Pea soup has long been considered one of the mostpopular soups that are present on our tables. It is filling, tasty and healthy. The preparation of such soup is quite quick and relatively inexpensive. This dish, which was traditional for our distant ancestors, is still loved and revered in many homes. Each housewife, preparing pea soup, uses her own recipe. Therefore, there are many ways and options for preparing soup. What we do not cook it with: with meat, and with poultry, and with bacon, and even without meat. And each soup prepared at home has its own unique bouquet of flavors and aroma. Here are some of these recipes:
Soup with pork smoked ribs
Classic recipe. One of the most delicious recipes for pea soup that we cook at home. Especially appreciated by lovers of pork and very tasty rich soups. Ingredients:
- 300 g of peas
- Smoked ribs - 500 grams
- Average potatoes - 5 pieces
- Carrots - 1 piece
- Celery - 1 piece
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Bay leaf - 2 pieces
- Parsley - 2 sprigs
- Pepper fragrant - 5 pieces
- Ground pepper, salt - to taste
Preparation:To prepare such a delicious soup, thoroughly wash the peas, pour warm boiled water over them and leave to soak for eight to twelve hours. Fill the chopped smoked pork ribs with cold water, put them on the fire and bring to a boil. After that, cook them over low heat for forty to fifty minutes. Then remove the ribs from the broth, strain the broth and put it back on the fire. Separate the meat from the ribs and chop it finely. Drain the water from the peas and lower them into the boiling broth from the ribs. Cook the soup over very low heat, stirring occasionally, until the peas are ready. If the broth starts to boil away during cooking, you can add hot water. Peel the celery root and carrots and grate them. Finely chop the peeled onion. Onion is fried in vegetable oil until golden brown, then celery root and carrots are added and everything is fried over low heat. Peeled potatoes are cut into cubes. All prepared vegetables should be put into the broth and peas and boiled. Five to ten minutes after seasoning the broth with vegetables, salt, pepper, allspice and bay leaf are added. Leave on the fire until the potatoes are cooked. Before serving, the soup is sprinkled with finely chopped parsley.
Pea soup with mashed potatoes
Probably the simplest recipe for pea soup. Perfect for a children's menu: delicious, tender, aromatic. Ingredients:
- Peas
- Carrot
- Onion
- Meat broth
Preparation: This soup cooks very quickly.However, before cooking, the peas are poured with cold water and left to soak for eight to ten hours. Then the water is drained from the peas and they are put into two liters of water or meat broth and put to cook until done. Peeled potatoes are cut into cubes. Peeled carrots are grated on a fine grater, onions are peeled and finely chopped. Vegetables are placed in a saucepan with peas and boiled until done. To make a delicious and tender puree soup from ordinary soup, it is chopped with a blender. After adding salt and pepper, garlic and chopped herbs, the soup is put to cook again, brought to a boil and removed from the heat. Serve with croutons or croutons. Finely chopped smoked meats can be added to this soup. For two liters of water or broth you need two or three medium potatoes, one carrot, one onion, and a glass of peas. Note: If you cook this soup from canned or frozen peas, it will take much less time.
Pea soup with meat
The recipe for meat soup cannot be the only one.Different meats – different soups. Everyone cooks this soup to their own taste. But it turns out very tasty, rich and filling. For example, to make pea soup with pork, you need to take the following ingredients:
- 250 g of pork
- Half a cup of peas
- 6 medium potatoes
- Middle onion
- 2 feather of a green onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 medium carrot
- 10 pieces of pepper
- 2 bay leaves
Preparation:Put the pork in three liters of boiling water and cook quickly for ten minutes, skimming off the foam. Then add the peas to the pot and cook for another fifteen minutes. After that, put the carrots, grated on a coarse grater, and the onion cut in half into the pot. Cook for another ten minutes, add finely chopped green onions, peppercorns, bay leaf, garlic and salt to taste. Continue cooking for another fifteen minutes.
