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    Lagman Recipe – Uzbek Beef Noodle Soup with Vegetables

    March 30, 2015 by Regina 7 Comments

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    This Lagman Recipe is for a flavorful noodle soup from Central Asia. The aromatic broth is filled with vegetables and beef strips.

    Lagman Uzbek Beef Noodle Soup with Vegetables

    These are my absolute favorite posts, when I get to share with you a traditional recipe that I ate growing up. My mom usually cooks these meals off the top of her head, so it is very exciting to me being able to put measurements to these recipes, so I and everyone else can recreate them.

    However, this is also a little intimidating. These recipes are authentic to me, because this is the way I grew up eating them. But I also realize, that someone having grown up with a similar food tradition, may feel these recipes aren’t authentic at all, because they deviate from their family recipe. Though I hope we can all embrace each others food love, even in its differences.

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    My mom was born and grew up in the Central Asian part of Russia. Lagman is a flavorful veggie noodle soup that is eaten in a number of countries from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to Turkmenistan. Wikipedia says it was brought there by Chinese Muslims.

    Lagman Uzbek Beef Noodle Soup with Vegetables

    In research for this Lagman recipe, I observed and took notes when my mom was cooking Lagman. I also found a cookbook of traditional Soviet recipes on her shelf and then there is of course the interwebs with its endless stream of information.

    It seems that lamb is usually used in Lagman, but beef is a common substitute. Traditionally, the noodles are handmade in a unique way of pulling the dough. I found this cool video here. But I always grew up with spaghetti, linguine or fettucine in Lagman. Fresh dough noodles are better than dry pasta.

    When I set out to make Lagman by myself for the very first time, I found these fresh Chinese noodles in my grocery store, and figured they would be as close as I could come to homemade noodles. I think, even fresh Udon noodles will work. For the meat portion of this soup, use a cut with bone. Cooking the bone makes for such a flavorful broth.

    Lagman Ingredients

    The specific vegetables for the soup seemed to be different in every single recipe I found. We always use carrots, potatoes, bell pepper, tomatoes and rutabaga. My mom says the rutabaga is just a substitute for a root vegetable that is very specific to Central Asia and usually found in Lagman.

    I’ve seen others use turnip, daikon or even a bunch of little radishes instead. The rutabaga makes for a sweeter soup as opposed to a radish-like veggie. Additionally, others also use celery, eggplant and whatever other vegetable they might have on hand. This really isn’t a strict recipe. Coriander seeds and star anise are the stars that flavor the broth.

    The noodles are cooked separately, then placed in a deep bowl and topped with the vegetables and beef and as much broth as desired. Some like it drier, while others (like my husband Konrad) like a LOT of broth when eating soup.

    Lagman Uzbek Beef Noodle Soup with Vegetables

    Traditionally a bowl of Lagman is served with a bunch of chopped cilantro, fresh minced garlic and fresh chili slices.

    To adapt it to our preference, I add the garlic and some chili flakes while cooking the soup. And since neither Konrad and I seem to be born with the cilantro-liking gene, some coarsely chopped flat leaf parsley makes a good stand-in.

    I hope that even if you didn’t grow up with Central Asian food influences, you’ll give this delicious, aromatic and filling Noodle Beef Veggie soup a try. I know you will not regret it!

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    Lagman Recipe - Uzbek Beef Noodle Soup with Vegetables

    This Lagman Recipe is for a flavorful noodle soup from Central Asia. The aromatic broth is filled with vegetables and beef strips.
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine Uzbek
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 50 minutes
    Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings 6 -8
    Author LeelaLicious

    Ingredients

    • 1 pound beef cut into small strips (don't discard any bones)
    • 1/4 cup cooking oil
    • 1 large onion chopped
    • 3 garlic cloves minced
    • 2 large carrots diced
    • 2 medium potatoes diced
    • 1 cup diced rutabaga turnip or daikon
    • 1 bell pepper diced
    • 2 tomatoes diced or 1 cup canned tomatoes
    • 1.5 tablespoons sea salt
    • 1 teaspoon paprika powder
    • 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
    • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
    • 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
    • 2 star anise pods
    • 3 quarts hot water
    • 1 pound fresh noodles
    • cilantro or parsley for garnish

    Instructions

    1. In a large soup pot with heavy bottom heat the oil on medium-high heat. Add the beef strips and cook uncovered for about 5 minutes until browned from all sides. Add onion and garlic to the pot and cook on medium until soft.
    2. Add the other vegetables and saute for a few minutes. Add any existing bone and spices (star anise and coriander seeds in a spice bag for easy removal) and fill hot/boiling water into the pot. Bring to a boil, then turn heat to low and simmer for about 40 minutes until meat is tender and vegetables are soft.
    3. Remove any bones and spice bag.

    4. Cook the noodles separately according to directions. Fill cooked noodles into deep bowls, top with soup and add coarsely chopped cilantro or parsley on top.

    Recipe Notes

    To make this recipe gluten-free use gluten-free pasta or zoodles (or other spiralized vegetable noodles). With a vegetable pasta and the potatoes replaced with another vegetable (like sweet potato) you could even make this recipe paleo - like I did with these Zoodles Bolognese.

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    For more recipes with Russian/Soviet background, check out:

    • Uzbek Plov
    • Ukrainian Borscht
    • Russian Beet Salad
    • Poppy Seed Sweet Rolls
    Lagman - Uzbek Beef Noodle Soup with Veggies
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    Comments

    1. Ruth Grass says

      August 22, 2017 at 4:07 pm

      Google search brought me to your site 🙂 my lagman after your recipe is just boiling and it smells and looks amazing! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
      Liebe Grüße

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      • Regina says

        October 16, 2017 at 11:20 pm

        Hallo Ruth, wie toll dass du durch Google hierher gefunden hast. Ich hoffe du und deine Familie haben den Lagman genossen!

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    2. Dariga says

      March 30, 2017 at 9:45 pm

      Hi Regina,

      This is a great recipe and it does look and smell like lagman in any of Central Asian countries! However, can I offer a small change? Lagman is a national dish of Uyghur people, an ethnicity whose representatives live in China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, etc., not quite Uzbek people as the title suggests. I think it’s fair to give Uyghur people their well-deserved credit for this amazing dish!

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    3. Jess @ whatjessicabakednext says

      March 31, 2015 at 10:37 am

      Love this recipe, Regina! Noodle soups are my favourite – this looks so warming and comforting!

      Reply
      • Regina says

        March 31, 2015 at 4:54 pm

        You are so right, Jessica. This soup is pure comfort!

        Reply
    4. Lena says

      March 30, 2015 at 12:53 pm

      Hi, Regina!
      I already tried a few of your sweet recipes which all turned out great, thank you for that 🙂
      But with this post I actually want to thank you for all those great recipes from my country of origin – plov, borsch, lagman… Being born in Uzbekistan, raised by russian parents and brought to Germany in the beginning teens, it is so sweet memories and always my very favourite food when my mum asks me what she should cook when I’ll come to visit her. I find it very necessary to introduce more people to this faboulous cuisine and you are perfect for this job!
      Many many thanks and maybe you will go with pelmeni or some piroshki in the near future 😉
      lots of love :)))

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      • Regina says

        March 31, 2015 at 4:47 pm

        Oh Lena, you have no idea how much your comment means to me!! Thank you!!
        I am so happy to hear you already enjoyed some of my recipes. It sounds like we have a very similar food culture. I was born in Russia (Caucasus), raised in Germany and live in Canada now 😉 Your encouragement for these traditional recipes we both grew up with means the world. And I’ll definitely keep pelmeni and piroshki in mind for future recipes 😀

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