SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN
SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, split pea soup, vegetarian or vegan. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This makes a very thick vegetarian split pea soup. To make it thinner, reduce the amount of split peas or add more water. Depending on the density of split peas, it may take a while for the vegetables and peas to soften, but you can't really overcook this soup; just stir occasionally, and add water if it gets too dry.

SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have split pea soup, vegetarian or vegan using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN:
  1. Make ready 1 lb split peas
  2. Take 6 large carrots
  3. Prepare 5 stalks celery
  4. Get 1 medium-large leek with dark green top removed and discarded
  5. Get 1 large (not gigantic) onion
  6. Make ready 4 tablespoons olive oil Or unsalted butter
  7. Take 2 teaspoons salt
  8. Make ready 9-10 cups water

Need a meat-free and fat-free split pea soup recipe? Although many split pea soup recipes use ham for added flavor, this vegetarian and vegan split pea soup packs in the spices, including thyme, sage, and bay leaves for a lower fat and cholesterol version of classic split pea soup. As an added bonus, with all those herbs and spices, you'll find that you need very little salt to add the flavor. I've made this Vegan Yellow Split Pea & 'Ham' Soup a few times now and usually make it with pre-split yellow peas, however I ended up with a bag of whole yellow peas which I needed to use up.

Steps to make SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN:
  1. Small chop or large dice all vegetables.
  2. In Dutch oven (large pot) heat olive oil or unsalted butter to medium-low
  3. Sautee veggies slowly about 12 minutes until cooked down slightly, stirring occasionally.
  4. Add split peas, water and salt. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer, cook 75 minutes. Taste and add more salt if needed.

To freeze, let cool completely and store in freezer safe containers (affiliate link), leaving ½ inch head space for expansion. You can also freeze larger portions in large ziplock. Split pea soup is healthy, comforting, and so easy to make. In fact, I have about a million and one versions that I make, and I never actually follow a recipe. I had a hard time picking a version for this post, but I decided to go with a vegan version of what I consider classic split pea soup — the smoky stuff that's normally made with ham.

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