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Achichuk (Uzbek tomato salad)

Name: Achichuk (Uzbek tomato salad)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Uzbek
Ingredients: 500g ripe tomatoes; 200g red onions or sweet onions; Big bundle of cilantro and green onions; 1 tbsp wine or apple cider vinegar; 1 tsp salt; Black pepper to taste; Optionally: 1 fresh hot pepper, 1 tbsp olive oil

Achichuk is a simple Uzbek salad of tomatoes, onions and greens with vinegar. Light side dish for pilaf and kebab, prepared in 5 minutes.

Preparation: 15 min
Cooking.: 0 min
Totally.: 15 min
portion: 4

Achichuk is a simple Uzbek salad, which is traditionally served to pilaf and kebab as a “fresh counterpoint” to fatty meat cuisine. The composition is minimal: finely sliced tomatoes, onions with thin semi-rings, fresh greens and a drop of vinegar. Prepared in 5 minutes, and makes the Uzbek table balanced.

Instructions

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Step 1. Cut the tomatoes in thin slices or halves, removing the dense core.
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Step 2. Cut the onions with thin semi-rings; pour boiling water for 30 seconds, then cold water - this will remove the bitterness.
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Step 3. Chop big greens.
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Step 4. Put everything in a bowl, sprinkle with salt, pepper; pour with vinegar.
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Step 5. Stir gently; let stand for 5 minutes.
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Step 6. If desired, add cubes of fresh hot pepper and a drop of olive oil.
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Step 7. Serve immediately - cold and juicy.

Technological tips

Tomatoes are necessarily ripe; greens will give a sour, not sweet taste.
Onion bitterness is removed by scalding; without this step, the onion can "clog" the taste.
Vinegar is no more than spoons; the target is a light sour, not a marinade.
Serve immediately after the salt - otherwise the tomatoes will let the juice and lettuce "wet".

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