TOP 4 lagman recipes. How to choose the right meat and what vegetables can you diversify your dish with? Some cooking secrets.
Lagman dietary
According to this recipe, lagman is prepared a little differently. The difference from the classic version consists in replacing lamb with dietary meat and in the fact that at the end all the components of the dish are prepared together. The cooking time is impressive, but the result is worth it - a strong pleasant aroma, rich taste with a relatively low calorie content.
Ingredients for the noodles:
- A mixture of buckwheat and wheat flour - 300 g
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Water - 100 ml
- Olive oil for plasticity
- Turkey meat - 1 kg (for dressing)
- Pumpkin - 200 g (for dressing)
- Red beans, pre-boiled or canned - 1 tbsp. (for refueling)
- Tomatoes - 4 pcs. (for refueling)
- Carrots - 2 pcs. (for refueling)
- Bulb onions - 2 pcs. (for refueling)
- Leeks - 1 pc. (for refueling)
- Red bell pepper - 1 pc. (for refueling)
- Fresh chili pepper - 1 pc. (for refueling)
- Greens - 2-4 branches (for dressing)
- Spices, olive oil - to taste (for dressing)
Step by step preparation of dietary lagman:
- Wash the turkey meat thoroughly and cut into medium-sized cubes. The thickness of the piece should not be more than 3 cm. Put it in a cauldron on heated olive oil. Fry until the meat acquires a whitish hue.
- We clean vegetables. Remove the peel from the tomatoes and cut into cubes. Chop the onions and leeks. We place it in the dish in which the meat is cooked, mix well and fry for 5-10 minutes.
- Three carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the bell pepper and chili into small strips. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces. We send to the cauldron. Frying time - 5 minutes.
- Add finely chopped herbs and water. We turn down the fire. Simmer for about 45 minutes.
- At this time, add eggs and water to the flour or flour mixture, knead the hard dough. A little later, add some vegetable oil. We roll out the flour mass into a thin layer, 3-4 mm thick, and cut into even strips no more than 6 mm wide. Leave it to dry for a while.
- 8-10 minutes before the end of stewing meat dressing, put raw noodles and beans in a cauldron, add spices, bay leaf. The dish is cooked until the noodles are done.
Lagman in Uzbek or Chicken cube
A distinctive feature of this recipe is the way in which the food is cut. Everything here is cut into cubes or squares, except for greens, of course. In addition, chicken fillet, which is more economical and familiar in our country, is used as a meat component. The highlight of this dish is the use of green radish.
Ingredients:
- Flour - 4 tbsp.
- Mineral water - 1 tbsp.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Salt - 0.5 tsp
- Vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons
- Chicken fillet - 0.5 kg (for dressing)
- Potatoes - 3 pcs. (for refueling)
- Green radish - 1 pc. (for refueling)
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs. (for refueling)
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc. (for refueling)
- Onions - 2 pcs. (for refueling)
- Large carrots - 1 pc. (for refueling)
- Garlic - 1 clove (for dressing)
- Spices, seasonings, herbs, vegetable oil (for dressing)
Step-by-step preparation of lagman in Uzbek:
- We start cooking with vegetables, rinse and clean them. We put the cauldron on the fire and pour in the vegetable oil. We cut onions and carrots. First, let the onions stand separately, then together with the carrots. Put the Bulgarian pepper cut in the form of squares and the cubes of green radish in a cauldron. Chop the garlic finely and send it to the rest of the vegetables.
- Cut the chicken fillet into cubes about 3 cm in size, move it to the grilling vegetables and fry for a few minutes. Then add salt, black and red ground pepper, if desired, you can also add basil, oregano, coriander.
- At this time, we cook potatoes and tomatoes. Remove the peel from the tomatoes by pouring them alternately with hot and cold water. We cut everything into cubes and send it to the cauldron to the delicious-smelling chicken.
- To get lagman, like a soup, you need to add about 1 liter of water, but if you want to get a second dish, then a little less. Cover with a lid. Further, the culinary miracle will be prepared without our direct intervention. You need to simmer until the potatoes are ready, that is, about 20 minutes.
- You can take ready-made noodles, special lagman or egg noodles. You can also cook it yourself. Pour cold mineral water into a container, add an egg, salt and vegetable oil. Mix everything thoroughly. Gradually add and stir in the sifted flour. When the mass becomes thick enough, transfer it to the table and continue kneading. As a result, the dough should be tough. Cover with cling film and leave in the refrigerator for a while (1.5-2 hours). After that, we roll it into a thin layer, cut it into thin even strips. Twist the noodles into flagella and stretch them with our hands. Boil in boiling salted water until tender.
- Throw in a colander, rinse and put in portioned plates. Put the meat dressing on top and throw in a handful of finely chopped greens. This dish is completely self-sufficient, no additional side dish is required.
Lagman with pork
This recipe is perfect for those who love high-calorie foods. The presence of a layer in the pork will add more juiciness. The use of spices will saturate the lagman with aromas and help create a unique culinary masterpiece. The dish is prepared with a variety of vegetables that greatly complement the taste. Rest assured, no one will remain indifferent.
Ingredients:
- Pork - 700 g
- Green radish - 1 large or 2 small
- Potatoes - 4 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Eggplant - 1 pc.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Fresh chili peppers - 1 pod
- Spicy ketchup - 2 tablespoons
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Vegetable oil
- Condiments and spices to taste
- Fresh greens
- Ready egg noodles
Step by step cooking pork lagman:
- We cut the meat. We preheat the cauldron and the oil in it. Fry the pork over high heat until a brown crust forms. This process shouldn't take long.
- Chop the onion in half rings, chop the carrot into strips, chop the chili and garlic. Add everything to the meat. After a few minutes, add flavors - salt, pepper, anise, cumin, cilantro (according to taste). Hot ketchup also goes here.
- Scald the tomatoes with boiling water, and then with cold water, remove the peel and cut into cubes with a sharp knife. We add them to the cauldron. After 10 minutes, pour in hot water and leave to extinguish. The meat should be soft, but not completely cooked.
- Prepare potatoes, radishes and eggplants separately - peel and cut into medium-sized cubes, fry in a separate pan until tender. Add to meat and boil for about 10 minutes. Then add some of the chopped greens, cover and let stew for a while. Turn off the heat and let the meat and vegetable dressing brew.
- Boil ready-made egg noodles in salted boiling water.
The finished lagman is served as follows: first the noodles are laid out in a special bowl (or deep plate), and the meat dressing is poured on top of it, which should completely cover it. The dish is decorated with chopped herbs on top. Bon Appetit!
Lagman video recipes
From the above recipes, it can be understood that there are a very large number of options for preparing lagman. You can choose one or another type of meat, remove or add some vegetables, diversify spices. You can even make noodles yourself or buy ready-made ones. The combination of meat, broth and noodles fried with vegetables and flavors should always be invariable in the preparation of this dish.
