Recipes pea puree in a slow cooker

In Russia there is no person who would not know what mashed potatoes are. He is very fond of both in its pure form, and with gravy, and meat. And if you also add instant salted cucumbers to it, the dish will become truly a masterpiece.

But what is pea puree? How tasty is it? How to cook it? And is it possible to do this in a slow cooker? Such questions can confound many housewives.

In the modern world, almost any product can be purchased at the store. It doesn’t matter: summer on the street or winter. Nevertheless, any housewife sometimes has a difficult question: what to cook?

That is why in this article we will study in detail the technology for preparing delicious pea puree in a slow cooker. And also find out what this side dish is best combined with.

Five reasons why you just need to try pea puree at least once

From time immemorial in Russia they prepared and with pleasure ate the whole family dishes from pea groats with pleasure. For example, such as meat and lean soups, hearty cereals, mashed potatoes, as well as original pea pies. Over the years, people have undeservedly forgotten about them. Only soup does not give up its positions, while the rest of the dishes have sunk into oblivion. And nowadays they are prepared only by a small part of the population.

However, in reality, peas are not only tasty, but also healthy. Scientists have proved that people who refuse meat, just need to eat legumes. Including peas. For example, in the form of pea puree (in a slow cooker it will also retain all the useful properties). In addition, such croup will make a person more stress-resistant, energetic, and improves brain function.

Thus, the five reasons why it is important for a person to regularly eat pea dishes are as follows:

• Benefit for health;
• extension of youth;
• elimination of toxins;
• reasonable price, availability;
• variety of recipes and dishes.

Who Should Limit Peas?

There are a huge number of recipes for pea puree in a multicooker. However, despite the benefits to human health and the body as a whole, it is wiser for some people not to consume this cereal for the following reasons:

• Peas cause flatulence. Therefore, if a meeting is planned, especially a business one, it is better to refuse mashed potatoes.
• With jade and pancreatitis, peas can aggravate the course of the disease.
• Weight watchers can eat pea dishes. But in small quantities, because cereal is very high in calories.

If you want to cook pea puree in a slow cooker, how to do it right?

Modern people do not like to wait long for the desired. Speed ​​is important for them in any business, including cooking. That is why the so-called dishes-minutes have gained immense popularity recently. They are convenient in that the hostess will need very little time to cook them. And then we will consider just such a recipe. The components necessary for it are given in the amount needed for one serving. If desired, it can be increased. The measure is a multi-glass, which is included with each multicooker.

Prepare pea puree in the Redmond slow cooker or any other elementary. After all, a convenient fixture, also called "multi-cook", was invented so that the hostess spends the minimum amount of time cooking.

Ingredients:

• pea groats - 1 multi-glass;
• water - a pair of multi-glasses;
• sunflower oil, salt, seasonings - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. To get a delicious and crumbly mashed potatoes, the first thing to do is thoroughly rinse the cereal under tap water.
2. Then put it in a container that fits inside the multicooker - a bowl.
3. To fill with water.
4. Press the “Extinguishing” button on the display, setting the appropriate program for two hours, and then the “Start” button. If you do not want to wait long, then peas can be left in the water overnight. In this case, the cooking time will be halved. That is, the mode will need to be set for one hour.
5. After an hour and a half add oil, salt and spices. Mix gently and leave to reach the end of the program.

Ready pea can be decorated with greens. Serve with a vegetable or meat side dish. It will be very tasty!

Gentle mashed potatoes

If you want to get soft and tender mashed potatoes with a homogeneous consistency, you should boil pea groats as described above. And then beat it with a blender.

When serving, it should also be decorated with finely chopped greens.

Hearty pea garnish

Pea puree in a slow cooker can be made more satisfying. In this case, the following components are additionally required:

• onions, carrots - one each;
• favorite greens - at will;
• bay leaf - a few pieces;
• turmeric - half a teaspoon;
• sunflower oil, salt to taste.

Also, we can not do without three multi-glasses of water and one multi-glass of pea groats.

Cooking method:

1. Peel onions and carrots and wash thoroughly.
2. Then finely chop the onion and, together with the sunflower oil, send to the multicooker bowl. Set the “Baking” mode for twenty minutes.
3. Meanwhile, grate the carrots and, when ten minutes are left until the end of the program, send to the onion. Mix.
4. Prepare peas: remove debris and rinse thoroughly. It is better to do this in advance. And fall asleep in a multicooker bowl.
5. Then put turmeric and a few bay leaves.
6. Now you should set the mode "Porridge" or "Stew" for two hours.
7. When the crock-pot informs us with a special sound signal about the end of the program, it will automatically switch to the “Heating” mode. At this point, you should salt (right in the slow cooker) pea puree and pour finely chopped greens into it. Leave for another ten minutes.

