salad recipe, you need to prepare the ingredients for mixing.

Beef

Meat is an integral component of this dish and, perhaps, the longest stage in the preparation of products. Beef must be washed, boiled over medium heat in pre-salted water and allowed to cool. It is recommended to pre-clean it from grease and streaks. The finished product can be fiberized or cut into strips. The meat will look and taste more harmoniously if the straw is thin.

Beans

You can't do without beans, we take them out of the jar and rinse them thoroughly under running water. The presence of legumes makes the salad very satisfying and healthy.

Onion

It is better to use red varieties, they are softer, do not have a sharp taste and do not taste bitter. Peel the onion and cut into half rings.

If you don't have red onions at hand, you can use regular white onions. But first, it is worth pouring over it with boiling water to reduce its inherent pungency, then its taste will no longer be so intrusive.

Bell pepper

Wash the product, separate the stalk, cut it in half and clean the seeds. It is better to cut off thick partitions, and cut the vegetable itself into thin strips, like beef.

For spice, you can add chili peppers, which should be cut into very small pieces. After handling such a spicy product, you should thoroughly wash your hands and utensils in contact with it.

Nuts

Walnuts peel (if any), cut into small pieces or pass through a blender. In order to give Georgian salad with beans a zest, the nuts can be fried in a pan without oil, then they will become crispy.

Condiments and herbs

Peel the garlic and chop it with a knife. For cilantro, it is better to use only leaves, since the stems are harsh, we wash and chop the grass well. If fresh cilantro cannot be obtained, it may well be replaced with coriander.


Instead of olive oil, you can use regular vegetable oil if necessary. We mix it with wine vinegar (preferably red), add salt, pepper and suneli hops there. The resulting mixture will be used as a dressing for our bean salad.

Preparation

The preparation of the salad itself consists only in mixing the products. To do this, you need to use a deep bowl or plate, place beef, beans, onions, bell peppers in it, sprinkle with crispy nuts, add cilantro and garlic. Stir the products and pour in the dressing based on oil and vinegar, mix thoroughly and leave to brew for half an hour.

"Tbilisi" salad with chicken

This option is insanely tasty oriental salad ideal for women, because instead of beef, tender meat is used here, making the dish lighter. Also missing hot chili, which significantly softens the taste. Otherwise, the difference with the classic recipe is not so significant. To prepare lightweight Tbilisi food with beans, we need:

  • chicken breast or beef tongue- 300g;
  • canned red beans - 300g;
  • Yalta onion - 1pc (large);
  • Bulgarian red pepper - 1pc;
  • walnuts - 1/2 cup;
  • garlic - 1 clove;
  • cilantro - 1 bunch;
  • hops-suneli - 1/2 tsp;
  • olive oil - 2-3 tablespoons;
  • wine vinegar - 1 tsp;
  • lemon juice - 1 tablespoon

To prepare the Tbilisi salad with beans in its more “feminine” interpretation, we replace the traditionally used beef with tongue or chicken, which, along with other products, must be prepared for further mixing.

Meat

There are several ways of cooking meat in this case. Chicken can be either smoked or boiled or even fried in a pan. Each of these methods takes place, here it is worth being guided only by individual preferences. We divide the smoked ham into fibers, in other cases the meat is cooked independently. We wash the chicken breast, remove excess fat and veins and cut into small cubes. When frying in a pan, add a little vegetable oil and cook until golden brown.

If the roasting option seemed the most attractive to you, you need to try to reduce its fat content and calorie content as much as possible. To do this, the fried pieces can be placed on a paper towel and blotted on top with a second, this procedure will help get rid of the remaining oil.

It is better to cook the beef tongue, so the taste of the product in combination with the rest of the ingredients of the salad will be more harmonious. We wash it or the chicken, cut into small cubes and cook in salted water until tender, you can use bay leaves. The chicken is chilled without removing it from the broth, so it will be juicier.

