Pea porridge was one of the main dishes of the everyday table in Russia. From old recipes it is known that it was cooked in nut or poppy seed oil. Modern housewives undeservedly deprive such a treat of their attention. Knowing how to cook delicious pea porridge, you can easily diversify the usual side dishes, as well as hearty feed the whole family in a period of austerity. After all, it is also a budget dish.

The classic recipe for pea porridge

According to the classic recipe for the dish under discussion, a minimum of products is taken: 40 ml of milk fat, 2 tbsp. drinking purified water, 1 tbsp. legumes, salt, a slice of oil.

  1. Peas are filled with water and a half small tablespoons of baking soda. This will significantly reduce the soaking time. After 60-70 minutes, the cereal can be washed with water and sent to boil in dishes with thick walls.
  2. The fire during cooking should be minimal. It decreases immediately after boiling the liquid.
  3. After about 25 minutes, the product can be salted.
  4. The total cooking time will be 45-50 minutes.
  5. Ready porridge turns into mashed potatoes using a special blender nozzle.

It remains to add the butter.

How to cook with meat?

If the salary is still far away, and homeworkers are waiting for a hearty dinner, then such porridge can be cooked on a bare bone. But it will turn out much tastier if everything is in the dish, but there will be pieces of meat. In addition to the bone, it is taken: 2 onions, salt, 1.5 tbsp. peas.

  1. Strong meat broth is cooked from pits and onions. You can improve its taste with laurel leaves and aromatic herbs. The total cooking time is 70-80 minutes.
  2. Then the meat is removed from the bone, finely chopped and laid aside.
  3. Bone and vegetables are thrown out, and in a salted broth peas are cooked until soft - about 45 minutes.
  4. At the end, meat is added to the finished treat.

Similarly, you can cook porridge with chicken.

With stew

It is very important to choose a quality tasty stew. Enough will be 1 can of pork or beef product. You also need to prepare: 410 g of peas, a couple of spoons of farm oil, carrots, salt, onion. A detailed recipe for porridge with stew is published below.

  1. Washed peas are poured with clean water and sent to cook until cooked.
  2. The stew, along with the fat from the can, is laid out in the pan. Shredded onions and carrots are fried on it.
  3. Cook the food until the liquid has completely evaporated from the pan.
  4. Salt, oil, as well as frying of meat and vegetables are added to the finished peas.

To reduce the calorie content of the dish, you can exclude oil from the recipe.

In a slow cooker

It is especially convenient to cook pea porridge with the help of a miracle pan. A slow cooker will allow the hostess to go about their business while dinner is being prepared. This recipe includes: 1 tbsp. chopped dry peas, the same amount of clean drinking water, salt, a slice of high fat oil.

  1. First, the peas are thoroughly washed, after which it is poured with cold water for 5-6 hours.
  2. The prepared product is laid out in the bowl of the device and salted. If desired, you can add any seasoning.
  3. In the "Pilaf" mode, the treat prepares a full automatic preset cycle.
  4. Next, the dish is left for another 15-17 minutes on heating.

Porridge is served to the table with melted butter.

With the addition of smoked meats

You can take any smoked meat for the dish in question. Pork knuckle, and parts of chicken carcass, and even sausage will do. Smoked products should be at least 250 grams. In addition, it is used: 2 onions, 230 g peas, salt.

  1. Legumes should be pre-filled with water all night. This will significantly reduce the time required for boiling the product.
  2. In the morning, peas are poured with fresh salted water and set off to cook. It is important to periodically remove foam from its surface.
  3. Selected smoked meats and vegetables are finely chopped. Then they are fried until golden brown. If used, for example, pork knuckle, then oil can not be added, it will be drunk in sufficient quantities from pork.
  4. Ready peas are mixed in a pan with a frying of meat and onions.

The dish is served hot.

Recipe for cooking on the water

Those who follow their figure and health will certainly be interested in the following recipe. It included: 1 tbsp. legumes, 2 times more liquid, salt, farm oil.

  1. Peas for such a dish are soaked in cold water all night or poured with liquid with baking soda for about 1.5 hours. If this is not done in advance, the product will be cooked until soft for too long.
  2. Legumes are poured with fresh water, and sent to cook for 35-45 minutes. After about 20 minutes, the mass must be salted. You can also add granular garlic and ground black pepper.
  3. Butter is added to the finished pea.

If desired, porridge can be mashed before serving.

With mushrooms

Pea porridge with wild mushrooms is another version of the classic recipe. Such an additive will make the dish very nutritious and nutritious even without the use of meat products. If there are no forest mushrooms at hand, champignons (380 g) will do. Also taken: 4 tbsp. drinking purified water, 2 tbsp. legumes, 4 tbsp. non-aromatic oil, 3 medium white onions, salt.

  1. Forest mushrooms are pre-boiled, champignons are chopped right away.
  2. The onion is peeled and chopped.
  3. The vegetable is fried until golden brown on well-heated vegetable oil. If you replace it with creamy, then the porridge will turn out to be even more high-calorie and tasty.
  4. When the onion is gilded, you can add mushrooms to it and continue cooking for another 12-15 minutes.
  5. Soaked in advance for several hours and washed peas are placed in a spacious clay pot.
  6. Top with grilled mushrooms and onions.
  7. The products are poured with water, mixed, after which the container is sent to the hot oven for half an hour.
  8. It remains to get a pot, salt and, if desired, pepper the contents.Next, the dishes return to the already turned off cooling oven for another 10-15 minutes.

Dinner is laid out on plates and served at the table.

With onions and carrots

Pea porridge with vegetables will appeal not only to adults, but also to the smallest members of the family. This is a great way to feed caprice with healthy carrots, onions and cereals. In addition to the listed vegetables (1 pc.), The recipe will include: half a glass of peas, salt, 60 ml of cream, half sweet bell pepper, 1 tbsp. drinking water.

  1. The peas washed and soaked in water goes to cook for 45 minutes. It is important not to forget to stir it constantly and, if necessary, to remove the foam.
  2. First, chopped onion is fried on any fat until golden. Then grated carrot is added to the pan. Lastly, thin slices of pepper are laid to the remaining ingredients, and a little water is poured.
  3. Stew vegetables together for 7–9 minutes. At this stage, you need to salt them to taste and, if desired, add aromatic herbs.
  4. Ready pea porridge after adding cream turns into mashed potatoes.
  5. The dish is laid out on plates, and on top generously covered with vegetable gravy.

If you do not want to bother with each individual portion, you can directly mix the prepared cereals with vegetable frying directly in the pan.

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