Pea soup with chicken
Recipe for light meat soup. It is no more difficult to cook than any soup with meat, and the cooking technology is no different from other versions of pea soup. Ingredients:
- 3 liters of water
- 1 cup of peas
- 500 grams of chicken
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 4 medium potatoes
- 1 clove of garlic
- Bay leaf, salt and pepper add to taste
Preparation:For this soup, whole peas need to be soaked beforehand; split peas do not need to be soaked. To prevent the peas from boiling to the state of porridge, you can add one or two grams of baking soda to the pot where they are boiled. Twenty minutes after the peas have started to cook, squeeze a clove of garlic into them and add the chicken. Salt everything to taste. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, cut the onion into medium cubes and fry everything in vegetable oil. Add to the pot with the peas. Five to seven minutes after frying, put the potatoes, previously cut into cubes, into the pot. Cook the soup for about twenty minutes. The peas in it should remain whole, but soft, then the soup will be especially tasty.
Soup in German
European cuisine also does not shy away from peas.And in German cuisine they cook very different dishes with it. For example, this is a very tasty, very German soup with a very smoked taste. And it is not difficult to cook it at home. Ingredients:
- Smoked shank
- Peas
- Carrot
- Bow
- Garlic
Preparation:Half a kilogram of smoked knuckle is boiled after boiling for five minutes. The broth is drained, the meat is separated from the bones and the skin is removed. The meat is poured with hot broth and put back on the fire. The peas are boiled. Large, grated carrots and two chopped onions are quickly fried over high heat. The boiled knuckle is taken out of the broth, cut into small pieces. They are placed in a saucepan with broth, peas and fried vegetables are added there. Everything is boiled for ten minutes, after which two cloves of chopped garlic are added and the soup is covered with a lid for a couple of seconds. Then the heat is turned off and the soup is allowed to brew for twenty minutes. Serve with toast or croutons of white bread.
Pea soup with bacon
Another recipe for making soup with smoked meats. Regular bacon is suitable for it – smoked, tasty, but not very fatty. Ingredients:
- 100 g of peas
- 8 slices of bacon
- 1.5 liters of broth
- 1 carrot
- 2 heads of onions
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 0.5 teaspoon dried herbs
- Salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation: Prepare peas for soup.To make the peas soft and the soup tasty, pour cold water over the peas and leave to soak for eight to twelve hours. Lightly fry the diced carrots and onion rings in vegetable oil. Add the diced bacon and fry everything together for a few minutes. Add all of this to the broth with peas, seasoned with pepper, salt and spices. Cook the broth over low heat for one hour, then rub everything through a sieve, put it back on low heat and bring to a boil. Before serving, sprinkle the soup with finely chopped parsley.
Pea soup without meat
Pea soup is quite high in calories. Therefore, for those who carefully monitor their weight, a recipe for making a lean soup (without meat) is suitable. Ingredients:
- Peas
- Onion
- Garlic
- Greenery
- Spices
Preparation:Peas in the amount of nine hundred grams are washed well, filled with cold water in the ratio: two parts of peas to three liters of water. Put the pan on the fire. Cut a large onion into three or four pieces and put into the pan. Stirring occasionally, cook until the peas turn into porridge. The consistency of the soup can be made according to your own taste. To make it liquid, the soup can be diluted with boiled water and boiled for a few more minutes. To make the soup tasty and aromatic, add three finely chopped cloves of garlic, twenty grams of chopped dill, half a teaspoon of ground coriander, hops-suneli and two grams of black pepper. Salt to taste. One kilogram of peas requires one large onion.
Instant pea soup
Lenten cooking has always been popular in Rus'.But it is known that Lent is not only spiritual cleansing, but physical. And each recipe for Lenten cuisine is just a godsend for adherents of a healthy lifestyle. No, our ancestors were smart and took care of their health. To prepare a delicious Lenten soup at home, we will need the following ingredients:
- Half a glass of peas
- 4 medium potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1.5 cups of water
- 1 tablespoon butter for onion roasting
- Greens, salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation:Peas are soaked in cold water for eight to ten hours. For this soup you will need noodles. They are prepared as follows: add three tablespoons of vegetable oil, a tablespoon of cold water, and salt to half a glass of flour. Knead the dough and leave it for an hour. Then roll out the dough, dry it, cut it into strips, and dry it again. Boil the peas until half-cooked in the same water in which they were soaked. Add fried onions, diced potatoes, noodles, salt, and pepper. Cook until done. It does not matter, ladies, which recipe you choose. The only thing that matters for preparing pea soup is your mood. And in a good mood, any recipe will provide you with a delicious, aromatic, and so homey pea soup. We recommend reading:
