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Pea porridge in a slow cooker will be an excellent side dish for any main dish. Considering all the subtleties of preparing such a dish in a slow cooker, you can get not only a very tasty side dish, but also an extremely varied one. The capabilities of modern technology make it possible to prepare a dish very tasty and quickly by adding various components to the porridge: vegetables, meat ingredients, spices, mushrooms and smoked meats.
Stew pea porridge using the “Stew”, “Multi-cook”, “Beans”, “Pilaf” or “Porridge” modes. Most often, the first mode is used.
It is worth considering the type of peas - whole ones should be cooked in the “Stew” mode, but split peas are suitable for the “Porridge” mode.
Before cooking, peas need to be soaked for at least 8 hours.
To prevent the porridge from sticking to the walls and bottom, you need to lubricate the multicooker ladle with oil. Pea porridge is prepared at the rate of 2 cups of cereal to 5 cups of liquid. You can use either water or broth. Before serving, the dish needs to sit for about 10 minutes using the “Warming” mode.
Classic porridge
A simple and classic recipe for pea porridge in a slow cooker will add variety to any menu. This option is perfect for further creating original recipes.
Ingredients:
- Salt - to taste
- Split peas - 1 cup
- Black pepper - 2 g
- Butter - 70 g
- Water - 2.5 cups
Preparation:
Rinse the previously prepared and soaked pea cereal thoroughly. Place in a bowl.
Pour water over the washed peas, add spices and butter.
Set the “Extinguishing” mode for 2 hours. Wait for the dish to cook and add salt.
It is worth salting the porridge at the end, as this component greatly slows down the boiling of the pea cereal.
Serve as a side dish along with vegetables and meat dishes.
No soaking
- Cooking time: 1 hour.
- Number of servings: 3 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 450 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast, lunch, dinner.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty of preparation: easy.
How to cook a new dish? Not everyone has the time or desire to add additional water to the cereal before starting to cook. If you are one of these people or simply forgot to do this, there is a way to make pea porridge in a slow cooker without soaking the peas to turn out delicious. The recipe doesn’t require any special ingredients, it just takes a little more time.
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Ingredients:
- pea cereal – 150 g;
- water – 2 glasses;
- butter – 20 g;
- sunflower oil – 20 g;
- salt as needed.
Cooking method:
- Rinse the cereal and pour it into the slow cooker.
- Add water, vegetable oil and set to “Stew” for 2 hours.
- After the signal, add oil and let sit for 20 minutes.
- If the required consistency has not been obtained, mash the beans with a spoon or wooden masher.
Porridge with onions
Aromatic porridge with frying will turn out not only very tasty, but also quite spicy. The butter will add tenderness to the dish, and the onion will add a spicy aftertaste.
Ingredients:
- Salt - to taste
- Thyme - 2 sprigs
- Water - 2 glasses
- Butter - 25 g
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Sunflower oil - 2 tbsp. l.
- Ground pepper - 2 g
- Dry peas - 1 cup
Preparation:
Thoroughly peel and chop the onion.
Sauté in two types of oil in the “Frying” mode.
Add washed and soaked peas, spices and water.
Simmer for about two hours.
Salt the porridge at the end of cooking, and then serve.
Peas in a slow cooker with onions
Interestingly, just one ingredient can enrich a simple dish. And today we will teach you how to cook delicious porridge with onions.
What you need to buy:
- peas - 1 cup;
- butter – 70 g;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- sunflower oil – 2 tbsp;
- salt and spices - as needed;
- water – 400 ml.
Cooking procedure:
- Let's start with the onion: peel and chop.
- In the bowl of the device you need to fry the onions until they have a beautiful golden hue (the “Frying” program). Just try not to miss this moment; it’s better to miss it a little than to spoil it.
- The peas must first be washed (or soaked) and placed in a slow cooker.
- Pour 2 glasses of water, turn on the “Stew” mode. The timer must be set for 2 hours.
- Half an hour before the signal you need to add salt and half a portion of butter.
- The remaining oil will enrich the finished dish immediately before serving. Bon appetit!
Pea porridge with vegetables
Hearty and very tasty porridge with a variety of vegetables will be a good option for a diet dinner.
Ingredients:
- Split peas - 1 cup
- Salt - to taste
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- Water - 2 glasses
- Spices - 5 g
- Onion - 2 pcs.
- Black pepper – 3 g
- Butter - 25 g
- Carrot 1 pc.
Preparation:
Preheat the bowl at the “Fry” mode. Pour in the required amount of oil.
Peel all the vegetables, remove the seeds from the pepper and chop the prepared vegetables into small cubes.
Add vegetables to the bowl and sauté for about 15 minutes.
Then add the peas, pour water into the bowl and add a variety of spices.
Simmer the dish in the appropriate mode for about two hours.
Add salt and a piece of butter to the finished dish.
Serve the finished porridge with chopped herbs.
Peas in a slow cooker
Every housewife knows how long peas take to cook. First you need to soak it, then cook it for a long time, making sure that the water does not boil away. No one likes spending a lot of time on cooking, so it’s easier to cook peas in a slow cooker. Although legumes take longer to cook, in a slow cooker this process does not seem so tedious.
Tips for beginners:
- Not every pea needs to be soaked. Soaked peas will cook much faster, but only they will be whole and will not boil over. And the one that was not soaked, on the contrary - although it takes longer to cook, it immediately produces soft pea puree;
- if you decide to start cooking peas by soaking them in water, then add a little soda powder to the water;
- Before cooking, soaked peas must be thoroughly washed;
- each type of pea is cooked differently: for example, green peas will not disintegrate during cooking, but yellow peas, on the contrary, will turn into puree;
- After the dish is ready, you need to leave it in the multicooker for some time to heat up. 15 minutes is enough. This applies to porridges with peas and with the addition of vegetables, mushrooms or meat;
- the oil will enrich the taste of the finished dish.