Beans and onions

Drain the canned beans and rinse the beans. It is more convenient to use a sieve or colander for this. Yalta onions are ideal, but it is worth remembering that they are very capricious in storage and may not wait for their "finest hour". We cut it into half rings.

Peppers and nuts

Wash the Bulgarian pepper, cut out the stalk, cut and peel it. Cut into thin strips, which will give an elegant look to the salad composition.


We peel the walnuts and fry them in a dry frying pan, this will make their aroma and taste even more pronounced. After that, finely chop them or pass them through a blender.

Dressing and greens

Cilantro in fresh rinse and dry well, chop finely. Peel the garlic and cut it into small pieces, you can also use a special crusher to facilitate the process. The garlic aroma will emphasize the taste of the rest of the ingredients.

For dressing, you need to mix wine vinegar with oil and add salt, pepper, suneli hops and coriander to them, if there is no fresh cilantro. Mix thoroughly so that the spices do not form lumps and are evenly distributed.

Preparation

As in the classic recipe, mix the finished ingredients together, then pour in the dressing and mix thoroughly again. Let the salad brew for 30 minutes so that the ingredients are saturated with spices and serve. The dish can be placed on a lettuce leaf and decorated with nuts or herbs, so it will look light and airy in summer.

Tbilisi salad with red beans and beef is classic dish Georgian cuisine... However, there are many of his other recipes, which are selected depending on the taste preferences of the guests and the event where he will decorate the table. One thing remains unchanged: Tbilisi salad is incredibly tasty, healthy and hearty dish, which is a must-try for every person, especially those who appreciate national cuisine and culture.

The national cuisine of Georgia is quite ancient, it is distinguished by a peculiar combination of basic ingredients and numerous spices. At the same time, the dishes are very nutritious and aromatic.

How to cook delicious Tbilisi salad?

Quite often in Georgian cuisine there is a union of boiled red beans - lobio - and walnuts.

The duet of these products is already a separate dish.

And if you add beef to them, onion and fresh herbs, you will get a wonderful Tbilisi salad.

Mayonnaise is practically not used in Georgia. therefore dressings not only for this salad are usually vegetable oils. They can be mixed with traditional wine vinegar or ground pepper.

It is preferable to boil beans for salad yourself, rather than use canned beans.

Only the most tender beef from a young animal is suitable for this dish. Ideally, this should be a clipping, but some other parts can be used as well. We already know about the intricacies and features.

Variations on the theme of Tbilisi salad also exist and their taste is no worse - chicken breast or boiled tongue fit perfectly into the recipe. This is no longer a national salad of Georgian cuisine, but a special “Georgian character” is clearly felt.

Tbilisi salad with beef

This recipe can be considered a classic - almost this ratio and the number of components was originally. There is only one difference - the color of the beans. It was just that red was not at hand, but I really wanted to please my husband with one of his favorite salads.

Recipe Information

  • Cuisine: Georgian
  • Type of dish: salad
  • Cooking method: cooking, slicing, mixing
  • Servings: 4
  • 4 h

Ingredients:

  • beef pulp - 400 g
  • dry beans - 100 g
  • Red Bell pepper- 1 PC.
  • red onion - 1 head
  • walnuts - 50 g
  • cilantro - 1 bunch
  • vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.
  • salt, pepper - to taste.


Cooking method

Tbilisi salad, the recipe from the photo of which we are now considering, is more correct to cook from dry beans. It must be pre-soaked for 3-4 hours. You can do this in the evening. The beans should be sorted out, discarding damaged beans. Then it needs to be poured into a spacious saucepan and filled with water. Gradually, the beans will absorb water and swell. Therefore, there should be a lot of liquid. Average 100 g of dry beans need 2 cups of cold water.


