Is pea soup a real challenge for you? Don't you like to mess with peas? Cook it for three hours, but is it still hard? Your loved ones do not like pea soup, because it makes stomach discomfort? We will share the secrets of a delicious and healthy dish for the whole family, tell you how to cook pea soup with meatballs. The recipe is simple and it turns out so delicious that you want to cook it again and again.
True, we will move slightly away from the classics and add our ingredients: pumpkin and celery. Believe me, they go well with peas and improve the taste of the finished dish.
This is useful to know
Peas choose chopped and necessarily polished. It is digested much faster and much tastier in the soup. It is always better to pre-soak it in cold water overnight. So the pea draws water, boils evenly and much faster, the films leave its surface, which spoil not only the taste, but also the look of the soup. By the way, soaking helps relieve the soup of "musicality." To do this, it must be thoroughly washed so that excess starch and surface film are gone. Rinse to clear water. What color to add cereal to pea soup with meatballs - green or yellow - does not matter. They are almost identical in taste.
Peas are a protein dish, and when boiled, enough foam is released. It must be removed, otherwise the soup will turn out muddy.
We use celery in our soup. And even if it’s not in the classic recipe, it’s worth a try. It also improves digestion and eliminates flatulence.
Pea soup with meatballs: a step by step recipe
So we need:
- peas (halves) - a large glass;
- 3 medium sized potatoes;
- 150 g pumpkin;
- carrot;
- bulb;
- celery - 2-3 stems;
- minced meat - 350 g;
- salt;
- pepper, bay leaf.
Dip the prepared peas in boiling water and cook for 15 minutes. Salt does not need to be added, otherwise it will be solid. We will salt the ready-made pea soup with meatballs, at the very end. Then we clean, dice the pumpkin and potatoes and send it to boil for the peas.
At this time, cook the roasting.
Finely chop the onion, three carrots on a grater. We take celery stalks, cut into large pieces and chop in a blender. Add to carrots and onions, fry and send to soup. Now proceed to the meatballs. Stuff the minced meat, pepper and knead well, tear small pieces, roll into balls and send to soup. Now you can pepper a little, throw a bay leaf. Another 10-15 minutes we give the soup to sweat, do not cover with a lid. After you must remove the bay leaf from the soup, it gives bitterness. Now you can add it.
Our soup is ready. Traditionally, it is served with herbs and croutons. If someone loves with sour cream and crushed garlic and salt, then the choice is yours. The main thing is to be tasty!
Pea soup with meatballs in a slow cooker
Many housewives are very pleased with the work of the multicooker. It saves time well, you do not need to constantly be at the stove, and the dishes are no worse. Well, check? To start, we will prepare the following products:
- chopped peas - 1 cup;
- 3 small potatoes;
- bulb;
- medium-sized carrots;
- minced meat - 250 g;
- spice;
- greens;
- toast.
Getting down to cooking
We chop the chopped yellow peas in cold water and put them in the multicooker bowl. Add water, 1.5-2 liters, select the "Extinguishing" mode and set 1.5 hours on the timer. The peas themselves are cooked for an hour, then you can add vegetables and meatballs to it.
It is better to take chopped peas - this is prepared quickly, and it does not need to be pre-soaked. Do not take unpolished - you can cook it, only the scales will float on the surface of the soup, and this will ruin the appearance of the soup. Therefore, in pea soup with meatballs we add only peeled peas.
Wash and peel the potatoes, cut into small cubes and add to the peas after an hour. To prevent raw potatoes from darkening, keep them in cold water and chop them just before putting them in the bowl.
Three carrots on a coarse grater, chop the onion, fry in a pan.
The pan needs to be warmed up well and only then add oil, otherwise the vegetables will burn up.
Getting to the meatballs. Cooking the minced meat: add ½ tsp to the meat. salt, ground black pepper on the tip of the knife, carefully knead until smooth. Separate small pieces and roll them into balls the size of a quail egg.
Fry meatballs on all sides in a pan until golden brown, mix with vegetables and fry for another couple of minutes over medium heat.
Add the fried meatballs with onions and carrots to the slow cooker 10-12 minutes after the potatoes, add salt, pepper to taste, mix gently and leave to cook.
Cooking croutons
Often, croutons are usually served with soup. And pea is no exception. You can buy ready-made, but you can cook yourself.
To do this, cut the bread into cubes and fry in a dry frying pan until golden brown. So that bread does not crumble, it is better not to use fresh.
Ready pea soup with meatballs served with finely chopped dill, croutons and sour cream. And if you add a smile to it, your lunch will be the most delicious!