The secret to cooking this dish is to properly prepare the main ingredient. How to cook pea porridge quickly? It is enough in the evening (or for 5 hours) to soak the washed peas in cold water. For porridge, it is better to use crushed varieties.

Pea porridge - a basic recipe

Classic peas can be used not only as an independent dish, but also used as the basis for other foods: fritters, cutlets and even pies.

Required Products:

  • 250 g of crushed peas;
  • 600 ml of purified water;
  • 3 g of salt;
  • 60 g of butter.

Cooking steps.

  1. Prepared peas are placed in a pan and poured with water.
  2. When the water boils, set the minimum flame of the burner. In the process of boiling, foam is constantly removed from the surface.
  3. The porridge is cooked under a tightly closed lid for about an hour, stirring occasionally.
  4. Toward the end of cooking, the dish is salted, and if necessary, water is added.
  5. Put oil in the cooked pea.

Useful advice: in order to achieve a more uniform porridge, it can be beaten with a blender, or crushed with a blender.

How much time to cook?

Pre-soaked peas become soft in 40 minutes. If porridge is prepared from an unprepared product, the cooking time is increased to 90 minutes. However, there is a little trick, thanks to which the peas are cooked faster. It is enough to put a spoonful of soda in the water to soak, and after half an hour the porridge can be cooked, before that, washing the peas well.

The proportions of water and peas

 

For 1 part of peas, 4 parts of water are used for soaking. The dish can be cooked in the same liquid. If you decide to drain it, 1 part of the swollen peas is enough to pour 2 parts of water. The basic rule: the liquid should cover the grain by 2 cm.

You can cook porridge without soaking peas: then you need to take water 4: 1.If the dish turns out to be very liquid, at the end of cooking, open the lid and the excess liquid will evaporate.

Calorie content of the finished dish

100 g of classic pea contains about 100 kcal. If butter is added to porridge, the energy value increases to 135 kcal, if vegetable - to 140 kcal. The approximate calorie content of a maid with meat is 200 kcal.

Stew Recipe

If you need to make a hearty meal, and there is no time to cook meat, this method will help.

Would need:

  • 340 g peas;
  • 1 can of braised beef;
  • 30 g butter;
  • 1 onion;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 40 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 800 ml of water;
  • salt and spices to taste.

Cooking steps.

  1. Dry peas are washed, put in a pan and poured with water. After boiling, cook for 45 minutes.
  2. At the end of cooking, add butter and salt.
  3. Finely chopped vegetables are fried in oil.
  4. The grill is mixed with stew, spices, heated and added to the pea.

How to cook pea porridge in a slow cooker?

Pea porridge in a slow cooker is very simple to prepare, you do not need to constantly stir it and monitor the amount of liquid. The main thing is to choose the right ratio of products.

Required Components:

  • 400 g peas;
  • 1 liter of water;
  • 2 carrots;
  • 1 large onion;
  • 40 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 5 g of salt;
  • 3 g dried coriander.

Recipe.

  1. Peel and finely chop vegetables. Fry them until golden in a multicooker bowl with heated oil.
  2. Pre-soaked peas are poured into the roasting and poured with water.
  3. Include the program "Extinguishing" for 1 hour. If after this time the peas remain solid, start the mode for another 20 minutes.
  4. At the end of cooking, salt and coriander are added. Turn on the “Preheat” program and leave the porridge in the slow cooker for another 20 minutes.

With the addition of smoked meats

Thanks to the addition of smoked ribs, the dish acquires a characteristic aroma, it turns out “with a smoke”. Since there is no carrot in the recipe, you can add a little sugar.

Necessary components:

  • 500 g half peas;
  • 1 large onion;
  • 1.5 liters of boiling water;
  • 700 g smoked pork ribs;
  • 5 g of sugar;
  • 60 ml of corn oil.

Cooking technology.

  1. The ribs are separated, large chopped in half, placed in a cauldron and fried in oil for 5 minutes.
  2. Onions are chopped into thin strips, added to the ribs, sugar. They simmer over minimal heat for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. When soaked, peas that are swollen when soaked are poured into a cauldron, poured with boiling water and stewed under a lid for 1.5 hours. It is important to monitor the water level and stir so that the dish does not burn.

With meat

The nutritious pea itself becomes even more satisfying when using meat.

You will need:

  • 340 g of crushed peas;
  • 1 liter of pork broth;
  • 300 g of pork;
  • 1 onion;
  • 40 ml of frying oil;
  • salt, pepper, a mixture of aromatic herbs.

Cooking method.

  1. Prepared peas are boiled in broth until the liquid evaporates completely.
  2. Mushrooms are crushed, slightly salted.
  3. Pork is cut into small pieces, onions - in half rings. First, onion is fried in hot oil, then meat, salt, spices are added, cooked for 20 minutes.
  4. The fry is added to the pea. The dish is put in an oven preheated to 150 degrees for 10 minutes.

With mushrooms

A hearty pea porridge with mushrooms is a great idea for a family lunch or dinner.

It is necessary:

  • 200 g of pre-soaked peas;
  • 450 ml of water;
  • 200 g of any mushrooms (fresh, dried, frozen will do);
  • 4 g of salt;
  • 2 g black pepper;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 50 ml of cooking oil.

Recipe.

  1. Peas are poured with water, put on fire and cooked for 40 minutes.
  2. Mushrooms are crushed and fried in oil for 20 minutes.
  3. Garlic is passed through a press and fried with mushrooms.
  4. The components from the pan are transferred to the peas, mixed.
  5. The pan with porridge should be wrapped and left for half an hour to insist.

Pea porridge is not only a very tasty and satisfying dish, but also a rich source of vitamins and minerals needed by the body. Peas are used as a supplier of vegetable proteins.

Try to include dishes with this culture in your diet every week.

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