Smoked ribs soup is perhaps one of the best first courses you can serve for dinner. Fragrant, hearty, tasty, he will especially like the strong half of your family. And cooking it is not too difficult, most importantly, buy the necessary ingredients in a butcher shop in advance. You can choose beef or
pork ribs and make soup according to one of the recipes below.
How to cook smoked ribs soup
To prepare the dish you will need:
- 4.5 liters of finished meat broth;
- 2 cups dry yellow peas;
- 2 small fresh carrots;
- 3 potato tubers;
- 300 gr smoked ribs.
Prepare peas in advance: rinse, fill with warm water and leave to swell for at least three hours. By the way, smoked ribs soup can be boiled both in broth and in water. But at the time of laying peas (this we do first of all), the broth should not boil, and water, on the contrary, should. Cook the peas until cooked, it should be soft. You may need an hour or a half, depending on its quality. After it is removed and mashed in a blender or using a crush, put the mass back into the soup.
Then cut the potatoes into cubes and send to boil until soft. Chop the ribs into small pieces, dip them into the soup a quarter of an hour before being ready, then you need to send finely chopped carrots to the pan. If you like onions - add finely chopped and sautéed in vegetable oil. Smoked ribs soup will only taste better if you put a few peas of black pepper, a bay leaf and other seasonings in the pan during cooking. By the way, do not forget to salt. When serving, you can sprinkle the dish with crispy crackers and serve with sour cream.
Bean soup with smoked ribs (pork)
This recipe is a variation of the previous one, but instead of peas, we will use red beans. To prepare a large portion for the whole family, take:
- 600 gr smoked pork ribs ;
- 400 gr. dry red beans;
- 4 potato tubers;
- large onion;
- a little tomato paste, a bunch of cilantro, to taste salt and pepper.
Rinse the beans so that the cooking process does not take much time, you can soak it in warm water for several hours. After dipping into a pan, cook until cooked. Meanwhile, the
pork ribs need to be chopped into pieces, put into the finished beans, boil for about 10 minutes, then add the peeled and diced potatoes. Pass the onions in vegetable oil until a clear color, add a little, with a teaspoon, of tomato paste. Put the fry in the soup. The dish is ready when the beans and potatoes are soft. After that, you need to salt it, sprinkle it to taste with pepper and finely chopped cilantro. Serve hot with sour cream, mayonnaise, crackers or just that. Homeworkers will appreciate your efforts and will certainly ask for supplements. After all, we have already mentioned that smoked pork ribs soup is rightfully considered one of the most delicious first courses that you can cook in your own kitchen.