Split Pea and Smoked Bacon Soup. Recipe by Always Yummy!

Here is the recipe of cooking of the most tasty pea soup with bacon. Lightly smoked bacon adds a delicate flavor to soup and soft boiled pea – a special velvety texture. Crispy croutons will complement a dish and give a particular charm to it. Pea soup is cooked with less efforts and the result as a rule beyond all expectations.

✅ Ingredients:
• split peas – 17 oz /500 g
• bulb onion – 9 oz /250 g
• carrot – 9 oz /250 g
• smoked bacon – 7 oz /200 g
• garlic – 3 cloves
• water – 8 cup /2 l
• salt – 1 tbsp
• ground black pepper – ½ tsp
• 1 bay leaf

✅ You will need:
• stockpot with a lid
• pan with a lid
• carving board
• bowl

Preparation:
1. Wash the pea under cold water, lay into a stockpot and pour with 2 l of water. Bring to a boil and cover with a lid, reduce the heat and boil over low heat for 1 h 20 m.
2. Fry the bacon over low heat for 4 minutes in a pan.
3. Take out the bacon into a bowl, lay the chopped up onion in the pan, fry for 2 minutes over medium heat then add the garlic and fry for another minute.
4. Add the grated carrot and braise with a lid covered for 10 minutes over low heat.
5. Add the fried vegetables, bacon, salt, pepper and a bay leaf into the stockpot, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes over low heat. Serve the pea soup sprinkled with croutons and green onion.