Recipe courtesy of Mary Sue Milliken
and
Susan Feniger
Yellow Split Pea Soup
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 to 6 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 6 servings
- Calories
- 595
- Total Fat
- 16
- Saturated Fat
- 6
- Carbohydrates
- 71
- Dietary Fiber
- 20
- Sugar
- 13
- Protein
- 42
- Cholesterol
- 66
- Sodium
- 1412
- Total: 1 hr 35 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 1 hr 15 min
Ingredients
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 onion, sliced
3 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
Salt and white pepper
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
8 cups chicken stock (or combination water and stock)
2 cups dried yellow split peas
2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 ham hock (optional)
Dark bread croutons, for garnish
Brown mustard
Directions
- Melt butter over medium-low heat in a large stockpot or Dutch oven. Cook onion, celery and carrots with salt and pepper until onion is soft, about 7 to 10 minutes. Add the turmeric, stock, peas, potatoes, and ham hock, and simmer, covered, about 1 hour. Remove the ham hock. Puree soup in a blender or food processor until smooth. Return to clean pot, and adjust the seasonings. Serve immediately in flat soup dishes with wide (3-inch) rims, garnished with dark bread croutons. Place brown mustard on the rims of the bowls, and take a little mustard with each spoonful of soup.