After the beans are swollen, drain the water. Then add fresh drinking water to the pot with beans and put on fire. After boiling, the heating must be reduced to a minimum. After 30 minutes, pour 100 ml of cold water into the pan. This will significantly reduce the cooking time. Half an hour after boiling again, you need to add salt to taste. After another 15 minutes, the beans are ready. We put it in a colander so that the glass is liquid.

Simultaneously with the beans, you can boil the meat. This will take 45-60 minutes. When the beef has cooled down, it must be cut into small cubes.


My red pepper and cut into large slices. The white septa and the stalk with seeds must be separated.


The remaining pulp must be cut into strips.


Chop the red onion in half rings or quarters. If the onion is very spicy, then it is better to scald it with boiling water. Otherwise, the taste will drown out all others in the salad. Sweet Yalta is ideal, but as we already know, this variety is a little problematic - it rarely lasts until spring.


Rinse fresh cilantro with cold water, dry and chop finely.


Walnuts should be heated in a dry skillet for 2-3 minutes to develop their flavor and aroma better. Then the kernels must be crushed.


Combine all prepared ingredients in one bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.


Mix and fill everything vegetable oil... Leave to stand for 30 minutes.


Salad ready.


According to the rules, the traditional dressing for Tbilisi salad includes chopped garlic, Khmeli-suneli spices and wine vinegar. "

But in my family they like the less spicy version.


Chicken breast or tongue recipe

Such a Tbilisi salad with red beans, chicken breast or boiled tongue will please the female half.

It tastes very similar to the classic one, but its calorie content is lower, especially if you use boiled chicken fillet.

What we need:

  • canned or boiled red beans - 200 g
  • chicken - 200 g
  • red onion - 1 large
  • Bulgarian red pepper - 1 pc.
  • walnuts - 0.5 tbsp.
  • cilantro - 1 bunch
  • garlic - 1 clove
  • hops-suneli - 0.5 tsp
  • olive oil - 2-3 tablespoons
  • wine or apple cider vinegar - 1 tsp

The process is step by step:

  1. Boil the meat, cool. Can be sautéed with a minimum of oil. Cut into cubes.
  2. Fry the nuts in a pan until the skin begins to peel off. Cool, grind.
  3. Chop the onion in half rings, bell pepper - in strips or cubes, just chop the cilantro.
  4. For dressing, combine vinegar, oil, spices, garlic passed through a press. By the way, often novice cooks do not know how to replace wine vinegar in Tbilisi salad. I recommend taking natural apple- it turns out no worse.
  5. Mix everything in a deep container, let it stand for 10-15 minutes and help yourself!
  • “Tbilisi” is a universal recipe! For example, cook it without meat at all and it will turn out not only delicious, but also quite suitable for a fast or a vegetarian menu.
  • As with any other salads, you can and should experiment with this - this way you can create an exclusive author's recipe. For example, add croutons and corn, or replace the traditional dressing with homemade mayonnaise.
  • Few people know, but such a salad can be served not only cold - when heated, the aromas of the dish are revealed even more. Can be heated in an oven at 60 degrees or in a water bath. The main thing is not to overheat!

Useful video

I offer a video with a recipe where language is used instead of meat:

A bright, beautiful and easy-to-prepare Tbilisi salad will decorate any festive table... The combination of ingredients in the salad is wonderful and it is not advisable to replace or exclude any. The only exception for myself I made by removing the red hot pepper from the salad, although it could have been put at least a little, but this is a matter of taste.

Classic Tbilisi salad recipe

Tbilisi salad ingredients:


Red beans 300 gr

Boiled beef 300 gr

Bell pepper 1-2 pcs

Walnuts 50-70 gr

Onion (preferably red) 1 pc

Garlic 2-3 prongs

Cilantro 1 bundle

Red hot pepper - to taste

Olive oil

Vinegar - wine, apple or grape

Sugar 1 tsp

Salt to taste

step by step Tbilisi salad recipe with photo

1. It is advisable to take red onions for salad, it has a softer taste. We cut the onion into quarter rings.
2. Prepare the onion marinade. Pour 300 ml of water into a bowl, put a teaspoon of sugar and add a tablespoon of vinegar. As I already noted, it is better to take vinegar, apple cider or grape vinegar. I used grape. Dip the onion into the marinade and leave to marinate while we prepare the other ingredients. Drain the marinade before adding the onion to the salad.

