Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, split pea and bacon soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Split Pea and Bacon Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Split Pea and Bacon Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have split pea and bacon soup using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Split Pea and Bacon Soup:
- Take onion
- Make ready carrot, diced
- Prepare dried split peas, rinsed
- Take bay leaves
- Make ready chicken or vegetable stock
- Make ready water
- Get salt and pepper
- Take bacon ends, diced small
Instructions to make Split Pea and Bacon Soup:
- In large Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until most of the fat has rendered. Reserve a few bits of bacon for garnish. Spoon off all but one tablespoon of bacon fat. Keep the bacon fat in a clean container in your freezer, and use it for other things like roasting potatoes, eggs, chickens, etc.
- Add vegetables to pot. Let them cook until vegetables have softened and onion is translucent, about 5-7 minutes. Add peas and toss with vegetables until evenly coated with bacon fat. Add bay leaves, stock, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Let simmer until peas are tender, about 45-60 minutes. Periodically skim the top of soup of grease. If soup seems too thick, thin out with more stock or water.
- When peas are tender, you can leave the soup alone if you want it chunky. I like to purée the soup so it is creamier. Just stick an immersion blender into soup and blend as much as you like. You can also transfer half of soup to regular blender or food processor, then add the blended soup back to the unblended half.
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