Recipe for pea soup in a slow cooker. Smoked Pea Soup

A crock-pot is an excellent kitchen appliance, and it greatly facilitates the life of a modern housewife. You don’t have to follow the preparation of dishes anymore - the device itself performs many functions, and at the end of cooking, the signal will beep, urging the home cook to try the cooked meal. And the first dishes are really nice to cook, especially without straining. For example, you can implement any of the recipes of pea soup in a slow cooker with ease right now. And so that the thick dish does not burn, the "smart" device will follow. Well, then we proceed?

A few words about soaking peas

In matters of preparing the first dishes of peas, the opinions of the hostesses are divided. There are two ways. One involves pre-soaking the beans before further cooking, the other does not. How to do it is up to you. If you want to cook quickly, then you can not soak. And if you do not rush, then you can fill it with water at night. To do this, pre-rinse the peas and pour them into a deep plate. Beans are filled with warm water so that it completely covers them. Cover with a napkin and leave on the kitchen table.

Recipe for pea soup in a slow cooker for the lazy

If you consider yourself a category of people who are not too fond of spending all their free time creating culinary delights, then this option is just right. Lazy pea soup with pork in a slow cooker will provide an opportunity to fully appreciate the benefits of this kitchen appliance. What do we take? A pound of pork, a glass of chopped peas (do not soak!), One medium-sized carrot, a couple of potatoes, onions, spices with salt.

How to cook

1. We wash and clean the pork from everything unnecessary, cut into large cubes.
2. Peel the carrots and three on a grater.
3. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes.
4. Peel and finely chop the onions.
5. In the multicooker bowl we put meat, peas, carrots, onions, potatoes - all at once. And pour 2.5 liters of water.
6. Cooking pea soup in a slow cooker takes place on the "Stew" mode (time - 2 hours). We keep the lid closed during the whole process and do not add anything - to that dish and the “lazy" one. Just before the very end we introduce salt and spices according to your personal preferences and mix.
7. As you can see, the recipe for pea soup in a slow cooker for lazy people is extremely simple. We will only have to open the lid of the device and pour the portioned dish on the plates, decorating finely chopped greens. By the way, it turns out richly, thickly, tasty - in fact, soup puree. Although individual peas may get caught. But they are also soft and tasty.
   

Lean pea soup in a slow cooker

This option is suitable for those housewives who spend a longer time in the kitchen - with taste, feeling, with the arrangement. At the same time, this is an economical recipe, as meat is not available here. But saving is not at the expense of taste. In this case, peas should be soaked before cooking - preferably at night, well, or at least for 6 hours. It will swell during this time and without any cooking will be as if half ready. Another difference: do not boil vegetables (carrots, onions, potatoes) to a puree state. Indeed, no doubt, the less heat treatment, the more vitamins will remain.

Ingredients and Cooking

Take one multi-glass of chopped peas, 5 tubers of new potatoes, carrots, onions, a little vegetable oil, salt with spices.

1. How to cook pea soup in a slow cooker? Pre-rinse the main ingredient (until the water is clear) and soak, at least for several hours.
2. We spread the beans in a multicooker bowl, pour 3 liters of water. We turn on the “Soup” mode (time - 1 hour). Close the lid of the device and prepare pea broth.
3. When cooked, pour it into a separate bowl. A bowl of my multicooker.
4. Vegetables - onions, potatoes - washed, peeled and diced. Three large carrots. In a bowl of a kitchen appliance, drip a little vegetable oil and, warming up, pour the onions and carrots.
5. "Frying" mode - 10 minutes.
6. Then we introduce potatoes there too. And after a minute, fill in pea broth (along with boiled legumes) and transfer to the "Stew / Soup" mode - 40 minutes. In the final, salt and pepper and serve, sprinkled with chopped herbs. You can also add rye crackers - it turns out very tasty.
   

Smoked - European

Soup with peas and ribs in ancient times was the main dish for workers and villagers throughout Europe. Pea is an unpretentious and very productive plant. It is stored for a long time in dried form and preserves all the useful properties. And it contains a lot of nutrient protein needed by the body, which in composition is close to meat protein.

Pea soup with smoked meats in a slow cooker is no less simple. And to prepare a large five-liter pan of such a first course we need: a pound of smoked pork ribs, 400 grams of dried peas, a couple of onions, carrots, pieces of 5 medium-sized potatoes. Salt with spices - according to individual preference. And for decoration - fresh herbs.

How to cook

Stages of preparation:

1. So, the recipe for pea soup in a slow cooker is European. We prepare vegetables for the further process: peel and cut potatoes with onions. And we rub the carrots coarsely.
2. From the onions and carrots we do the frying - in vegetable oil in the bowl of the multicooker ("Frying" mode).
3. We wash the peas, prepare smoked ribs.
4. Put both of the main ingredients in the multicooker bowl. Close the lid. Select the “Quick Cooking” mode (time - 20 minutes).
5. After the signal, put the potatoes in the multicooker. Select the “Quick Cooking” mode (time - 10 minutes). At the end of the multicooker we introduce frying and in the "Frying" mode we bring to a boil (another 5 minutes).

With this cooking method, legumes are boiled, and pea soup with smoked meats in a slow cooker is tasty and thick. When serving, sprinkle the dish with fresh chopped herbs. You can serve croutons or crackers - rye or wheat.

Tips for home cooks

There are special secrets that will help give the dish extra flavor. Here is some of them.

1. We cook the frying not in vegetable oil, but in bacon (it needs to be cut into small pieces). First, fry only the bacon, then add the onions, after a minute - grated carrots. In a soup with smoked meats, put the frying along with bacon. This gives the aromatic first course an extra flavor.
2. Well combined with a set of ingredients spices "Provencal herbs" or "Italian herbs." The dish will have a slight mint flavor with marjoram. Because of these spices, the smoked soup will appear saturated with field aromas.
3. There are nuances in the preparation of smoked ribs themselves. Before introducing vegetables into the soup, it is advisable to remove them and separate the flesh from the bones. We cut the meat in small pieces and return it back to the bowl of the multicooker. Thus, the soup with peas and smoked meats will become even tastier, and it will be easier to serve in portions. Bon appetit to all!