Vegetarian Split Pea Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place first 5 ingredients in a large pot.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, partially covered for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent split peas from sticking to bottom of pot.
• Add onions, garlic, celery, carrots and potato. (You can saute these first or add them in directly if you want a fat free soup).
• Partially cover and allow to simmer for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.(You may need to add extra water).
• Season to taste with pepper and vinegar.
• Serve with a drizzle of sesame oil, diced tomato and minced parsley.

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine split peas, potatoes, carrots, peppers, onions, garlic, thyme, and 4 quarts water.
• Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, cover partially, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas have broken down and liquid has thickened, about 45 minutes. Add extra water as necessary and skim foam from the surface as needed. The consistency should be smooth and not too thick.
• Season soup with salt and pepper.

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• In a large saucepan, combine the first 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until peas are tender, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. , Add salt and pepper; simmer 10 minutes longer. Remove soup from heat; cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender or food processor until smooth; return to pan and heat through. If desired, garnish with carrots and green onions.

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• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan. Cook and stir carrot, onion, celery and curry for about 5 minutes. Add the water, peas and salt. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 45 to 50 minutes, or until very thick.

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• In a large pot over medium high heat, saute the oil, onion, bay leaf and garlic for 5 minutes, or until onions are translucent. Add the peas, barley, salt and water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add the carrots, celery, potatoes, parsley, basil, thyme and ground black pepper. Simmer for another hour, or until the peas and vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• Place split peas in heavy large saucepan; add enough cold water to cover and let soak 15 minutes.
• Drain peas and return to same pan.
• Add 7 cups water or vegetable broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes.
• Heat oil in large heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and saute until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Add garlic and saute 3 minutes.
• Add onion mixture,carrots and celery ( and potato if using) to peas; mix in cumin and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Simmer until peas and vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm before serving, thinning with water if necessary.).
• Ladle soup into bowls and serve.

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• In a large soup pot, saute onion and celery in oil until tender. Add carrots, turnip, and potato. Saute about 5 more minutes. Add water, broth, peas, rice, and spinach.
• Simmer until peas are tender (this will take about 2-4 hours), stirring every so often to avoid scorching. Add water or broth as needed to keep soup from becoming too thick. Add parsley, salt, and pepper in the last 30 minutes.
• Warning: If you do not add water during the cooking process, the soup will be very thick and the split peas may not soften!

Steps:

• Rinse and pick through peas to remove any unpleasant bits.
• Bring 2 cans vegetable broth to boil in large saucepan.
• Meanwhile, sauté onion in butter until just translucent, not soft.
• Add split peas and cooked onion to broth. Cook about 1 hour till peas are very tender, adding more vegetable broth as needed. You do not want too much broth.
• In a separate pan, cook carrots in water till tender. Chop into fine pieces.
• When split pea mixture is soft, purée in a blender or food processor till it is creamy and smooth.
• Return to pan and add finely chopped carrots.
• Heat through and serve. Soup should be very thick and creamy.

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• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until peas are tender. Discard bay leaf. Stir before serving.

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• I could not enter how to prepare ingredients, it would not accept and include for nutrition data, so instructions for preparing are:
• dice vegetables, carrot I used one large carrot diced, I used 1 large onion diced probably 2 cups or more, and diced garlic.
• Place 2 T Extra Virgin Olive Oil in saute/ or fry pan on medium heat.
• Add 1 diced onion,and the diced carrot cook over medium heat until onions are translucent 3-5 minutes, do not brown.
• Add diced garlic in middle of pan, push aside onion and saute about 1 minute until translucent, watch carefully do not overcook or brown garlic.
• Clean split peas in strainer with water, remove any discolored peas.
• Add peas to a large stockpot.
• Add 6 cups vegetable or chicken broth to stockpot.
• Add cooked onions, carrots and garlic to stockpot.
• Add spices celery salt, cumin, thyme, crushed red pepper and cayenne pepper and fresh ground pepper.
• Bring all to a boil then cover and simmer over low heat for 30-60 minutes.