For dietary option lettuce, onions can be prepared in another way: pour the onion with boiling water, let it stand for 1-2 minutes and drain the water.

3. Lightly fry the walnuts in a dry frying pan to give them a brighter taste.

4. Grind the nuts with a knife or rolling pin.

5. Wash the bell peppers, peel them of seeds and cut them, like the onions, into a quarter into rings.

6. I took the beans ready-made, so I just had to open the canned food, drain the sauce and rinse the beans from the sauce a little with cold boiled water. If you will use dry beans for salad, then it must be prepared in advance: soak in cold water four hours and boil until tender. And to make the beans cook faster: when boiling the beans, add 1 tablespoon of cold water to the pan every 7 minutes.

7. Boiled beef crumbling in pieces. I overcooked the meat a little, so the perfect cubes did not work out.

8. Rinse cilantro well, dry and crumble.

9. If you use red in salad hot peppers, then it should be cleaned of seeds and finely crumbled.

10. Prepare the sauce-dressing for the Tbilisi salad: mix the olive oil (3-4 tablespoons), a tablespoon of grape (apple, wine) vinegar, squeeze out the garlic using a press, put the suneli hops and salt.

10. In a deep bowl, mix all the ingredients: beans, meat, peppers, nuts, herbs, onions and season with sauce.

Bon Appetit. Tasty, hearty salad Georgian cuisine Tbilisi is ready.

Salad is not only a light snack before the main meal. This dish can be very satisfying and energizing for a long time. A great example is the Tbilisi salad - a bright, juicy, incredibly tasty dish originally from sunny Georgia. Try to cook it yourself, and you can easily feed all guests and household members.

Ingredients for Tbilisi salad with beans

To prepare a dish, you must take:

  • Meat - 250 g;
  • Canned red beans - 450-500 g;
  • Onion - 1 piece;
  • Walnuts - 50 g;
  • Bulgarian pepper - 150 g;
  • Hot chili pepper - 1 pc;
  • Garlic - 2 cloves;
  • 1 bunch of cilantro;
  • Olive oil - for dressing;
  • Wine vinegar - for dressing;
  • Salt and pepper to taste.

Since Georgian cuisine is very distinctive, it is worth talking a little more about the ingredients of Tbilisi salad.

  • You can take the meat to your taste, but most often Tbilisi salad is prepared with beef. Usually a piece of medium fat is selected and boiled in oriental spices. Do not be afraid that the meat will be tough - if you cut it finely enough, then it will be very tender and soft in the dish. Well, if you need to reduce the calorie content, then, of course, you can cook it with chicken, there is also such a recipe in Georgia. Still, we advise you to choose the most classic version with beef - this meat goes best with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Tbilisi salad is prepared exclusively with red beans, white beans will not work here. At the same time, try to choose proven brands of the product so that the beans are soft, but at the same time dense, not falling apart.
  • Onions can be used in different ways: onions, salad, but still we suggest giving preference to red onions. Firstly, it has a pleasant sweetish aftertaste that will perfectly emphasize the taste of the finished dish. And secondly, its rich color is perfect for such a bright sunny salad from hot Georgia. By the way, for the same reason, it is recommended to choose red bell pepper.
  • Some add a little pomegranate seeds to the salad, but we will not do this in our recipe, we will stick to the classics.