Cooking ingredients:
- small peas – 1 cup;
- water – 2 cups (a little less is possible);
- butter – 1 tsp;
- salt - as needed.
How to cook peas in a slow cooker:
- Rinse the peas thoroughly, put them in the multicooker bowl, immediately add butter and pour in water.
- There is no need to stir, but if you can’t do without salt, add half or a little less of a teaspoon of fine salt.
- Set the “Stew” program, the cooking time for this dish is 2 hours or 2.5 hours. Set a timer for this time. If you want the pea porridge to be liquid rather than dense, then you need to add a little more water.
- After the timer signal, the porridge should be left to “rest” for 15 minutes under a closed lid, in the “Warming” mode.
- This pea porridge is suitable as a side dish for any dish. Peas go well not only with meat, but also with vegetables and even fish.
Bon appetit! And don’t forget that peas are very beneficial for our body; they contain a lot of vegetable protein, microelements, and vitamin A.
Porridge with smoked meats
Fragrant, satisfying and so rich in taste, pea porridge with smoked meats will be a win-win option for any occasion.
Ingredients:
- Smoked brisket - 100 g
- Water - 500 ml.
- Dill - 2 sprigs
- Ham - 100 g
- Salt - to taste
- Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.
- Dry peas - 1 cup
Preparation:
Prepare the peas by soaking them overnight. Then rinse and place in a bowl. Cover with water and simmer for about two hours.
30 minutes before the end of cooking, add the smoked brisket cubes.
5 minutes before readiness, add chopped ham.
Add chopped dill and salt to the porridge.
Pea porridge with pork in a slow cooker
The most favorite recipes for pea porridge are those that contain meat. Pork, for example, goes perfectly with peas. For this recipe for pea porridge in a slow cooker, we will take:
- peas - 2.5 cups;
- water – 0.5 l;
- pork – 400 g;
- sunflower oil – 4 tbsp;
- onion - 1 head;
- bay leaf – 1 pc.;
- medium carrot – 1 pc.;
- salt pepper.
The recipe for such pea porridge in a slow cooker includes the following steps:
- Before cooking, wash the peas and soak them in cold water for at least an hour.
- While the grains are swelling, cut the pork and fry it in vegetable oil in a slow cooker for 20 minutes.
- Chop the onion and carrot into cubes and add to the meat. Cook the vegetables with it for another 10 minutes.
- Place the swollen pea beans in a slow cooker and add 0.5 liters of water. Throw in a bay leaf and set the “Stew” program.
- Remove the foam from the porridge after boiling. Cook the dish for 60-70 minutes. At the end of cooking, add salt and pepper.
Pea side dish with minced meat
Hearty and very nutritious porridge with minced meat is not only very tasty, but also quite dietary. This dish will be an excellent option for dinner.
Ingredients:
- Minced beef - 300 g
- Peas - 2 cups
- Black pepper - 3 g
- Water - 4.5 cups
- Onion - 2 pcs.
- Butter - 70 g
Preparation:
Preheat the bowl in the “Fry” mode. Add a piece of butter.
Peel the onion and finely chop it. Sauté in a bowl.
Bring the vegetable until transparent, and then add the minced meat.
Fry the minced meat thoroughly and then add the peas, spices and the required amount of water.
Simmer the porridge in the appropriate mode for one and a half hours.
Season the dish with oil and add salt.
Peas in a slow cooker with meat
Plant protein is good, but when combined with animal protein it tastes even better. Cooking pea porridge with meat in a slow cooker. The result will please you.
Products for work:
- split peas – 2 cups;
- water – 4.5 cups;
- pork tenderloin – 300 g;
- onion – 1 head;
- salt, spices - to taste;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
How to cook peas in a slow cooker:
- Be sure to sort out the legumes, rinse them, and fill them with water. Use cold water, straight from the tap.
- Soaking - for 7-8 hours, drain the water, rinse the peas thoroughly, and add clean water. For 2 cups of cereal you will need 4-4.5 cups of liquid.
- Chop the onion, cut the meat into strips or pieces.
- Fry the onion in oil for 3 minutes, then add the pork, stir the ingredients with a spatula while cooking. Don't forget to salt and pepper the dish. Fry the meat and onions in the “Fry” mode.
- Add peas and water, lower the lid, cook the peas for 2 hours in the “Stew” mode.
- After the device beeps, we taste the beans; we may have to extend the program to bring the dish to perfection.
- Salt, spices, herbs - all this can be added to taste at the end of cooking.
It is advisable to serve the finished dish immediately while it is hot. But even when chilled, peas in a slow cooker cooked with pork will also be very tasty. We recommend not to put too much on your plates, because the dish is filling and high in calories. Bon appetit!
Porridge with ribs
Hearty porridge with beef ribs will be a good side dish for a holiday feast.
Ingredients:
- Greens - to taste
- Beef ribs - 7 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Water - 4 glasses
- Salt - to taste
- Split peas - 2 cups
- Khmeli-suneli - 1/2 tsp.
- Onion - 1 pc.
Preparation:
Chop carrots and onions very finely. Place in the multicooker bowl.
Add peas and spices to the vegetables, and then add water.
Add ribs.
It is best to pre-fry the ribs in a frying pan. This will give the dish a richer aroma and taste.
In the “Stew” mode, cook the dish for about two hours.
Place the finished porridge into plates and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
