From time immemorial, the first dishes were famous for their extensive recipe book. With the help of fragrant and rich soups, they not only satisfied hunger, but also treated diseases. Unfortunately, in the modern world, with a frantic pace of life, housewives forget or simply cannot afford to spend precious minutes cooking soup. There is only one way out - to take an assistant to the kitchen.
The best option would be a slow cooker, which will reduce the cooking time and will not require your participation in cooking, which will also free your hands and save time. We offer today to cook a delicious and satisfying pork soup in a slow cooker.
With potatoes
The easiest and fastest option for cooking the first pork dish is potato. Cooking will require an affordable and inexpensive set of products. The main ingredient, of course, will be meat. It is important to remember that in order to get a really worthy pork soup in a slow cooker, you need to take care of acquiring high-quality raw materials. It is better to buy meat from a trusted supplier or in the nearest market from a trustworthy butcher.
Essential Ingredients:
- meat on the bone - 350 g;
- potatoes - 3 pieces of medium size;
- carrots - two pcs.;
- four peppercorns;
- one onion;
- a pinch of salt;
- fresh herbs to taste and desire;
- some oil to fry vegetables;
- 2.5 liters of water.
Cooking features
To begin with, pour sunflower oil on the bottom of the bowl and prepare roasting for pork soup on it. In the slow cooker it will be necessary to turn on the "Frying" mode for this period. When the carrots finely chopped on the grater and the onions finely chopped with a knife are fried until a characteristic blush appears, we turn on the “Soup” mode and lay the meat with potatoes.
So that the soup is not starchy, it is better to rinse the potato cubes before sending them to the slow cooker. Then the broth will be more transparent, and the soup will be tasty. After vegetables, lay your favorite spices, leave the greens at the time of serving. When cooking, greens are not put in the soup. Close the lid, set the time - 1 hour. After the characteristic sound of the kitchen helper, we open the lid and pour the aromatic, tasteful pork soup into the plates. In a slow cooker, the potato will boil, but it will not be loose, and the meat will be boiled so that it literally leaves the seed independently.
With peas
To diversify the daily set of dishes served for dinner, you can use delicious pea soup on pork broth. Incredible taste, as well as a pleasant aroma will not leave anyone indifferent. To cook pea soup with pork in a slow cooker, recipes and cookbooks are recommended in the cold season. The soup will perfectly warm and cheer you up.
List of required ingredients:
- 290 g of pork;
- 320 g peas;
- one onion;
- 3 large potato tubers;
- one carrot;
- a pinch of salt;
- 3 g ground pepper;
- laurel. leaflet;
- spices and herbs to taste.
How to cook pea soup with pork in a slow cooker
To make the cooking process faster, as a rule, peas are soaked for several hours, or even for a day. If you use a multicooker, you can skip this process. It only needs to be thoroughly washed and poured into a bowl. Pork cut into small portions will also go there. Since after cooking the soup will be brought to a puree state, it is not necessary to cook separately. Diced carrots and finely chopped onions are sent to the pan immediately. Add the necessary spices, salt, put the bay leaf. Pour water (the amount of liquid will depend on the volume of the bowl), turn on the "Soup" mode for 110 minutes.
As for the potato, the time it is added to the dish will depend on what kind of soup you plan to cook. If it is mashed, then the potato wedges are sent with peas. If you plan to leave a few cubes of potatoes not chopped, then put the potatoes after cooking and chopping the peas, cook it in the same mode for 40 minutes.
Multicooker brand and cooking time
Different manufacturers of kitchen assistants offer different modes and cooking times for dishes such as pork soup. The recipes in the multicooker can be used the same, and the time and mode will be different.
Redmond There is a classic program "Soup", which will cook peas in 100-110, and boil potatoes in 40 minutes.
"Polaris". In this case, it is recommended to use the "Stew" mode for cooking. Cooking time - 120 minutes. If you need to make a classic soup frying, then use the "Frying" mode.
Panasonic. To begin, we recommend using the "Baking" mode, in which you can fry meat and vegetables in 20 minutes. The main preparation is in the "Stew" program. The time before a signal indicating the completion of cooking is about two hours.
Philips. It will take 12-15 minutes to fry the onions and carrots in the "Baking" mode. But for cooking pea soup, the hostess is recommended to use the "Stew" program, set the cooking time to 100 minutes.