Split Pea and Bacon Soup
Split Pea and Bacon Soup

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, split pea and bacon soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

I had some split pea soup from the hospital cafeteria the other day and while it was satisfying, something about it just didn't taste genuine. So, I went with bacon instead. Bacon still gives you that salty-smokey ham flavor, but is a little easier to deal with (and sometimes easier to find). Increase heat and bring to a boil.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook split pea and bacon soup using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

This hearty split pea soup gets a great budget-friendly dinner. It's filled with bacon and sweet potato chunks and it gets a hit of umami flavor from miso! I don't cook with bacon often, but when I do, it's usually for a good reason. We're using it to make a tasty split pea soup!

Instructions 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.

I don't cook with bacon often, but when I do, it's usually for a good reason. We're using it to make a tasty split pea soup! This hearty dish gets a big. 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.

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