Beef Plov (Beef Rice Pilaf)

There are many recipes for cooking pilaf. Meat from various animals and birds can be used for this purpose. There are even vegetarian variants of this dish. I want to offer you a recipe for pilaf with beef ribs. Cooking this way at least once, you will appreciate this recipe at its value.

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  First, we rinse the rice. Rinse it very thoroughly in several waters. Until the water becomes transparent. Once washed, pour salted water over it. This will allow the rice to boil faster.
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  Wash beef ribs, cut and remove excess, and separate from each other.
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  In a frying pan, fry the ribs until browned on both sides over high heat. Don’t forget to salt them.
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  Put the ribs into a cauldron and pour water over them, covering all. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and stew for 30 minutes under a lid. The water should be salted.
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  Now it’s the turn of onions and carrots. Cut the onions in half rings.
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  Carrots coarsely. Either diced or chopped. It is not desirable to grate them. Otherwise, as the Uzbeks say, the carrots will be lost.
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  Put the onions in the skillet, in the oil where the ribs were fried. Fry until the onion changes color and becomes like a blonde’s hair. Add the carrots. Fry, stirring, until the carrots turn brown.
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  People tell me why I use both a cauldron and a frying pan. It’s not right. It takes more time and so on. The thing is that I take all the fried vegetables and meat out of the frying pan and put them in a cauldron with a minimum amount of oil in which it was fried. The pilaf turns out to be not greasy and tasty.
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  While we were busy with the vegetables, the meat was stewing. Separate the meat from the bones and return it to the cauldron.
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  Followed by onions and carrots. If necessary, add more water. The water should cover the contents by two centimeters. Taste the water for salt. The salt should be a little saltier than the usual broth. The rice will take away the salt. It likes salt.
• Braise on low heat for about 10 minutes to allow all the vegetables to mate with each other.
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  Now we apply all the spices and fill the rice. Push a whole head of garlic into the middle of the rice. The water should cover the rice by 1 centimeter. Refill if necessary. Bring the contents to a boil over high heat and immediately turn down the heat to the lowest setting.
• Put the lid on and leave it for 40 minutes. During this time, you must not open the lid and peek. Otherwise, the pilaf will not work. The rice is steaming and the lid creates the necessary pressure.
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  After 40 minutes, open the cauldron, remove the garlic, and gently stir the pilaf from bottom to top. Cover for about 10 minutes and serve.

Bon appetit!