Best refreshing summer soup - okroshka

12 oz Titan Gray Energify vacuum insulated food jar with okroshka soup inside. The jar is sitting on a wooden table.

Have you ever heard of Okroshka?

It's a delicious, cold Russian soup that is sure to become a staple in your recipe book. It's healthy, incredibly easy to make and can be customized to your liking.

The base of okroshka is basically a salad.

When ready to serve, the salad is transferred into bowls, and at this point, the liquid of choice is added to the servings.

Ingredients:

The base “salad”:

  • 3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
  • 1/2 cup green onion or chives, finely chopped
  • 1/2 lb ham, diced (you can also replace it with cooked chicken or beef, or use more eggs instead of meat)
  • 3-4 medium cooked potatoes, peeled and diced
  •  3 hard-boiled eggs, diced
  •  3-4 cucumbers, diced
  • 5-6 radishes, diced

Liquid (8 cups, cold):

Usually Okroshka is made with Kvass - a fermented fizzy beverage made from eye bread, or kefir - a fermented milk drink, cultured from kefir grains. You can also use buttermilk, tan, ayran, kombucha or just use cold water with sour cream (1/3 cup).

How to make it? 

  1. To prepare the ingredients for okroshka, boil the potatoes whole with the skin on, make hardboiled eggs. Let everything cool completely.
  2. Peel the potatoes and eggs.
  3. Cut potatoes into small cubes, dice eggs, cucumbers, ham, radishes, chop dill and green onions. Mix everything in a large pot.
  4. (to make soup even cooler you can place this the bowl into the refrigerator to chill for about 30 minutes).
  5. Add the liquid of your choice to this bowl,  stir to combine and salt to taste.

Enjoy!

Don't forget to use your Energify vacuum insulated food jar to keep your meal cold and fresh up to 24 hours.