Vegan Split Pea Soup, with Kale
This soup is delicious! I missed a good version of VEGAN Split Pea Soup. I think the smoked paprica and oregano combination enriches the blend of flavours to make this the most amazing, nutritious soup that is light on your digestive system. If in general you have indigestion with lentils, you can try cooking the soup with 2 inches of kombu ( seaweed ) it helps to digest sugar from the lentil.
- Prep Time: Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: Cook Time: 1:15 min
- Total Time: Total Time:1:30-2h
- Yield: Servings: 6-8
- Category: Vegan
Ingredients
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- 2–3 tbs of olive oil, plus more for the top
- 2 carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 celery stalks, roughly chopped
- 2 medium potato, diced small
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced small
- 3 cloves garlic, minced ( optional )
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ tsp of each: oregano, ground coriander, ground cumin, ground turmeric
- 8 cups vegetable broth, you can use a combination of water and broth if you prefer
- 2 cups green split peas, rinsed ( no need to presoak )
- 2 bay leafs
- 2–3 tbs of chopped parsley
- 1–2 leafs of kale chopped ( spine removed )
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat a olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Add in onion and sauté until slightly softened, add the carrots, celery, and saute 8- 10 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, and all the spices / herbs and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the vegetable broth, rinsed green split peas, and bay leafs. Season with salt and pepper. Cover the pot and simmer (stirring occasionally) until the split peas and vegetables are really tender and have broken down quite a bit, about 45 to 60 minutes.
- Add chopped kale and parsley.
- Taste and optionally, if you’d like a less chunkier soup, take an immersion blender and blend it a few times to get the consistency you desire.
- Keep in mind that the soup will soak up some of the broth as it cools. So, add a little water or broth when reheating any leftovers.
- Ladle the soup into your favourite bowls and garnish and serve however you’d like referring to what I said in the head notes).
- Serve with nutritional yeast or your favourite garnish
- Enjoy!