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

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, split pea soup, vegetarian or vegan. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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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 begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook split pea soup, vegetarian or vegan using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN:
  1. Prepare split peas
  2. Make ready large carrots
  3. Prepare celery
  4. Make ready medium-large leek with dark green top removed and discarded
  5. Prepare large (not gigantic) onion
  6. Take olive oil Or unsalted butter
  7. Prepare salt
  8. Take 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. This vegan split pea soup is extra comforting, but light,. Taste and add a pinch of salt if needed.

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.

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. With whole peas you need to pre-soak them (I soak the whole bag over night) then rinse & simmer in enough water to cover them until the peas are tender.

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