Pea Porridge with Smoked Bacon and Onion

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   To make this delicious pea porridge with smoked bacon, gather the ingredients you'll need.

2. Step 2:

   

   Thoroughly rinse 400 grams (about 2 cups) of split peas in a deep bowl, then pour in enough cold water to cover them completely.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add half a tablespoon of baking soda to the bowl of peas.

4. Step 4:

   

   Stir the peas and soda together well, then set the bowl aside for thirty minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cut 100 grams (about 3.5 oz) of smoked bacon into rough pieces.

6. Step 6:

   

   Put the chopped bacon in a skillet and lightly fry it over high heat.

7. Step 7:

   

   Roughly chop half of a large onion—not too fine.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add the chopped onion to the skillet with the bacon.

9. Step 9:

   

   Sauté the onion with the bacon, stirring, until translucent, then take the skillet off the heat.

10. Step 10:

    

    Rinse the swollen peas very well under running water, then transfer them to a pot suitable for cooking.

11. Step 11:

    

    Pour 1.5 liters (about 6 cups) of water into the pot with the peas, set it on the stove, and bring to a boil over high heat.

12. Step 12:

    

    Skim off the foam that forms once the peas come to a boil.

13. Step 13:

    

    Cover the pot and continue cooking the peas for about fifteen minutes.

14. Step 14:

    

    Add the prepared bacon-and-onion mixture to the pot of peas.

15. Step 15:

    

    Stir all the ingredients together well, then cover and keep cooking the porridge over medium heat.

16. Step 16:

    

    After twenty minutes, add salt to taste to the pot of pea porridge.

17. Step 17:

    

    Stir everything together, then turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let the finished pea porridge with bacon rest for about five minutes.

18. Step 18:

    

    After five minutes, spoon the pea porridge with bacon onto plates and serve.

19. Step 19:

    

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