Sunday, June 26, 2011

Split Pea Soup + Stovetop Croutons




The sub title for this post should be "A lesson in preparing your ingredients ahead of time". No wonder all those chefs on TV make cooking look so easy - all they have to do is throw their ingredients together and wait. No offense chefs on TV.

For this soup I basically used this recipe because I had all the ingredients it called for. To sum it up (I've rearranged the order so you too can learn the lesson of preparing ingredients in advance):
1. Dice carrots, potatoes
2. Prepare your 8 cups of chicken stock (OSEM soup mix)
3. Dice onions, mince garlic
4. Saute onions and garlic with olive oil, oregano, black pepper and salt
5. Add the carrots, potatoes, chicken stock, and split peas
6. Boil, simmer... etc... Cook until soft.
7. Zuzh or not, up to you.

And for the croutons... Another discovery that you don't need an oven to eat delicious food...
Dice up the bread, saute/fry (?) with seasoning (your choice) and olive oil. You can probably use any bread but I like to use the ends of the sandwich bread that have no other purpose in life. (Israeli style - they make them extra thick here). If you must see a more detailed (it's pretty simple) recipe try this one.

Simple yet delicious.

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