Tbilisi salad with beef. Step-by-step instruction

  1. First you need to boil the meat. In this Tbilisi salad recipe, we will use beef. You can just leave it in salted water, or you can use different spices during cooking, for example, allspice, bay leaf, suneli hops, etc.
  2. Cut the finished cooled meat into small cubes or strips;
  3. Place the red beans in a colander and rinse;
  4. Cut the onion into half rings;
  5. Remove the seeds from the chili and chop very finely. In the process, do not rub your eyes under any circumstances, and after contact with the product, be sure to wash your hands with soap and water;
  6. Cut the bell pepper into strips;
  7. Chop the garlic using a garlic press or a regular knife;
  8. Cut the walnuts into small pieces. Nuts should not be brought to the state of crumbs - they should be felt in the salad;
  9. Chop the cilantro finely;
  10. Mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, add pepper and salt to them;
  11. Season the dish with olive oil and wine vinegar.

That's all, the Georgian salad of Tbilisi with beans is ready. It turns out to be very satisfying, juicy and beautiful, as you can see by looking at the photo.

Everyone, even children, can cope with cooking such a dish on their own at home. Step-by-step diagrams and instructions are limited only to grinding the finished products. However, despite its simplicity, the Tbilisi salad will not leave anyone indifferent. The harmonious combination of its tastes, piquancy and originality will certainly conquer everyone who tries it. Prepare this dish for a festive table or for a daily meal - you will not regret it anyway. Bon Appetit!

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Tbilisi salad

Everyone who has visited hospitable Georgia at least once says: “Georgians love to eat tasty, not pretentious ...”. That is why Georgian cuisine is a sheer culinary delight and delight for all five human senses without any unnecessary delights. In confirmation of these words - today's recipe for an incredibly fragrant salad, reminiscent of the streets of Tbilisi, the oriental smells of this city and the wonderful atmosphere of the Caucasus ...

Ingredients for preparing salad "Tbilisi":

  • red beans (dry or canned) - 300 g / 1 can
  • beef (chicken or turkey) - 250 g
  • red salad onions - 1 pc.
  • sweet pepper (preferably red) - 1 pc.
  • chili pepper - 1 pc.
  • garlic - 1-2 cloves
  • walnuts - 50 g
  • fresh cilantro - 1 bunch
  • salt, pepper, hop-suneli seasoning - to taste
  • olive oil
  • wine vinegar

Recipe salad "Tbilisi":

Soak dry red beans overnight, drain and boil in new water until tender. When cooking, you need to salt the beans only five minutes before they are ready. You can use ready-made store-bought canned beans - then it will simply be enough to throw them in a colander, drain the water and rinse under running water.

Cut red sweet salad onions into half rings, pour over with wine vinegar, leave to marinate for 15 minutes.

Lightly dry the walnuts in a pan, then cool and chop until medium-sized.

Chop the cloves of garlic, extract the seeds from the chili and chop just as much as you want the salad to "feel" spicy. You can limit yourself to half a chili pepper, or you can use it whole.

Cut the bell peppers into strips.

Boil beef (chicken fillet, turkey) in salted water, cool, cut into strips.

We begin to mix the ingredients for the salad: red onions (do not pour out the wine vinegar - leave for dressing), boiled beans, meat, bell peppers.

Add finely chopped fresh cilantro, garlic and chili to the main ingredients.

Pour in walnuts, salt, black pepper and hop-suneli seasoning.

Season the salad with wine vinegar and olive oil, mix, let it brew for 20-40 minutes.

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Tbilisi salad

Georgia is the country of the sun, mountains and hospitable people, associated in many with barbecue, khachapuri and satsebeli sauce. This opinion is rather superficial, because Georgian cuisine is diverse. The common feature of the cuisine is hearty, tasty and simple.

Georgians, above all, appreciate taste qualities eating, giving preference to healthy food. Therefore, salads dressed with mayonnaise so popular among Russians are not popular with them. Today we will tell you about amazingly tasty and satisfying Georgian salad"Tbilisi", which is also called "Man's joy" for its satiety.

