Pea soup with crispy bacon

Pea soup has excellent gustatory qualities and many useful components. The soup is rather energy-restricted and at the same time the pea is considered to be one of the most important “providers” of proteins, fats and carbohydrates without which the life-sustaining activity is impossible. Try to cook this peas, bacon, and celery soup and see for yourserlf.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 bulb onion
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 670 g frozen green peas
  • 1,2 l (liter) vegetable broth
  • 1 lemon
  • 8 bacon slices

Cooking

Preheat oil in a frying pan. Peel bulb onion. Cut the onion and celery stalks. Fry the ingredients over low heat for 10-15 minutes. Unfreeze peas. Combine the prepared mixture, peas and paprika. Add the ingredients to the broth and bring them to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer everything for 10-12 minutes. Squeeze a lemon and pour its juice in the soup. Fry the bacon slices till golden crisp.

Ladle the pea soup in the soup plates. Put the bacon slices above.

Enjoy your meal!

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