One of the most favourite soups in our family is yellow split pea soup with smoked meat! Hearty, rich, flavourful, and served with a great addition - with crispy croutons or breadcrumbs. In short, the perfect first course for a delicious lunch. I'm sharing our family recipe with you ?
Ingredients
- 1.5 litres water (for a pot of 2.5 - 2.7 litres)
- 100 g yellow split pea
- 350 g smoked meat (I cooked pea soup with smoked chicken carcasses, you can choose any smoked meat to your taste)
- 1 pcs onion
- 2 pcs carrots
- 4 pcs potatoes
- 5 tbsp. frying oil
- 2 pcs laurel leaf
- salt, black pepper (to taste)
- herbs (for decoration when serving)
Instructions
- Prepare all the products.
- Rinse the peas, pour 1 cup of water and leave to soak overnight. This will help eliminate the negative effects of peas on digestion. And such peas will boil faster.
- Drain the water from the peas in which they were soaking. Transfer it to a small pot, pour water (1.5 cups) and put it on the fire.
- When the peas boil, remove the foam.
- Cook on a low heat for 40 minutes until tender, stirring occasionally to prevent the peas from sticking.
- Peel and wash the vegetables: potatoes, onions and carrots.
- Dice the onions and grate the carrots.
- Heat a frying pan with oil.
- Place the onions and carrots.
- Fry them lightly over medium heat.
- Cut the potatoes into random pieces.
- The smoked chicken carcasses I divided into pieces to fit in the pan.
- Pour cold water into the saucepan, put the potatoes and meat in it, and cook after boiling for 15 minutes.
- Add salt, pepper to taste, bay leaf, peas cooked separately, roast. Stir and simmer after boiling for 5 minutes.
- Remove the smoked meat from the soup and separate the meat from the bones.
- Send the meat back to the pot and allow the pea soup to come to a good boil. Taste for salt, black pepper. Add more if needed.
- Cover the pot with a lid, remove the pea soup from the heat and let it infuse for half an hour.
- Delicious pea soup with smoked meat is ready! Serve it with croutons. Decorate with herbs, it will be even more flavourful.
- Try to cook homemade split pea soup according to our recipe and share your impression in the comments ?
Notes
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