The basis of this dish boiled meat, beans, sweet peppers, chili, salad onions are taken. Salad dressing - olive oil. In the salad only healthy foods and a minimum of fat. “Tbilisi” can be prepared for an everyday dinner, to please guests, or, taking ready-made ingredients with you, cook at a picnic, salad is an excellent addition to the main dish of barbecue. We offer two versions of Tbilisi salad.

The first classic Georgian recipe, this is how Georgian housewives prepare salad. The second option is slightly modified and adapted to Russian cuisine. Both recipes are delicious, which one is up to you to choose. A feature of the salad in both of its variants is the absence of the need to add salt, since the ingredients have a rich and rich taste.

Tbilisi salad classic recipe

  • Beef, turkey or chicken meat - 350 gr.
  • Raw red beans - one glass or 1 can of canned beans.
  • Sweet bell pepper - 1 large.
  • Red salad onions (you can take white) - 1-2 medium onions.
  • Chili pepper - 1 pc.
  • A handful of walnut kernels.
  • Wine vinegar - 1, 5 tablespoons.
  • Olive oil - how much will the salad take.
  • Fresh cilantro - one bunch.
  • Garlic is a small clove (who loves you can take more).
  • Hops suneli spices - a pinch.
  • Salt to taste.

We take any meat that is in the refrigerator. It can be beef, turkey or chicken. The main meat should not be fatty. Thoroughly clean the fatty meat, rinse it under cold water. Put water in a saucepan, put salt and put on fire. The cooking time is different for each meat. Chicken is cooked for about 20 minutes, turkey - half an hour, beef - 35-40 minutes. You can check the readiness by piercing the meat with a fork, if pierced and there are no traces of blood, then the meat can be set aside. Drain off the water (you can use broth to make soup) You can use smoked chicken or jerky. Let it cool. Mode with thin strips and send to a bowl.

Red or white salad onions for salad. You can take the usual one, but it is sharper. We clean the onions from the husks, the mode in thin half rings and fill with wine vinegar. Let it stand for about half an hour, squeeze the juice a little, send it to the chopped meat.

Wash chili peppers under running water and cut into small rings. Lovers of spicy can use the whole peppercorn, and for those who like less spicy, one third will be enough.

We wash the bell peppers, clean from the tail, take out the seeds, stick mode. Put it in a bowl.

Beans for our salad should be taken red, it has more pronounced taste. Better beans soak in cold water overnight. If there is no time for soaking, then you can speed up the cooking process by periodically adding cold water to the pan in which the beans are boiled and at the end add baking soda at the tip of a knife. By doing this, the cooking time will be halved. You can take a purchased one canned beans... We open the jar and discard the contents in a colander. Let the liquid drain and pour the beans into a common bowl.

We peel the kernels of walnuts and put them in a preheated oven for a few minutes. Grind with a rolling pin and send to the rest of the ingredients.

Pour spices into the salad, wash and cut the cilantro, send it to the salad. Press the garlic on the garlic, add to the salad. Drizzle with olive oil and stir. Salt if desired. Let it brew in the refrigerator for about half an hour. Our salad is ready. Bon Appetit!

"Tbilisi" salad recipe

  • Beef heart - 1 piece.
  • Bulgarian pepper - 1 piece.
  • Canned corn -1 can.
  • Salad onion - 2 pieces.
  • Cilantro, parsley, dill - one medium bunch.
  • Hops suneli - a pinch.
  • Sunflower oil - how much the salad will take.
  • The juice of one lemon.
  • Chili pepper - one thing.

Kitchen utensils that we need:

We put the heart in a saucepan, fill it with cold water, add salt. Boil the heart in salted water until tender. Cooking time is about an hour. We drain the water. We put it back on a colder. D We put it to cool. Cut into thin strips. Pour into a bowl.

We wash the Bulgarian pepper under running cold water. We clean from seeds and cut into thin strips. We wash and grind the chili peppers. We send it to a bowl with the rest of the ingredients. You should be careful with the amount of chili peppers, as the dish can turn out to be very spicy. It is best to use no more than half a pepper.

For our salad, lettuce purple onions are better suited. This variety is less pungent. We peel the onions and cut them into thin rings or half rings. We wash the lemons, cut it in two. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and pour the chopped onion with it. We leave for 20 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the onion and pour the onion into the salad.

Rinse cilantro, parsley, dill thoroughly. Cut off the stems. Using kitchen, paper towels, dry and chop with a knife. Pour the herbs into a bowl.

Add spices to the salad and sunflower oil, mix. Before serving ready salad Put "Tbilisi" in the refrigerator for brewing. We lay out the salad on portioned plates and serve. Bon Appetit!

  1. You can take any meat for the salad. Get creative and get perfect the new kind salad.
  2. It is categorically contraindicated for ordinary salad table vinegar, which has a strongly pronounced specific smell that can spoil the whole taste of our dish. Better to take wine vinegar or lemon juice.
  3. A wide variety of spices are used in Georgian cuisine. You can choose the most different ones to your liking.
  4. The walnut kernels should be roasted until golden brown without oil.
  5. The color of the sweet pepper does not matter, but the Bulgarian has a juicier flesh.
  6. Using several different colored peppers can give your salad a brighter look.

We suggest watching a video of cooking classic version salad "Tbilisi":

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Tbilisi salad classic recipe

A bright, beautiful and easy-to-prepare Tbilisi salad will decorate any festive table. The combination of ingredients in the salad is wonderful and it is not advisable to replace or exclude any. The only exception for myself I made by removing the red hot pepper from the salad, although it could have been put at least a little, but this is a matter of taste.

Classic Tbilisi salad recipe

Tbilisi salad ingredients:


Red beans 300 gr

Boiled beef 300 gr

Bell pepper 1-2 pcs

Walnuts 50-70 gr

Onion (preferably red) 1 pc

Garlic 2-3 prongs

Red hot pepper - to taste

Vinegar - wine, apple or grape

step by step Tbilisi salad recipe with photo

1. It is advisable to take red onions for salad, it has a softer taste. We cut the onion into quarter rings.
2. Prepare the onion marinade. Pour 300 ml of water into a bowl, put a teaspoon of sugar and add a tablespoon of vinegar. As I already noted, it is better to take vinegar, apple cider or grape vinegar. I used grape. Dip the onion into the marinade and leave to marinate while we prepare the other ingredients. Drain the marinade before adding the onion to the salad.

For a dietary version of the salad, the onion can be prepared in another way: pour the onion with boiling water, let it stand for 1-2 minutes and drain the water.

3. Lightly fry the walnuts in a dry frying pan to give them a brighter taste.

4. Grind the nuts with a knife or rolling pin.

5. Wash the bell peppers, peel them of seeds and cut them, like the onions, into a quarter into rings.

6. I took the beans ready-made, so I just had to open the canned food, drain the sauce and rinse the beans from the sauce a little with cold boiled water. If you will use dry beans for salad, then it must be prepared in advance: soak in cold water for four hours and boil until tender. And to make the beans cook faster: when boiling the beans, add 1 tablespoon of cold water to the pan every 7 minutes.

7. Boiled beef in crumbled cubes. I overcooked the meat a little, so the perfect cubes did not work out.

8. Rinse cilantro well, dry and crumble.

9. If you use red hot peppers in a salad, then it should be cleaned of seeds and finely chopped.

10. Prepare the sauce-dressing for the Tbilisi salad: mix the olive oil (3-4 tablespoons), a tablespoon of grape (apple, wine) vinegar, squeeze out the garlic with a press, put the suneli hops and salt.

10. In a deep bowl, mix all the ingredients: beans, meat, peppers, nuts, herbs, onions and season with sauce.

Bon Appetit. Delicious, hearty salad of Georgian cuisine Tbilisi is ready.