Split Pea and Bacon Soup
Split Pea and Bacon Soup

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook split pea and bacon soup using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Split Pea and Bacon Soup:
  1. Take 1 small onion
  2. Take 1 large carrot, diced
  3. Take 1 lb dried split peas, rinsed
  4. Get 2 bay leaves
  5. Get 4 cup chicken or vegetable stock
  6. Prepare 1 cup water
  7. Take 1 salt and pepper
  8. Make ready 4 oz bacon ends, diced small

Would you like a side of split pea soup with your bacon? But, seriously, this split pea gets its bold smoky flavor from a whole lot of bacon. Season generously with salt and pepper. Place bacon, split peas, hash brown potatoes, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and chicken broth in a slow cooker It's atypical for me to use bacon at all in a meal but it really made this dish something special.

Steps to make Split Pea and Bacon Soup:
  1. In large Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until most of the fat has rendered. Reserve a few bits of bacon for garnish. Spoon off all but one tablespoon of bacon fat. Keep the bacon fat in a clean container in your freezer, and use it for other things like roasting potatoes, eggs, chickens, etc.
  2. Add vegetables to pot. Let them cook until vegetables have softened and onion is translucent, about 5-7 minutes. Add peas and toss with vegetables until evenly coated with bacon fat. Add bay leaves, stock, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Let simmer until peas are tender, about 45-60 minutes. Periodically skim the top of soup of grease. If soup seems too thick, thin out with more stock or water.
  3. When peas are tender, you can leave the soup alone if you want it chunky. I like to purée the soup so it is creamier. Just stick an immersion blender into soup and blend as much as you like. You can also transfer half of soup to regular blender or food processor, then add the blended soup back to the unblended half.

Never had a split pea soup so tasty and I'm proud to say I made it! The gentle sweetness of the split peas is made complex by the bacon's smokiness in this split pea soup. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste and crumble the reserved bacon over top. Many people's first memory of pea soup is one made by a grandmother for a huge gathering of family and friends. Thick and hearty, served with homemade bread, split pea soup is loved far and wide as comfort food.

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