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Split pea porridge in a slow cooker

A wholesome, nourishing, and incredibly tasty porridge! Split pea porridge in a slow cooker is a dish that asks almost nothing of you — your trusty appliance does most of the work. One of its big advantages is the high protein content, so it fills you up beautifully during a fast or while dieting.

Svetlana

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Peas

150

Carrot

100

Water

600

Vegetable oil

Salt

0.5

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 27 % 4 g

Fats 13 % 2 g

Carbohydrates 60 % 9 g

72 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you cook split pea porridge in a slow cooker? Gather your ingredients. For this dish it's best to use split peas — they cook faster than whole ones and break down better. First sort through the peas, picking out any debris and bad ones. Sometimes you'll even find small pebbles in dried peas, so look carefully.
Step 2:

Rinse the peas under running water until the water runs clear. Then, if you have the time, soak the peas for a couple of hours. Pre-soaked peas cook faster. You can soak them in either cold or hot water. There's another trick for cooking legumes more quickly — add a pinch of baking soda to the water. If you don't have time to soak them, just cook the peas right after rinsing.
Step 3:

Peel a fresh carrot and grate it. You can also cut it into large sticks or cubes.
Step 4:

Turn on the slow cooker and choose a setting suitable for sauteing — on mine it's actually called "Fry." Pour in the vegetable oil. Once the oil has warmed up a bit, add the carrot to the pot and saute it for four to five minutes, stirring with the appliance's spatula. You can add finely chopped onion to the carrot. You can also make this pea porridge with crushed tomatoes, bell pepper, or no vegetables at all.
Step 5:

Then add the rinsed peas to the slow cooker pot.
Step 6:

Pour cold water over the peas. Add salt and your favorite spices — dried basil, dill, and ground black pepper all work well. Choose the stew setting and set the time to 1.5 hours. In that time the peas will cook down completely. If you like a smoother texture, puree the finished porridge with a blender or mash it. To serve, you can top the porridge with fried bacon bits or sprinkle it with croutons. Enjoy!

Serve the pea porridge as a side dish or on its own. You can stir in some butter or sour cream.
Keep in mind that how you cut the carrot affects the final result: grated carrot turns to mush during cooking and blends evenly into the rest, while carrot cut into strips or sticks holds its shape.
Remember that the cooking time and setting in the recipe are approximate. All slow cookers work differently, and even identical models from the same manufacturer can behave a little differently. Before making a dish that's new to you in a slow cooker, read its manual carefully, then start by cooking dishes you already know before moving on to new ones, dialing in the setting and time for your own machine.
For cooking, it's best to use filtered or bottled water with a neutral taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind it can give the dish an unpleasant off-flavor.