Dyna's Quick Pea Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup onion, minced
• 3 -4 slices bacon, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups beef stock
• 45 ounces canned peas
• salt & pepper, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (or more)
• 1/2 cup sauerkraut, drained & chopped (or more)
• 1 tablespoon sour cream, when serving (optional)

Recipe

• 1 saute the onions and chopped bacon with the butter (for flavor) in a soup pot, until the onions are transparent.
• 2 thicken with flour.
• 3 add beef stock.
• 4 drain one of the 3 cans of peas, discarding that liquid. keeping the liquid from the other 2 cans of peas. put each can of peas, one at a time into a blender to puree.
• 5 add pureed peas to the soup pot.
• 6 add salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• 7 add chopped kraut.
• 8 heat through about 5 minutes.
• 9 serve with a dollop of sour cream, (opt).