How to cook pea soup?
Soups are a must for every Russian family. How sometimes you want to taste delicious home borsch, cheerful chicken soup with asterisks, soup, saltwort or a hearty pea soup. Today we will reveal the secrets of cooking the last dish.
Before you proceed directly to thedescription of the recipes of pea soup, we will say that different peas need to be soaked in a special way. In no case should you allow hard peas in the prepared soup, otherwise it is spoiled! If you purchased a round whole pea, then it should be soaked for at least 5 hours, you can even leave it overnight. If you have peas in half and you do not achieve the result of soup-puree, then long to soak the ingredient is not worth it. Let it be 3-4 hours.
How to cook pea soup with smoked meat
This soup is good in any variation, but it is especially delicious thanks to smoked products. The first and most popular recipe will be about this.
We will need:
- water - 2 l
- smoked pork ribs - 500 gr
- potatoes - 5-6 pieces
- peas - 250 gr
- carrots - 2 pieces
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.
- Bay leaf
- crackers
- pepper, salt
Preparation: Soak the peas in advance for 5 hours. Pour cold water into the pan, place the smoked ribs there. Wait for a boil of water, and then cook for 40 minutes. Do not be lazy and after this time, strain the meat broth, and then put it again on the stove. Immediately place in it the soaked peas, cook for about 1 hour. All vegetables cut and fry in a pan with vegetable oil. And for 20 minutes before the end of boiling the pea soup, place the contents of the frying pan in a saucepan. At the same time, salt and pepper the almost ready soup. You ask, what for crackers? They are good to serve already to the table with pea soup.
How tasty to cook pea soup with bacon
Soup without meat is not soup. Lunch should always be satisfying. But you can change the pea soup by the following simple variant of its preparation.
We will need:
- peas - 250 gr
- bacon (can be brisket) - 300 g per 2.5 liters of water
- carrots - 1 pc
- onions - 1 pc
- butter
- salt, spices
Preparation: Pre-soak the peas for about 5 hours under the lid. In the same water, boil it (cooking time 1 hour). While cooking peas, finely chop the onions and grate the carrots on a large grater. In butter, fry onion and carrots together. Add them to the peas 15 minutes before cooking, salt, pepper. Then cut the bacon either cubes or straws, and fry in butter. Peas, vegetables and liquid in a saucepan should be mixed with a blender for soup-mashed potatoes. Then place the bacon to the pea soup and bring it to a boil. The dish is ready!
How to cook a delicious pea soup with chicken
The most economical and easy way to preparepea soup with chicken! Why not? You can take any part of the chicken: leg, fatty thighs, lean breast fillet or regular soup set. Pea soup with chicken will please you and your kids!
We will need:
- peas - 250 gr
- chicken (any part) - 500 g per 3 liters of water
- potatoes - 3-4 pieces
- onions - 1 pc
- carrots - 1 pc
- garlic, salt, pepper
Preparation: In advance, soak the peas for about 5 hours or at night. Then start boiling the peas in the water. After 30 minutes, add a clove of garlic to it. Garlic is recommended to squeeze out, although someone prefers not to add this ingredient to the soup. Immediately place in the pan chicken, salt and pepper the water. After, slowly, cut finely onions, grate the carrots on a large grater and fry them in vegetable oil. Add the vegetables to the soup. The final stage will be cleaning potatoes. It should be cut into cubes and placed in a pot of pea soup 10 minutes after roasting (onion and carrots). A delicious dish will be ready in about 20 minutes. But the readiness to check on the condition of peas is better. It should be slightly brewed.
