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Achichuk

Name: Achichuk
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Uzbekistan
Ingredients: 3 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1 Green Chili Pepper; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Cilantro

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Thinly sliced tomato and onion dressed with just salt — the refreshing Uzbek salad essential with plov.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Achichuk means 'spicy and sweet,' a simple dish of very thinly sliced tomato and onion sprinkled with salt. It always accompanies plov, which uses a lot of oil, and cleanses the palate. The trick is soaking the onion in water to remove its bite, and many families add green chili for heat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a celebration, a small dish of bright red tomato and white onion achichuk sits beside a big platter of plov.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Tomato 3
Onion 1
Green Chili Pepper 1
Salt 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Cilantro To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Slice the onion into very thin half-moons, rub with a little salt, and soak in water to remove the bite.
Halve the tomatoes lengthwise and slice thinly.
Seed the green chili and cut into thin strips.
Combine the well-drained onion, tomato, and green chili and dress with salt and pepper.
Scatter with chopped cilantro.

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