Split Pea Soup with Pork and Smoked Ribs

A delicious, hearty lunch! This rich soup is loaded with pork and smoked meats—a comforting bowl that's sure to win everyone over with its wonderful flavor and aroma.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 23 % 10 g
Fats 40 % 17 g
Carbohydrates 37 % 16 g
259 kcal
GI: 25 / 38 / 38

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather the ingredients and spices for this delicious pea soup. For a clear, flavorful broth, put half an onion (skin on), a few carrot slices, and the stems from your dill and parsley into the pot.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Add about 600 g of bone-in pork to the pot.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Pour in enough water to cover.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Add allspice to taste, cover the pot, and bring the broth to a boil over high heat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    While the broth cooks, make the croutons: cut the bread into cubes, spread them on a baking sheet, and bake in a 210°F (100°C) oven for an hour.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Coarsely chop one onion.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Heat 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a skillet and add the chopped onion.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Grate a good-sized carrot on the large holes of a grater.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Lower the heat under the pot and skim the foam off the boiling broth.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Add the carrot to the onion in the skillet and sauté, stirring, until the carrot softens.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Add two cloves of crushed garlic to the skillet.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Add half a teaspoon of khmeli-suneli and two bay leaves.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Stir and simmer the vegetables over low heat until done, about five minutes.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    After the broth has simmered for thirty minutes, remove the onion and herb stems you added earlier.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Add 250 g of split peas that you've soaked for three hours and rinsed well.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Cover the pot and bring back to a boil over high heat.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Lower the heat and skim the foam from the boiling pea broth.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Add 300 g of smoked pork ribs, cover, and continue cooking for about five minutes.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Stir the sautéed vegetables into the pot.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20

    Cut two potatoes into rough cubes.

  21. Step 21:

    Step 21

    Remove the sliced carrot from the pot.

  22. Step 22:

    Step 22

    Add the potatoes, cover, and bring the soup to a boil over high heat. Season with salt to taste, then lower the heat and cook until everything is tender.

  23. Step 23:

    Step 23

    Five minutes before the end, add the pepper blend and dried herbs to taste.

  24. Step 24:

    Step 24

    Stir everything together well, cover, and let the soup rest a little.

  25. Step 25:

    Step 25

    Simple, homemade, and delicious—made from everyday ingredients. Serve with the croutons and enjoy!

  • A great recipe for a pea soup with a flavor all its own—a comforting dish that both kids and adults will love. It's satisfying and filling, quick to take the edge off your hunger and keep it at bay, and its gentle aroma is enough to get anyone's appetite going. Light yet hearty, it's a wholesome, energizing meal.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80  kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70  kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380  kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82  kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74  kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192  kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 333  kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357  kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184  kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537  kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352  kcal/100g
  • Pork Shoulder - 593  kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113  kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Bread 'darnitsky' - 206  kcal/100g
  • Premium wheat flour bread - 254  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour bread of the 1st grade - 226  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour bread of 2 grades - 220  kcal/100g
  • Wheat bread made from coarse flour - 250  kcal/100g
  • Rye bread from floured flour - 189  kcal/100g
  • Rye bread from wallpaper flour - 181  kcal/100g
  • Protein bran bread - 182  kcal/100g
  • Wheat protein bread - 242  kcal/100g
  • Grain bread - 231  kcal/100g
  • Bread 'doctor' - 232  kcal/100g
  • Bread 'Orlovsky' - 211  kcal/100g
  • Ukrainian bread - 213  kcal/100g
  • Simple loaf - 248  kcal/100g
  • Loaf of premium flour - 265  kcal/100g
  • City rolls made of grade I flour - 254  kcal/100g
  • City bun - 261  kcal/100g
  • Sweet bun - 252  kcal/100g
  • Plain steering wheels - 336  kcal/100g
  • Bread - 254  kcal/100g
  • Hops-suneli - 417  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41  kcal/100g
  • Greenery - 41  kcal/100g
  • Allspice - 263  kcal/100g
  • Yellow peas - 303  kcal/100g
  • Ground pepper mixture - 255  kcal/100g
  • Smoked pork ribs - 514  kcal/100g

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