Despite the fact that Azu is a dish of Tatar cuisine, it is popular all over the world. This is a surprisingly harmonious combination of meat, vegetables and spices, which to cook which any housewife can be prepared. Azu helps out when it is necessary to feed a large number of people or quickly do something tasty for dinner. In winter, Azu in a multicooker will warm the body, and the aroma of fragrant spices will remind you of a warm summer ... In this article we will tell you how to make a tasty azu in a slow cooker with different varieties of meat.

Classical Azu

Since Azu is the property of Tatar cuisine, and the Tatars, as you know, are Muslims, any meat is suitable for the preparation of classic azu in a slow cooker, except pork. In this recipe, chicken fillet will be used. If desired, it can be replaced with a turkey.

What ingredients will be needed to make aza in a slow cooker:

• potatoes - 6 pcs;
• onions - 2 pcs;
• chicken fillet (breast) - 1.5 kg;
• tomato paste - 3 tbsp. l.;
• pickled cucumber - 3 pcs;
• bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs;
• cucumber brine - 120 ml;
• water - 100 ml;
• bay leaf - 3 pcs;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• sunflower oil.

Method of preparing chicken azu in a slow cooker:

1. Rinse chicken in running water and cut into oblong slices.
2. Install the slow cooker in the "baking" mode and heat up a little sunflower oil in the bowl.
3. Fry the beef for 10 minutes until the aromatic broth is formed.
4. Remove the core of Bulgarian sweet pepper and chop it with thin strips.
5. Pickled cucumbers are also cut into strips, and onions with thin half rings.
6. Transfer vegetables to the meat, mix and cook for 5 minutes with an open cover.
7. At this time, dilute tomato paste in water and pour the mixture into a slow cooker. Add a laurel, brine and salt to taste.
8. Switch the slow cooker to the “Extinguishing” program and cook for 10 minutes.
9. After the specified time, add potatoes chopped by cubes, and cook another 20 minutes until the potato becomes soft.
10. Before serving on the table, it is advisable to decorate the aza in a slow cooker with herbs.

Kurin Azu in a slow cooker is prepared much faster than beef or pork, so this recipe can come in handy if you need to quickly make a delicious dinner.

Beef azu in a slow cooker

Beef Aza in a slow cooker can also be called a classic Tatar Aza. The cooking time depends on the "age" and the quality of beef. So, if you are lucky to get a delicate veal, you should not spoil it with too long heat treatment. And if it was not possible to find anything better than frozen meat of an “indefinite age”, it is better to freeze it longer.

Useful advice: meat does not tolerate stressful defrosting, so if you want to preserve those few useful qualities that remain in frozen beef, defrost it gradually. Lower the piece into cold water and wait for thawing. It is better to fill the meat with water in the evening, and the next day, cook azu in a slow cooker. So the meat is filled with water and will be juicier.

What ingredients are needed for the preparation of beef azu in a slow cooker:

• beef (fillet) - 500 g;
• onions - 2 pcs;
• carrots - 1 pc;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l.;
• sugar-sand-1 tsp;
• grain mustard - 1 tbsp. l.;
• salty cucumber - 1 pc;
• soy sauce without additives - 2 tbsp. l.;
• vinegar vinegar - 1 tsp;
• the seasoning of the hop-suunels-1 tsp;
• sunflower oil;
• salt, a mixture of peppers to taste;
• bay leaf - 2 pcs.

The indicated number of ingredients is designed for 5-7 servings.

How to make beef azu in a slow cooker:

1. First, you need to make a fragrant marinade for meat. Cut the beef with small oblong pieces or cubes. In a deep bowl, mix mustard, soy sauce, vinegar, a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil and hop-sunels. Put the meat into the marinade and mix thoroughly with clean hands. Cover the bowl with cling film and put in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours.
   
