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Homemade Pea Soup Recipe
The simplest dishes are often the best, as most of the world can testify to. Most people find that the simple flavors of a hamburger, pizza, macaroni and cheese, or peanut butter and jelly sandwich are far better than some of the most complex dishes whipped up in the elegant restaurants. While the elaborate dishes do have their time and place, you may find that simple dishes will be the tastiest. They are also the easiest to prepare, such as the following pea soup recipe. The recipe requires very little effort on your part, and the addition of only a few simple spices and flavors makes it a winner every time.
The pea soup recipe below calls for peas to be boiled for an hour or so with a large onion and a head of garlic to add flavor to the soup. A few sticks of celery are added to enhance the flavor, and bacon helps to add a meaty flavor to the soup. The addition of mint, basil, thyme, oregano, salt, and pepper ensure that the pea soup is tasty, and the entire soup is completed with a pinch of chili powder. The end result of this soup is one that will be as delicious as it is nutritious.
The best thing about pea soup is that it is so simple to make and yet one of the healthiest meals that you can eat. Seeing, as legumes are so rich in the fiber that is so essential for your body’s overall health, you will find that whipping up this dish is one of the best ways to feed your family a simple meal that will guarantee their continued wellbeing. The more of the soup your family eats, the more fiber and nutrients they will be adding to their diet and the healthier they will be. If you want to help your kids remain healthy and fight off colds during winter, you will find that serving them this soup is one of the best ways to do so.
Simple Homemade Pea Soup
Ingredients -
⅔ pound of peas
⅓ pound of bacon
1 large onion
1 head of garlic
3 whole sticks of celery
Fresh mint
Fresh basil
Thyme
Oregano
Chili powder
Salt and pepper, to taste
Preparation:
Before you can begin cooking the peas, you will need to boil them. Boiling the peas ensures that they will cook much faster, and thus they will disintegrate without the need to blend or puree them by hand.
Let the peas soak in fresh drinking water for an hour. Once the peas have soaked long enough, drain the water and refill the pot with fresh drinking water.
Place the pot on the stove and turn the heat on as high as possible to bring them to a boil.
As the water is heating, peel the outer layer from the onion and drop it into the soup. Ensure that all of the dried and flaking skin from the head of garlic is removed, and add it to the soup as well.
Cut the leaves from the top of the celery, and dice the celery to be added to the soup along with the leaves.
Dice the bacon as small as possible, and cook it in a skillet on the side. Cook until crispy, and add it to the soup as well.
Chop the basil and mint, and add them along with the thyme and oregano to the soup. Add a pinch of chili powder, salt, and pepper as desired.
Just before the soup is cooked, use a spoon to fish out the onion and garlic to throw in the trash.
(Serves 5)
Homemade Pea Soup Recipe
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As you can see, this recipe is incredibly simple to prepare and will be a great dinner to serve when you do not have much time to spend in the kitchen. If you have a number of tasks to do around the house, simply put this soup on to boil and get to your jobs while the soup cooks on its own. All in all, this is one of the simplest homemade pea soup recipes.
