Green Split Pea And Bacon Soup Recipes

GREEN SPLIT PEA AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a saucepan over medium high heat and add onion and garlic and cook stirring for about 3 minutes till onion is soft.
• Add peas and stir to coat.
• Add stock and cold water and bring to the boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer partially covered for 25 to 45 minutes or until peas are tender (see note above).
• Remove from heat and process half the soup in a blender or use a stick blender till smooth or do what I did and put the stick blender straight into the pot and process to your liking.
• Return to pot or if you just used the stick blender, stir in lemon juice and cook for 3 minutes or until heated through.
• While soup was cooking in the first 25 minutes, heat a frying pan over medium high heat and add bacon and cook till crisp or use recipe #208501 .
• Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel and drain.
• Crumble into pieces.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with crumbled bacon and paprika and serve with a roll.

HEARTY SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Dice bacon into 1/4-inch cubes. Place in a heavy 6-quart pot over medium-low heat. Cook until fat is rendered and translucent. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Cook until onion and garlic are soft and translucent. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add split peas, stir to coat with fat, and add bay leaves and 2 quarts stock. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat so soup simmers. Skim foam that rises to the surface for about 10 minutes, until no more appears. Add thyme leaves. Simmer uncovered about 1 hour or longer, until peas are soft and starting to fall apart. Add more stock, as needed.
• Remove soup from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Purée soup in a food processor in several batches, short of perfect smoothness; you should be able to spoon up some texture. Reheat soup, skimming off any foam. Stir from the bottom to mix well, then ladle into bowls and serve.

CREAMY SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Rinse split peas in cold water, pick over and discard any discolored peas or small stones. Set aside.
• In a Dutch oven or 6-quart pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp .
• Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Refrigerate until later, for garnish.
• In the bacon drippings over medium heat, cook the onion and celery until tender and lightly browned, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add the split peas, water, potatoes, salt, pepper, bouillon, and bay leaf.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low.
• Cover and let simmer for 45 minutes, or until peas are soft. Stir occasionally.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Carefully purée the hot pea soup in batches , filling the blender no more than 1/3 to 1/2 full each time. Make sure cover is secure when blending the hot mixture.
• Pour blended mixture into a bowl while blending subsequent batches.
• Return the mixture to the Dutch oven and stir in the half-and-half.
• Cook over medium heat until hot, but do not boil.
• Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle the reserved bacon on top of the soup just before serving.

SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BACON AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Sauté bacon in heavy large pot over medium-high heat until crisp and brown. Add onion, leek, carrot and garlic and sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes. Add broth, peas, bay leaves and rosemary and bring soup to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until peas are tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.

BEST EVER SPLIT PEA

Steps:

• In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, heat olive oil. Cook onion, carrot, celery and garlic until onion is translucent. Stir in yellow and green split peas, broth, seasoning and salt. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 2 1/2 hours, stirring frequently. Puree with a blender or food processor. Return to pot, heat through, and serve.

HAM BONE AND GREEN SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter and oil in a Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Add celery, onion, carrot, and salt. Cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in peas and garlic. Nestle ham bone into the pot; add stock and diced ham. Fill pot with water to about 1 1/2 inches from the top. Mix and bring soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer, scraping the bottom of the pot and stirring every 30 minutes, until peas are mostly disintegrated, about 2 1/2 hours. Turn ham bone and skim surface for fat once every hour. Take bone out, remove any meat, and return meat to the pot. Season with salt and pepper.

GREEN PEA SOUP ( WITH DRIED PEAS)

Steps:

• Place the soaked peas in a pan, cover with the water, bring to the boil .
• Add the remaining ingredients and simmer until the peas are tender.
• remove the ham hock, bayleaf and carrot and liquidise.
• Correct seasoning.
• Croutons:
• Toss the cubed bread with the remaining ingredients in a frying pan until they get lightly browned.

SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BACON & CRAB

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels., Add onions, carrots and celery to bacon drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat 8-10 minutes or until onions are tender. Stir in split peas, ham hocks, bay leaves, chicken stock and water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until split peas are tender, stirring occasionally., Discard bay leaves; remove ham hocks from soup. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and cut into small cubes; discard bones., Puree soup using an immersion blender. Or, cool soup slightly and puree in batches in a blender; return to pan., Stir cream, salt, pepper and cubed ham into soup; heat through. In a small bowl, toss crab with bacon; serve with soup. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup without toppings in freezer containers; freeze cooked bacon in a small resealable freezer bag. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat soup through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally, adding a little stock or broth if necessary. Top servings as directed.