Sweet Pea Soup With Bacon Recipes

SWEET PEA SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• In 4-quart nonstick saucepan or Dutch oven, cook bacon until crisp; drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon; set aside. Reserve 2 tablespoons drippings in pan; discard excess drippings.
• Cook potatoes in reserved bacon drippings over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add broth and peas. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered 15 minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly.
• In blender, place 4 1/2 cups of the soup. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth. Return pureed soup to remaining soup in pan. Stir in half-and-half and pepper. Heat 4 minutes or until hot. Top individual servings with crumbled bacon.

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.

SWEET PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, cook bacon until crispy, remove to paper towels to drain, and reserve for garnish. Add oil and flour to pot and cook for 3 minutes, stirring. Add leeks and cook 3 minutes. and add stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add peas and cook 5 minutes. Using an immersion blender, puree soup in the pot; or pour soup into a food processor or blender, process until smooth and return to pot. Stir in cream and adjust season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into a warm tureen and serve garnished with and chives.

SPICY BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and chop when cool enough to handle.
• Add tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, garlic, salt, and pepper to bacon drippings. Saute over medium-high heat until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add water and bouillon; stir until bouillon cubes dissolve. Stir in peas and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add Swiss cheese and simmer gently until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes.

EASY SWEET PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Cook frozen peas in a saucepan with water; cover and cook until peas are very tender (but not overly wrinkly).
• Then drain and whir the peas in the blender or food processor until soup-like in texture, adding the chicken stock as necessary (you want a nice thick soup).
• Take whirred peas from blender and put back into the saucepan, adding the pinch sugar, nutmeg, and salt/pepper.
• Heat through.
• Swirl a little sour cream into each serving, and this dish looks and tastes great!
• Makes 3 to 4 servings.
• You can add a little bit of minced onion in, if you like, and a few sliced mushrooms are good, too.

QUICK SWEET PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook onion about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and soft, stirring frequently.
• Blend onion, peas, spinach, lemon juice, thyme and 2 cups chicken broth in a blender or food processor until very smooth. Return to same saucepan. Stir in remaining broth. Gently heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in cream, if desired. Heat over low heat about 1 minute. DO NOT BOIL. Garnish with garlic croutons, if desired.

YELLOW PEA AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the peas overnight in water to cover by 2".
• Next day fry bacon in a soup pot until fat begins to melt, 1-2 minutes; add the onions and saute over medium heat until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
• Add the drained peas and water and bring to a boil; cover, reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently, for 45 minutes.
• In a blender, puree 1 cup of the soup and add it back to the soup pot with the salt; simmer another 5 minutes; add more water if soup is too thick; serve with a garnish of finely snipped sage.