What to cook from nettle: 4 healthy dishes for every day (+ bonus video)

Nettle is a plant that has many beneficial properties. It is rich in vitamins and minerals and is also high in protein. And nettles can be used to prepare a variety of delicious and nutritious dishes. We at joy-pup offer interesting recipes in which nettle will be the main ingredient.

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Nettle soup

It will be the most useful and very nutritious. Thanks to its rich taste, even children will like the soup.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh nettle
• 1 bulb
• 2 potatoes
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Sour cream for serving

Step by step preparation:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan and fry the chopped onion until translucent.
• Add the nettle and sauté it along with the onion for 5 minutes.
• Add chopped potatoes and vegetable broth.
• Cook the soup over medium heat until the potatoes are soft.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve the soup hot with sour cream added for a nice refreshing taste.

Nettle cutlets

Delicious cutlets can be made from meat. For example, they can be prepared from nettles. We present a simple recipe.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups fresh nettles
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Vegetable oil for frying

Step by step preparation:

• Combine the nettles, chopped onion, breadcrumbs, breadcrumbs and eggs in a large bowl.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and mix well to combine all ingredients.
• Form cutlets from the resulting mass.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the cutlets on both sides until golden brown.
• Serve nettle cutlets with fresh vegetables or a side dish of your choice.

Nettle salad

Add this simple ingredient to fresh summer salads. We offer a simple solution.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups fresh nettles, chopped
• 1 cucumber, diced
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 onion, cut into rings
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

• Mix nettle, cucumber, tomato and onion in a large bowl.
• Add olive oil and lemon juice.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix all ingredients well.
• Serve fresh and flavorful nettle salad as a main course or side dish.

Nettle chips

Even chips can be made from nettles. In this case, you can saturate your body with vitamins and minerals.

Ingredients:

• Fresh nettle
• Olive oil
• Salt

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Wash the nettle and dry it.
• Remove the leaves from the nettle and place them in a bowl.
• Drizzle the leaves with olive oil and toss well to coat all sides with oil.
• Arrange the leaves on the baking sheet without overlapping.
• Salt the chips to taste.
• Bake in the oven for about 10-15 minutes or until the chips are crispy and golden.
• Let them cool down a bit before serving.

To be continued…