2. Clean the onions and cut it as smaller as possible, cut the pickled cucumber with small cubes.
3. Install the slow cooker in the "baking" mode and heat a little sunflower oil in a bowl. Fry the marinated meat until golden crust.
4. Put the meat from the slow cooker into a separate bowl, and fry the onion in the oil remaining from it.
5. When the onion becomes translucent, add grated carrots and continue to fry for another 5 minutes, stirring periodically.
6. Add the pickled cucumber and cook for another 5 minutes.
7. Mix tomato paste with sugar and pour into a multicooker bowl. Mix, change the program to “extinguish” and prepare for 5 minutes.
8. Put the meat into a slow cooker, pour hot water, salt, add bay leaf and a mixture of peppers to taste. Lower the lid and cook Azu in a slow cooker for 50 minutes.
9. Before serving on the table, sprinkle with greens abundantly.

The beef Azu in the slow cooker goes well with any side dish, but the potato or lentil puree is most suitable for him.

An alternative recipe for making azu in a slow cooker watch in the video below:

Pig Azu in a slow cooker

Although Azu is not supposed to cook with pork, no one can ban it. Therefore, if religious beliefs and gastronomic preferences do not interfere with you, try to make azu in a slow cooker with pork.

What ingredients will be required to make pork azu in a slow cooker:

• pork without bone - 600 g;
• potatoes - 5 pcs;
• salty cucumber - 2pcs;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l.;
• onions - 1 pc;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• the greens are fresh.

How to make delicious pork azu in a slow cooker:

1. Peel the onion and crumble it as well as possible.
2. Cut the pork in large cubes. Since pork is more tender, it is not necessary to cut it with thin oblong slices.
3. Install the "Frying" program, heat a little oil in a potted pot and fry the onion with meat. When almost all the broth evaporates, salt and pepper.
4. Cut pickled cucumbers with small cubes and put them on top of meat.
5. Mix tomato paste with a small amount of water and pour a mixture of meat with vegetables with a mixture.
6. Add potatoes chopped with small cubes.
7. Change the mode for “extinguishing” and prepare aza in a slow cooker for 60 minutes.
8. After the sound signal, open the lid, prevent the ingredients and let the azu in the slow cooker stand for 15 minutes in the "heating" mode.
9. Before serving, decorate the dish with fresh herbs.

Check out an alternative recipe for cooking pork azu in a slow cooker:

Azu with a horse in a slow cooker

Konina is one of the few meat products, so rich in useful substances. Regular use of this meat prolongs life, retains youth and health. Initially, Tatar Azu was prepared from Konina, so we suggest you make this dish according to all the rules.

Useful advice: the Uzbeks knowing a lot about the national cuisine say that not all conninum is suitable for cooking azu. The best meat is sold at the end of autumn-early winter, so it is preferable to do Azu during this period.

The ingredients necessary for the preparation of azu in a slow cooker:

• horseman without bone - 400 g;
• fresh tomatoes - 2 pcs;
• pickled cucumbers - 1 pc;
• potatoes- 4 pcs;
• mustard oil - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
• onions - 1 pc;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• water - 200 ml;
• the greens are fresh.

Fresh tomatoes can be replaced with 2-3 tablespoons of tomato paste.

Method of preparing aza from coninina in a slow cooker:

1. Rinse the horse in running water and cut with cubes 4 cm in length and 2 cm in width.
2. Install the slow cooker in the "Frying" mode, heat in the bowl of a little sunflower oil and fry the horse to crust.
3. Put the meat into a separate plate, change the mode for “baking” and fry finely chopped onions in the same oil.
4. When the onion becomes golden, add tomato paste or duffed tomatoes, salt, pepper and languish for 5 minutes, stirring periodically.
5. Put the meat back into the slow cooker, pour the ingredients with water and cook for 30 minutes.
6. At this time, clean the potatoes and cut it with cubes.
7. After 30 minutes, add potatoes and sliced \u200b\u200bcucumber into the bowl.
8. Switch the mode to “extinguish” and cook until the potato becomes soft.
9. Before serving, sprinkle aza in a slow cooker with herbs and finely chopped garlic.

Azu from the horses is very tasty if you choose the right meat. Such a dish will become a real decoration of the festive table, warm and saturate with frosty winter evening.