Serve the finished dish hot, preferably paired with a salad of fresh tomatoes and cucumbers seasoned with oil.

Smoked mashed potatoes

Gourmets who can not imagine life without meat can be advised on a truly divine recipe. Because even the most sophisticated gastronomes will not resist it.

Ingredients:

• pea groats, water, onions - in the amount specified in the previous recipe;
• brisket - 100 grams;
• black pepper peas - five to seven pieces;
• cilantro - at will.

Cooking method:

1. Wash, peel and fry the onions.
2. Cut the breast into pieces that can be immediately put in the mouth. Then send after the onion. Leave on for another fifteen minutes.
3. Sort peas from small debris, wash and put in a multicooker bowl. Set the “Baking” mode for an hour and a half. Wait five minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Pour the fried ingredients with water, put peppercorns and leave until the program ends.
5. Finely chop the cilantro and pour it in mashed potatoes when the crock-pot “reminds” of itself with a sound signal.
6. Continue cooking on the “Preheat” program, turn it off after ten minutes.

Fragrant Mashed Potatoes

So, as you can see, the recipe for pea puree in a slow cooker ("Redmond", "Polaris" or another) is essentially the same. Only the additional components differ. For example, in this paragraph we will consider the technology for preparing the original spiced puree.

Ingredients:

• dry ginger, coriander, nutmeg, peas of allspice black pepper - to taste;
• onion head - 1 piece;
• bay leaf - a pair of pieces;
• fresh dill - one bunch;
• frying oil;
• pea groats, water - in a standard proportion.

Cooking method:

1. At the initial stage, you should set the baking mode on the multicooker for a couple of hours. Pour oil into the bowl and pour the prepared seasonings. Fry them for ten to fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Finely chop the onion and send to the spices.
3. After ten minutes, add peeled and washed peas, salt and two bay leaves.
4. Fill with water and leave until the end of the program.

Garnish the finished puree with finely chopped fresh dill.

Diet mashed potatoes with chicken

Extraordinarily tasty and beautiful it turns out pea puree in a slow cooker. The photo below is clear evidence of this. For hostesses who want to diversify it, you can offer the following cooking option.

Ingredients:

• peas - 1 multi-glass;
• chicken broth - 2 multi-glasses;
• chicken breast - 150 grams;
• salt, fresh herbs - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Sort peas, wash and fall asleep in a multi-bowl.
2. Cut the chicken into small pieces and send after the cereal.
3. Pour the ingredients into the broth and, setting the Extinguishing mode on the multicooker, leave for two hours.
4. Ten minutes before cooking, add salt and finely chopped greens.

Chicken liver puree

The following recipe will be especially useful and delicious. After all, it combines the beneficial properties of both pea and liver.

Ingredients:

• peas - 1 multi-glass;
• water - 2 multi-glasses;
• red onion - 1 head;
• chicken liver - 100 grams;
• frying oil;
• salt is a pinch.

Cooking method:

1. Fry the onion, then pour the liver thoroughly washed and cut into small pieces into it.
2. After ten minutes, pour the prepared peas and pour all the ingredients with water.
3. When the program ends, and the crock-pot switches to the “Preheating” mode, salt the dish and cook for fifteen minutes.

Smoked ribs puree

How to cook pea puree in a slow cooker? Really easy! And any housewife will be convinced of this if she tries to cook one of the dishes described above. And then we will introduce the following recipe. In which smoked ribs give a special piquancy.

Ingredients:

• peas, water - in a standard amount;
• red onion - 1 head;
• smoked ribs - 150 grams;
• frying oil;
• seasonings to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Cut onions into rings and fry in oil until a blush.
2. Then add slices of smoked ribs and seasoning, fry for another fifteen to twenty minutes.
3. Pour the prepared peas to the remaining components, add water to the quenching mode for one and a half hours.
4. Serve the finished dish with your favorite salad.

Thus, even an inexperienced housewife can easily prepare tasty and healthy pea puree in a slow cooker. A pressure cooker is also great for this purpose. But according to manufacturers, the slow cooker allows you to save much more vitamins.