Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, split pea soup, vegetarian or vegan. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN is something which I have loved my entire life.
In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients; bring to a boil. This makes a very thick vegetarian split pea soup. To make it thinner, reduce the amount of split peas or add more water.
To get started with this recipe, we must 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:
- Take 1 lb split peas
- Prepare 6 large carrots
- Prepare 5 stalks celery
- Prepare 1 medium-large leek with dark green top removed and discarded
- Make ready 1 large (not gigantic) onion
- Prepare 4 tablespoons olive oil Or unsalted butter
- Make ready 2 teaspoons salt
- Make ready 9-10 cups water
Like this hearty, rustic, stick-to-your-ribs vegan split pea soup. While traditional split pea soup is made with ham (also yummy), I made this vegan version so SiSi, the vegetarian in our family, could eat it too. 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.
Steps to make SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN:
- Small chop or large dice all vegetables.
- In Dutch oven (large pot) heat olive oil or unsalted butter to medium-low
- Sautee veggies slowly about 12 minutes until cooked down slightly, stirring occasionally.
- Add split peas, water and salt. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer, cook 75 minutes. Taste and add more salt if needed.
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. About this split pea soup: Most split pea soup recipes on the internet have some sort of bacon or ham in them, so I set out to make a super delicious vegetarian version. This vegetarian split pea soup has some veggies to bulk it up a bit, like carrots and potatoes, but the kicker is these croutons. I am so into croutons right now.
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