Split Pea Soup
Are you craving comfort food? This Dutch Split Pea Soup is exactly what you need to make when it's cold outside. Loaded with heartwarming flavors of bacon, Polish kielbasa and vegetables, this traditional Dutch soup is a great way for putting your split peas to use.
Ingredients
- 2 bacon strips chopped
- 1 pork chop bone-in
- 9 ounces dried peas
- 6 cups water
- 2 potatoes cubed
- 1 medium onion finely minced
- 2 celery stalks chopped + its leaves roughly chopped
- ½ celeriac cubed
- 1 leek dark green parts removed and white parts thinly sliced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 large carrot diced
- ½ ring Polish Kielbasa chopped
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ teaspoon of pepper
- parsley chopped optional
Instructions
- Add water, peas, bay leaf, bacon and pork shop into a large pot and bring everything to a boil.
- When it starts to boil, remove the foam with a slotted spoon. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 50 minutes until pork chop is cooked.
- Remove pork chop from the soup and add the remaining vegetables: potatoes, onion, celery, celeriac, carrot and leek.
- Add ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper.
- Cook soup for 50 more minutes or until peas are completely cooked and soup has thickened significantly.
- At the same time shred the meat from the pork chop and remove the bone.
- Add shredded meat along with chopped Kielbasa into the soup and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Check for salt and pepper and add some more if needed.
- Serve immediately and sprinkle fresh parsley into each bowl.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Recipe is adapted from http://www.instructables.com/id/Traditional-Dutch-Pea-Soup-aka-Snert/