Split Pea and Bacon Soup
Split Pea and Bacon Soup

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, split pea and bacon soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Split Pea and Bacon Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Split Pea and Bacon Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

Many people's first memory of pea soup is one made by a grandmother for a huge gathering of family and friends. Thick and hearty, served with homemade bread, split pea soup is loved far and wide as comfort food. This version is made with a generous amount of bacon for garnish, along with a few. Would you like a side of split pea soup with your bacon?

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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:
  1. Make ready 1 small onion
  2. Prepare 1 large carrot, diced
  3. Make ready 1 lb dried split peas, rinsed
  4. Get 2 bay leaves
  5. Take 4 cup chicken or vegetable stock
  6. Take 1 cup water
  7. Get 1 salt and pepper
  8. Take 4 oz bacon ends, diced small

We all know what we should be. Split pea soup is so easy! It's a great for a meal or as a side dish. This will fill you up and warm your belly and it's so good!

Instructions to make Split Pea and Bacon Soup:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

It's a great for a meal or as a side dish. This will fill you up and warm your belly and it's so good! Join me in the kitchen for. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Place bacon, split peas, hash brown potatoes, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and chicken broth in a slow cooker It's atypical for me to use bacon at all in a meal but it really made this dish something special.

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