Smashed Pea & Pork Soup

Ingredients

• ½ lb pork kielbasa or smoked sausage, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 2 medium carrots, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
• 1.5 cups split green peas (or yellow), dried
• 6 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 1 whole bay leaf

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high. Brown sausage slices until edges crisp, ~3 minutes; remove and set aside.

2. 2

   Add diced onion and carrots to the pot. Sauté until onion softens and is fragrant, ~2 minutes.

3. 3

   Pour in broth and add split peas, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Return sausage to pot and bring to a boil.

4. 4

   Lower heat and simmer 12–14 minutes until peas break down into a thick, creamy broth with some whole peas remaining.

5. 5

   Remove from heat. Mash roughly with a potato masher or the back of a spoon until soup is thick and chunky-creamy.

6. 6

   Taste and adjust salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls and serve hot.

Tools you’ll need

• large pot (5-quart minimum)
• wooden spoon
• potato masher or ladle
• measuring cups
• cutting board
• knife

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