Many centuries ago, modern pea porridge was called affectionately as a maid of war, prepared for itself and for guests. Currently, a leaflet from a cookbook with a recipe for a maid of smoked meat is not so often presented to the hostess. Today, preference is given to pasta or potatoes, and peas are unjustly forgotten. But it is in legumes that contain a huge amount of vitamins, minerals and minerals, which are so necessary for our body. Even doctors recommend eating pea cereals with various additives a couple of times a month.
Smoked bacon pea porridge
And this is perhaps the most popular and favorite recipe for our great-grandmothers. For cooking, simple products are used that are in the refrigerator of every villager. As for the housewives living in the urban jungle, they will be able to buy all the necessary ingredients at the nearest supermarket. It will cost inexpensively.
Essential Products
- 400 g of pork bones.
- 150 g of bacon (smoked bacon).
- Onion.
- Sunflower oil.
- Carrot.
- A pinch of salt.
- Ground pepper.
Description of the recipe for pea porridge with smoked meats
Experienced housewives know for sure that a delicious pea porridge is obtained not on water, but on good meat broth. That is why before starting cooking, you need to cook a good broth. Use better pork bones. They will quickly give the necessary fat. Putting the meat in water, add salt, bay leaf and peppercorns. We put the meat to cook. Do not forget to periodically remove the foam. We especially carefully monitor foaming after the broth has boiled. As a rule, it takes about one and a half hours to get a good brew.
Intending to master the recipe for a maid with smoked meat, do not forget to soak the main ingredient in cold water a couple of hours before cooking (preferably one day). Carrots should be chopped on a fine grater, and peeled and chopped onions. Fry vegetables lightly in sunflower oil for 5 minutes. Then add to them the lard (or bacon), cut into thin cubes. We take the meat out of the pan, replace it with peas. Cook for 40 minutes. At the final stages, add the fried bacon and vegetables. We try on salt. If necessary, we adjust the taste of the dish. According to the recipe, a female smoked woman is served with sour cream. You can sprinkle fresh parsley or green onions in a plate.
Porridge with chicken legs
If you do not accept the use of lard in dishes or it is problematic to get a high-quality smoked pork ham, then you can use a regular chicken leg to prepare a maid. It is inexpensive, and it is sold in any supermarket. Also for cooking you will need:
- 280 g peas;
- 40 g butter;
- salt.
How to cook
This option, perhaps, can be called lazy or fast. In addition to the fact that very simple ingredients and in small quantities are necessary for cooking, the use of kitchen appliances will help to speed up the cooking process. The recipe for a housewife with smoked meats in a slow cooker is a real find for modern housewives who appreciate every free minute of time. If the usual pea porridge will cook for a long time, then modern household appliances can cook the bean in the shortest possible time. Some housewives do not even soak peas before sending them to the slow cooker.
Still, this is recommended. According to our recipe for smoked maize, this must be done. Soaking time is one and a half hours. After this, peas are laid out in a bowl, the multicooker lid is closed, the "stewing" mode works for one hour.
After a specified period of time, smoked meats are added to the almost ready peas. Butter can be put at this stage in the multicooker bowl, or can be added later on serving. Turn on the kitchen assistant for another 10 minutes in the same mode. The dish is ready.
The main secrets of cooking pea porridge in a slow cooker
As you already understood, cooking porridge from peas in a slow cooker is much faster and easier than in a conventional pan. Not only will the porridge cook very quickly, you don’t need to follow it, it certainly won’t burn. In order for the capricious pea groats to continue to listen to the hostess, we offer some simple, but useful and effective tips.
- When preparing peas with smoked pork, peas are first cooked, and then meat is added to it. Turn the slow cooker into the porridge mode for 25 minutes, cook the peas, and then go to the stew and cook the porridge with the addition of meat.
- Soaking peas is recommended not only in order to speed up the cooking process. On dry peas there is a specific film, the smell of which not everyone will like. When soaking, changing water, washing peas, the film leaves, as does its unpleasant smell.
- For the preparation of peas with vegetables, smoked meats, it is better to take chopped peas. It will boil 40 minutes faster than the whole.
- Do not add salt immediately. Pea porridge is salted at the very end of cooking.
- The normal proportion of water and cereals in the recipe for maids is 2 and 1. A fresh portion is quickly eaten at dinner. The remaining porridge can be cooked tomorrow, simply by adding water and heating on a stove or in a slow cooker.
- It is possible to cook raspberries not only with smoked meat, lard or sausage. It can be an excellent side dish for fish, stew or vegetables. Peas, as you know, goes well with carrots, tomatoes and red bell peppers. For lovers, “hotter” can be added to the porridge (at the cooking stage) a couple of slices of hot chili pepper.