Green Split Pea & Bacon Soup
Recipe: #14995
October 22, 2014
Categories: Comfort Food, Soups and Stews, Pork, Bacon, Vegetables, Peas, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, Winter, Blender, Stove Top, Make it from scratch more
"From Super Food Ideas July 2008. Though I have listed chicken stock as per recipe I used a homemade ham stock. This bought back memories of New Years Eve parties that my parents used to have and there was always pots of mushy peas served. UPDATE- after making this several times now I have found the cooking time will vary between 25 to 45 minutes - I can only put it down to the split peas and that they may vary from packet to packet."
Original recipe yields 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (317.3 g)
- Calories 554.8
- Total Fat - 18.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.3 g
- Cholesterol - 68.4 mg
- Sodium - 771.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 63.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 17.8 g
- Sugars - 8.9 g
- Protein - 33.7 g
- Calcium - 166.7 mg
- Iron - 5.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 8.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.8 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium high heat and add onion and garlic and cook stirring for about 3 minutes till onion is soft.
Step 2
Add peas and stir to coat.
Step 3
Add stock and cold water and bring to the boil.
Step 4
Reduce heat to low and simmer partially covered for 25 to 45 minutes or until peas are tender (see note above).
Step 5
Remove from heat and process half the soup in a blender or use a stick blender till smooth or do what I did and put the stick blender straight into the pot and process to your liking.
Step 6
Return to pot or if you just used the stick blender, stir in lemon juice and cook for 3 minutes or until heated through.
Step 7
While soup was cooking in the first 25 minutes, heat a frying pan over medium high heat and add bacon and cook till crisp or use recipe #208501 .
Step 8
Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel and drain and then crumble into pieces.
Step 9
Ladle soup into bowls and top with crumbled bacon and paprika and serve with a roll or crusty bread if desired.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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